Benjamin Weiser

Benjamin Weiser, a New York Times reporter who covers federal courts in Manhattan, joins us to discuss his recent piece, “Beatings, Burns and Betrayal: The Willowbrook Scandal’s Legacy.”

New Jersey sought $9 billion from ExxonMobil for the contamination of 1,500 acres of marshland. So why did the Christie administration settle out of court for $250 million?

Two recent reports reveal pockets of anti-Semitism in the New York area.

Josh Gerstein, courts and transparency reporter for Politico.com, and Benjamin Weiser, Federal courthouse reporter at The New York Times, talk about yesterday's delay in the trial of Ahmed Ghailani, and what it might mean for New York and the plans to try terror cases in civilian court.

One of the accused in an apparent Russian spy ring arrested earlier this week by the F.B.I. has confessed to working for that country's secret intelligence service. Federal prosecutors say the confession from a man who called himself Juan Lazaro is the first. The case has captured the country's attention, not only for the number of people involved, but the Cold War era techniques used in passing off information. Why did this man choose to confess? 

 

The Obama administration is considering moving the trial of chief organizer of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed out of New York City. Benjamin Weiser, reporter at The New York Times tells us why.