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10:00The Definition of Torture

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.

Guests

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

11:00Ed Sikov: "Dark Victory" (Henry Holt)

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.

Guests

Ed Sikov, author of "On Sunset Boulevard" and "Mr. Strangelove."

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