By SueN
- Guests:
- Radley Balko, Senior Editor, Reason Magazine.
- Jon Eisenberg, Attorney for Al-Haramain Charity.
- Governor Don Siegelman
- Topics:
- Has the militarization of our police departments cost us our 4th Amendment rights?
- Is the Obama Administration really worse than the Bushies when it comes to illegal wiretapping?
- Is there a "Conspiracy of Silence?"
- Bumper Music:
- Bad Boys (Theme From Cops), Inner Circle.
- I Hear You Knocking, Dave Edmunds (video).
- Accidents Will Happen, Elvis Costello.
- Crazy, Gnarls Barkley.
- Say Hello, Deep Dish. (video)
- I Melt with You, Modern English.
- You can leave your hat on, Randy Newman.
- Walk Of Life, Dire Straits.
- All The Right Moves, OneRepublic.
- Grand Canyon, Dmitriy Lukyanov (you need to search for it) (with additional sounds by Jacob).
- Democracy, Leonard Cohen.
- Today's newsletter has details of today's guests and links to the major stories and alerts that Thom covered in the show, plus lots more. If you haven't signed up for the free newsletter yet, please do. If you missed today's newsletter, it is in the archive.
- Quote: “Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you.” -- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Espionage Act.
Amendment IV, Bill of Rights.
- Article: S.3081 - Enemy Belligerent, Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010.
(2) CRITERIA FOR DESIGNATION OF INDIVIDUALS AS HIGH-VALUE DETAINEES- The regulations required by this subsection shall include criteria for designating an individual as a high-value detainee based on the following:
- (A) The potential threat the individual poses for an attack on civilians or civilian facilities within the United States or upon United States citizens or United States civilian facilities abroad at the time of capture or when coming under the custody or control of the United States.
- (B) The potential threat the individual poses to United States military personnel or United States military facilities at the time of capture or when coming under the custody or control of the United States.
- (C) The potential intelligence value of the individual.
- (D) Membership in al Qaeda or in a terrorist group affiliated with al Qaeda.
- (E) Such other matters as the President considers appropriate.Comments
- Article: A Deliberate Deficit by Tom Wicker, New York Times, July. 19, 1985.
But, von Heyek continued, "You see, one of Reagan's advisers told me why the president has permitted that to happen, which makes the matter partly excusable. Reagan thinks It Is impossible to persuade Congress that expenditures must be reduced unless one creates deficits so large that absolutely everyone becomes convinced that no more money can be spent."
This, the economist said, Reagan hoped to persuade Congress of the necessity of spending reductions by means of an immense deficit. Unfortunately, he has not succeeded"
