Should We Deport All Undocumented Immigrants?
July 27, 2005Guest: Raj Goyle, Senior Policy Analyst for Domestic Policy at the Center for American Progress and Author of Deporting the Undocumented: A Cost Assessment
Debate Tuesday
July 26, 2005(broadcast stream
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Today, a more traditional Debate Tuesday with Mike Lane, President of IntElephant Strategies.
Topics for dicussion:
The comment by Radio Host Michael Graham that “Islam is a terrorist group.”
John Roberts
The London Bombing
and TraitorGate (of course)
Debate over Press Privilege
July 25, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
Should Members of the Press have an unrestricted privilege to protect confidential sources?
Mark says no, especially in the case of Judith Miller and Traitor-Gate.
Andrew MacDonald (fellow Democrat) says yes.
Sunday Weekly Review
July 24, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
TraitorGate – The Legal Case
July 21, 2005(broadcast stream) (.mp3 download Right-click,”Save Target as”,”Save”)
Republicans argue that no one should be fired for leaking classified material and the name of a CIA covert agent and praise Bush for flip flopping to say that he’ll only fire Karl Rove if Rove committed a crime.
Was a crime committed here? Let’s legally examine the statute, as well as the crimes of perjury and obstruction of justice: (Click to blog to read entire statute.) Consider it your first taste of law school.
But don’t forget perjury and obstruction. As with Watergate, the cover-up is likely to do more damage to the Bush Administration than the people who outed a covert CIA operative (“the most insidious of traitors” — George H. W. Bush).
Also check out this article describing the damage the leaker caused to national security.
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