TO THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE

PROMO  5/25/2008 "Secrecy Post 9/11"
*"Shhh  I have a secret  Now, I could tell you but then I'd have to kill
you." Classic spy joke  but not so funny when it's true.  In this hour
of To the Best of Our Knowledge, we'll go the dark side of secrecy -
warrantless wiretapping, secret CIA prisons, extraordinary rendition,
waterboarding. All wrapped up in a classified Pentagon Black Ops budget
worth some 30 billion dollars. Join us for the pros and cons of secrecy
after 9/11. 


PROGRAM RUNDOWN:   "War and Secrecy"

0:01 - 25:14        SEGMENT 1: (25:15)
            Douglas Feith served as the Under Secretary of Defense
            for Policy under Donald Rumsfeld and was one of the
            architects of the Bush administration's war on terrorism. 
            He talks with Steve Paulson about decision making in the
            aftermath of 9/11.  His book is "War and Decision: Inside
            the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism."  Also,
            Alex Gibney is the director of the Academy Award winning
            documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side."  He tells Anne
            Strainchamps about one detainee at a US Air Force Base in
            Afghanistan.  And we hear clips from the film. 
                    
            Segment One Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

25:15 - 25:44  LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

25:45 - 34:05       SEGMENT 2: (8:21)
            Senator Russ Feingold is a Democrat from Wisconsin who
            sits on the Senate Intelligence Committee.  He talks with
            Steve Paulson about the workings of the Committee and its
            oversight of covert intelligence operations.  
                    
            Segment Two Outcue:  "...PRI - Public Radio
            International."

34:06 - 34:35       LOCAL OPTION with music bed (:29)

34:36 - 53:00       SEGMENT 3: (17:32)
            Trevor Paglan is the author of "I Could Tell You But Then
            You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me."  That's the Latin
            translation of a patch designed for a top secret Navy air
            testing station. Paglan has spent years collecting and
            deciphering the patches worn by military personnel
            engaged in covert and classified programs.  He talks with
            Jim Fleming about some of his favorites. Also, Erich
            Lichtblau is one of the New York Times journalists who
            won a Pulitzer Prize for the story about the NSA's
            warrantless wire-tapping program. He talks with Steve
            Paulson about this secret program and the Bush
            administration's approach to the post 9/11 terrorist
            threat.
                    
            Segment Three Outcue: PRI Audio Logo


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