The Brian Lehrer Show

The "Tribute in Light" memorial to the World Trade Center (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

V-WOT Day

Monday, August 14, 2006

In “Declaring Victory” in the new issue of the Atlantic Monthly, James Fallows makes the case that, in the five years since 9/11, we’ve learned that it’s time to declare victory in the War on Terror and move on to a more effective counter-terrorism strategy. Plus, Monday Morning Politics with ABC News political director Mark Halperin, AOL release of users' search records and a call in on the eve of the 16th World AIDS Conference. With Guest-host Andrea Bernstein.

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Monday Morning Politics

Mark Halperin, political director for ABC News and editor of the political newsletter
- on the news and politics from Washington and abroad

Search as Social Science

Paul Boutin, technology columnist for Slate magazine.
- why AOL released its users' search records and what it says about the people searching
» You Are What You Search, by Paul Boutin in Slate

What Have We Learned? The Costs of the War on Terror

James Fallows, national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly
- argues we should declare victory in the War on Terror

» Read the follow-ups to "Declaring Victory" from The Atlantic Monthly

Open Phones

The World AIDS Conference starts this week in Toronto. Listeners call in on how the HIV treatment "cocktail" has changed their lives in the 10 years since its been available.