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10:00Guantanamo

President Bush recently reaffirmed the goal of closing the prison camp for security detainees at Guantanamo Bay. But finding countries to take in cleared prisoners and what to do with those who remain suspects remain major challenges.

Guests

Ambassador Pierre-Richard Prosper, ambassador-at-large, Office of War Crimes Issues at the U.S. Department of State from 2001 to 2005

Sandra Hodgkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Detainee Affairs

Emi MacLean, legal fellow, Guant�¡namo Global Justice Initiative at the Center for Constitutional Rights

Clive Stafford Smith, defense attorney for Guantanamo detainees

11:00Bruce Watson: "Sacco & Vanzetti" (Viking)

Tomorrow marks the eightieth anniversary of the execution of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. Their trial was one of the most controversial in American history. And their case made them famous the world over. A fresh look at the two Italian immigrants known as the 'good shoemaker' and the 'poor fish peddler.'

Guests

Bruce Watson, an award-winning journalist whose articles have appeared in the "Los Angeles Times," "The Boston Globe," and "Smithsonian," magazine and author of "Bread & Roses" and "The Man Who Changed How Boys and Toys Were Made."

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