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Tuesday February 12, 2008

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Week of February 11, 2008

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10:00U.S seeks death penalty for six men held at Guantanamo

The Pentagon is planning to seek the death penalty for six Guantanamo detainees alleged to have played a part in the nine-eleven terrorist attacks raising new questions about the role of military commissions, detainee rights, and the use of torture.

Guests

Vincent Warren, Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights

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

Jess Bravin, reporter, Wall Street Journal

John Bickers, law professor, Chase College of Law, Northern Kentucky University part of rules and procedures team for the Army, Nov 2001- Aug 2002

Brigadier General Thomas Hartmann, Air force, legal adviser to the Defense Department's Office of Military Commissions

Thomas Fleener, former military defense counsel for the office of Military Commissions

11:00E. J. Dionne: "Souled Out" (Princeton)

Award-winning journalist E.J. Dionne explains why he believes the era of dominance by the Religious Right in American politics is coming to an end. He also forecasts the role of faith in politics after George W. Bush leaves the White House.

Guests

E.J. Dionne, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution, Washington Post columnist, and author of "Souled Out: Reclaiming Faith and Politics After the Religious Right" and of "Stand Up Fight Back."

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