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Monday, January 09, 2006

New York Times reporter James Risen broke the story of domestic Government wiretapping, but his new book shows there’s more to the scandal than just eavesdropping. He reveals a failed CIA plot that leaked nuclear technology to Iran. Plus: filmmaker John Sayles, a call in on Dia de los Reyes and a preview of the Samuel Alito Supreme Court nominations

Playing Both Sides

David Gergen, professor of public service and director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, editor at large of U.S. News & World Report, and White House Advisor to four presidents
- previews the Alito hearing

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Cinema Verite

John Sayles, film director and author, Union Dues (Nation Books, reissued 2006),
- on organized labor and independent film

» John Sayles (IMDB)

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Rising Fears

James Risen, New York Times reporter and author State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration (The Free Press, 2006)
- on his reporting of the relationship between the CIA and the Bush White House

» State of War ...

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Open Phones

listeners share how they celebrate Three Kings Day.

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One Man, One Vote

Adam Cohen, attorney and member of the New York Times Editorial Board
- on Samuel Alito's views on two court cases from the 1960s that granted one man one vote.

» "Question for Judge Alito: What About One Person One Vote?" by Adam Cohen in ...

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CNN goes "Brady Bunch" on the Alito hearings

It may be the most trusted name in news, but CNN's six-screen-splitscreen (with crawl) is driving us crazy!

we much prefer MSNBC's elegant one-two:

of FOX's elegant simplicity (we ...

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