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Diane and her guests talk about the provisions of the Patriot Act that are scheduled to expire, and the dueling proposals from Democrats and Republicans to address evolving attitudes about security and civil liberties since 9/11.
David Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and author of "Less Safe, Less Free," and "Terrorism and the Constitution."
Viet Dinh, professor at Georgetown University Law Center and former Assistant Attorney General for Legal Policy at the Justice Department. Principal attorney at Bancroft Associates.
A small, mysterious bird has been flying along the Pacific coast since well before Captain Cook mapped those shores. A nature writer reveals why it took 185 years to find its secret nesting place and how it's now endangered.
Maria Mudd Ruth, author of more than a dozen books on natural history topics and former researcher and writer for The National Geographic Society and editor of Traveler magazine.