Wednesday October 31, 2007
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Guest host: Susan Page
The Senate Judiciary Committee has asked President Bush's nominee for Attorney General to clarify his views on whether a technique that simulates drowning known as waterboarding constitutes torture. We discuss new questions about harsh interrogation techniques and the definition of torture.
Scott Shane, reporter, New York Times
Elisa Massimino, Washington director, Human Rights First
John McLaughlin, former acting director of the Central Intelligence Agency; senior fellow at the Merrill Center for Strategic Studies at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS)
Lee Casey, lawyer in private practice and former staff director of the Federal Legal Counsel in the Justice Department during the Reagan and first Bush administrations
Ken Robinson, former intelligence and special operations commander
Guest host: Susan Page
Bette Davis was one of the greatest actors in American history. A new biography revisits her most memorable roles and traces her rise to stardom. It explores her upbringing, troubled relationships with men, and battles with the major studios to control her career.
Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard" and "Mr. Strangelove."