Tonight’s guests:
Brad Freidman
Brad is an independent investigative journalist, blogger, broadcaster, VelvetRevolution.us co-founder, expert on issues of election integrity, and a Commonweal Institute Fellow.
Mark Bebawi spoke with him in some detail about the death of Mike Connell – The story for which The BRAD BLOG was awarded a 2010 Project Censored award for “Excellence in Investigative Journalism”
Marjorie Cohn
Marjorie Cohn is the immediate past president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she teaches criminal law and procedure, evidence, and international human rights law. She lectures throughout the world on human rights and US foreign policy. Mark Bebawi spoke with her about John Yoo and Jay Bybee getting away with drafting the 2002 memo that gave legal cover for Bush/Cheney’s use of torture. She said on the topic: “A prior draft of the Office of Professional Responsibility’s report reportedly determined that John Yoo and Jay Bybee violated their professional obligations by writing the now infamous 2002 torture memo. After several months and likely pressure from the White House, the OPR’s conclusion was downgraded to ‘poor judgment,’ which will not trigger potential discipline of Yoo and impeachment of Bybee. This is consistent with Obama’s approach of shielding Bush officials from accountability to curry favor with Republicans.” Check out her article: http://marjoriecohn.com/2009/02/war-criminals-including-their-lawyers.html
Tonight’s guests:
Brad Freidman
Brad is an independent investigative journalist, blogger, broadcaster, VelvetRevolution.us co-founder, expert on issues of election integrity, and a Commonweal Institute Fellow. I spoke with him in some detail about the death of Mike Connell – The story for which The BRAD BLOG was awarded a 2010 Project Censored award for “Excellence in Investigative Journalism”
Marjorie Cohn
Marjorie Cohn is the immediate past president of the National Lawyers Guild and a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, where she teaches criminal law and procedure, evidence, and international human rights law. She lectures throughout the world on human rights and US foreign policy. I spoke with her about John Yoo and Jay Bybee getting away with drafting the 2002 memo that gave legal cover for Bush/Cheney’s use of torture. She said on the topic: “A prior draft of the Office of Professional Responsibility’s report reportedly determined that John Yoo and Jay Bybee violated their professional obligations by writing the now infamous 2002 torture memo. After several months and likely pressure from the White House, the OPR’s conclusion was downgraded to ‘poor judgment,’ which will not trigger potential discipline of Yoo and impeachment of Bybee. This is consistent with Obama’s approach of shielding Bush officials from accountability to curry favor with Republicans.” Check out her article: http://marjoriecohn.com/2009/02/war-criminals-including-their-lawyers.html
Sebastian Jones
Steffie Woolhandler, MD, MPH, FACP – internal medicine, Boston
