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An update on the US air strikes in Somalia and the ongoing effort to track down Al Qaeda terrorists.
Michael Scheuer, CBS News Terrorism Analyst, former CIA analyst who served as chief of the Bin Laden Counter Terrorist Center from 1996 to 1999 and author of two books on the threat of terrorism under the name of Anonymous
Neil Livingstone, chair and CEO, ExecutiveAction, an international risk management firm and author of nine books on terrorism
Edmund Sanders, LA Times, Nairobi Bureau Chief
David Smock, analyst, U.S. Institute of Peace
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Naim, professor of law, Emory University
A look at how the temperament of a supreme court justice can and does influence court rulings. Law professor and legal affairs reporter Jeffrey Rosen examines four crucial eras in the history of the Court and explains how larger-than-life personalities dominated the Court and shaped the world we live in today.
Jeffrey Rosen, professor of law at the George Washington University and legal affairs editor of "The New Republic." He's the author of "The Supreme Court," "The Most Democratic Branch," "The Naked Crowd," and "The Unwanted Gaze."