History professor Alfred McCoy discusses how the Bush and Obama administrations have created a torture regime with "impunity at home, rendition abroad;" Bush’s policy change after the Iraq Abu Ghraib embarrassment, when Iraqis and Afghans took over torture duty and American soldiers kept their mouths shut about it; the pathology of impunity that’s endemic among high government officials; the torture debate between FBI agent Ali Soufan and Dick Cheney/CIA; and how universal jurisdiction could reign in US lawlessness.
Daniel Larison of The American Conservative discusses Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s terrible foreign policy views; the bipartisan consensus on worldwide interventionism and American exceptionalism; and the prospects for war and peace in a Romney administration.
Law professor Marjorie Cohn discusses the legacy of Agent Orange on millions of Vietnamese civilians and American soldiers; the lawsuits and cleanup efforts still underway (or just beginning); and why you should pressure Congress to pass HR 2634 -- The Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011.
Chase Madar, author of The Passion of Bradley Manning, discusses Manning’s defense lawyer David Coombs’ motion to dismiss -- based on Bradley’s mistreatment in pretrial custody; the brave psychiatrists at the Quantico brig who protested Manning’s treatment, even though they were pressured by a general; and why similar treatment of other prisoners is all too "cruel and usual" in the US prison system.
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