Guest: Steven Farrell, The New York Times, in Baghdad, Iraq
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Guest: Crispin Thorold, BBC correspondent in Baghdad
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Guests: Clifford Levy, The New York Times, in Moscow
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Guest: Jonathan Marcus, BBC diplomatic correspondent
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Guest: Dr. Jonathan Moreno, a bioethicist and professor of medical ethics at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of “Mind Wars: Brain Research and National Defense.”
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Guests: Peter Semneby, the European Union’s special representative for the South Caucasus
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Guest: Nick Childs, BBC, in London
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Guest: Clifford Levy, New York Times Moscow bureau chief
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President Bush is accusing Russia of "bullying and intimidation" against Georgia, saying that the people in the former Soviet republic chose freedom and "we will not cast them aside." Bush, preparing to travel to his Texas ranch, said in a statement on the White House grounds this morning that he will keep in close touch with both Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice amid the continuing showdown between Moscow and Tbilisi over two separatist provinces in Georgia.
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Attention today is focused on the diplomatic moves by American, German and Russian officials. Meanwhile, Russia is continuing to consolidate positions inside Georgia. The separatist region of South Ossetia is under full Russian control, where Moscow appears to be moving to make its presence permanent.
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Guest: Dr. Gregg Hall, chair of The Department of Political Science at Morehouse College
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Guest: Michael Barker, BBC Correspondent, in Manila
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Guest: Jonathan Marcus, BBC News Diplomatic Correspondent, in London
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Guest: Thom Shanker, The New York Times
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The book “Generation Kill” is based on the experiences of journalist Evan Wright as he rode from Kuwait to Baghdad in 2003. The marines in HBO's version are played by actors, but their stories are real.
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Evan Wright turned the articles he wrote as an embedded journalist in Iraq for Rolling Stone into the award winning book “Generation Kill." Wright sold the rights to HBO, who promised to re-create the book with the same grittiness and harsh realism that Wright captured in his book. The result is “Generation Kill,” the miniseries.
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Pakistan's coalition legislature has divided over the issue but says it's looking to impeach President Pervez Musharraf. Musharraf has said he'd rather resign than face impeachment. Though he gave up control of the military last year, he still has the power to dissolve the government.
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As part of an ongoing conversation on the U.S. role in Iraq, Michael O'Hanlon, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, tells The Takeaway what America needs to do to say, with confidence, “Mission Accomplished.”
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A new report by a Rwandan commission has accused former French presidents, prime Ministers and the French military of actively participating in Rwanda's 1994 genocide. The report accuses French troops of direct involvement in killings and rapes and of training the Hutu soldiers responsible for wiping out 800,000 Rwandans in 100 days.
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Guest: Evan Kohlmann, a self-made international terrorism consultant. Evan wrote, produced and narrated "The al-Qaeda Plan," which was used as evidence in the Hamdan Trial.
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Guest: Army Col. Lawrence Morris, Guantanamo trial prosecutor
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Guest: Steven Lee Meyers, White House Correspondent, New York Times
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The Hamdan trial continues in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Yesterday, prosecutors in the trial of Osama bin Laden's driver, Salim Hamdan, unveiled a graphic video of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and other al-Qaida operations, created for the Office of Military Commissions, entitled "The al-Qaida Plan."
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At the end of the year, the mandate which allows the United States to operate in Iraq under international law runs out. Issues of Iraqi sovereignty and oil-wealth distribution will bubble through the discussions between the White House and the Iraqi government.
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba is famous for the secrecy and security that shrouds the legal proceedings of its detainees. But what is like to be a reporter there? USA Today’s Alan Gomez was at Guantanamo. He joins The Takeaway to share his experience, Irish pubs and all.
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The Hamdan trial continues in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Yesterday, U.S. Military prosecutors played an interrogation video of former Osama bin Laden driver Salim Hamdan in which he denied any connections to al-Qaida. Hamdan asked to leave the courtroom as video playback began.
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In "The Dark Side," author Jane Mayer weaves a seven-year narrative detailing what we know and don't know about the decisions made while pursuing terrorists after the coordinated terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Mayer focuses on roles of Vice President Dick Cheney and his chief-of-staff since 2005, David Addington, and infers details from a secret 2007 Red Cross report that says the prisoner abuses at U.S. facilities constitute war crimes.
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Today the New York Times is reporting that shoddy electrical work at U.S. bases in Iraq is more prevalent than the Pentagon has acknowledged. Contractor KBR has reported similar problems in the housing it maintains. Thirteen Americans have been electrocuted in Iraq and hundreds more have been injured.
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