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The Bush administration announced it is extending Geneva Convention protections to detainees in the war on terrorism. Diane and her guests talk about this shift and other ways the White House might respond to a court decision against its policies, and to criticism from Congress and European allies.
Douglas W. Kmiec, professor of constitutional law and Caruso family chair in constitutional law at Pepperdine University
David Cole, professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and author of "Less Safe, Less Free," and "Terrorism and the Constitution."
Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group
John Dean, counsel to President Nixon during Watergate. He is a retired investment banker and a best selling author. His most recent book is "Conservatives Without Conscience."
Dick Thornburgh, former U.S. Attorney General
How friendy U.S.-Iranian relations turned to mistrust and paved the way to the nuclear crisis today.
Ali Ansari, a member of the modern history faculty at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
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