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Some think 9/11 gave Republicans the excuse they wanted to expand presidential powers. Vice President Cheney says the Bush counter-terrorism policies have made the U.S. safer. A panel joins Diane to evaluate the success and failures of the Bush administration's use of executive powers.
Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general, Republican counsel during the Iran-contra hearings, and founding partner with the Lichfield Group
Stuart Taylor, senior writer with National Journal magazine, contributing editor at Newsweek, and coauthor with KC Johnson of "Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case" (Thomas Dunne Books)
Joseph diGenova, former independent counsel and former US Attorney for the District of Columbia
Violence from Mexico's drug wars continues to spin out of control and the FBI now says Mexican cartels pose the biggest organized crime threat to the United States. A look at U.S.-Mexican cooperation on crimefighting, trade, and immigration, and what may change under the Obama administration.
Armand Peschard-Sverdrup, senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Maureen Meyer, associate for Mexico and Central America at The Washington Office on Latin America
John Bailey, professor of government and foreign service at Georgetown University; author of the forthcoming: "Crime, Corruption, and Democracy: Mexico's Security Trap in Comparative Perspective;" co-editor with Lucia Dammert, "Police Reform in the Americas"
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