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Journalist Shield Law - Part 2.

Airs at: Wed, 09/24/2008 at 5:00pm
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What is a reporter?  Should they be jailed for refusing to name their sources?  States have laws that protect reporters in various ways.   Congress is poised to decide who would be protected under the new Free Flow of Information Act - also known as the Federal Shield Act. ... Read more

Journalist Shield Law - Part 1.

Airs at: Wed, 09/24/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for: 
What is a reporter?  Should they be jailed for refusing to name their sources?  States have laws that protect reporters in various ways.   Congress is poised to decide who would be protected under the new Free Flow of Information Act - also known as the Federal Shield Act. ... Read more

Bernard-Henri Lévy on the New Barbarism

Airs at: Mon, 09/22/2008 at 5:00pm
 Hosts Abe and Joe speak with French philospher Bernard-Henri Lévy, author of "Left In Dark Times: A Stand Against the New Barbarism." Read more

Abe And Joe Talk Radio - Sept 16

Airs at: Mon, 09/15/2008 at 5:00pm
 Host Joe Uris hosts today's show, with a wild and wooly topic list.1) Colwood Golf Course near the airport is up for sale.  Some people want to put an industrial park there, but the surrounding neighborhoods want open space and badly needed parks.  Read the actual Land Use... Read more

We The People Speak Out! - Part 2

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 5:00pm
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How do we restore our civil liberties?  What would this country look like if habeas corpus was restored or if the FBI was restricted from spying on Americans?  What does it mean to have a free press?  We discussed this live on the air on September 11th for a special, call-i... Read more

We The People Speak Out! - Part 1

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 5:00pm
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How do we restore our civil liberties?  What would this country look like if habeas corpus was restored or if the FBI was restricted from spying on Americans?  What does it mean to have a free press?  We discussed this live on the air on September 11th for a special, call-i... Read more

Interview with Eric Lichtblau author of Bush's Law; The Remaking of American Justice

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 5:00pm
Eric Lichtblau is the Justice Department beat writer for the New York Times newspaper. He and his partner in writing, Jim Risen were the recipients of the 2006 Pullitzer Prize fpr national reporting for their story that revealed the secret, warrantless  wiretapping program ... Read more

Presswatch: Marjorie Cohn on Civil Liberties post-9/11

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Presswatch
On Presswatch, as part of KBOO's September 11 special, "The War on Liberty", host Theresa Mitchell inteviews Marjorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild, and author of Cowboy Republic and Rules of Disengagement. Read more

Being Muslim Seven Years After 9/11

Airs at: Wed, 09/10/2008 at 5:00pm
Produced for:  Voices from the Edge
The attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on September 11, 2001 changed the lives of many Americans. None more so than Muslim-Americans, who were subjected to a wave of hostility not seen since Japanese-Americans were targeted following the bombing of Pearl Harb... Read more

Joe and Abe - Sept 9th

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2008 at 5:00pm
 Hosts Abe Proctor and Joe Uris start out with a discussion on the current situation beween the US, Georgia and Russia.  Then they change gears to examine the new Sweetheart of the Republican Party, Sarah Palin.  Read more