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6/17/13 Ezekiel Edwards

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Published: June 17, 2013 | By Scott

Ezekiel Edwards, director and former staff attorney at the ACLU, discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling that Maryland police can extract DNA samples from those arrested (not convicted) for “serious crimes;” Justice Scalia’s impressive dissent; the racial disparity of marijuana possession arrests; and the 5th Amendment-shredding SCOTUS decision in Salinas v. Texas.

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6/17/13 Muhammad Sahimi

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Published: June 17, 2013 | By Scott

Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses “moderate conservative” Hassan Rouhani’s victory in Iran’s presidential election and the golden opportunity for a US-Iran deal on nuclear enrichment and sanctions.

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6/14/13 Eric Margolis

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Published: June 16, 2013 | By Scott

Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the Obama administration’s decision to directly arm Syrian rebels; the “old colonial lusts” of Britain and France; disagreement on whether the Syrian government or the rebels used chemical weapons; and Obama’s rather arbitrary “red line.”

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6/14/13 Greg Mitchell

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Published: June 16, 2013 | By Scott

Greg Mitchell, daily blogger for The Nation, discusses the new edition of his book on whistleblower hero Bradley Manning; the biggest revelations in the Wikileaks Iraq and Afghan war logs; how Manning’s leaks helped speed up US withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan; and how the Arab spring revolutions were inspired in part by the leaked [...]

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6/13/13 Philip Giraldi

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Published: June 13, 2013 | By Scott

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the NSA’s massive spying campaign against Americans; empty promises from government officials that they are only trying to protect us; further US involvement in the Syrian quagmire; why Saudi Arabia keeps getting away with exporting fundamentalist Islamic movements; and George W. Bush’s incredible [...]

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