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In Historic Vote, UN Declares Access to Water a Fundamental Right
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July 29, 2010 - 5:45 am
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The United Nations General Assembly has declared for the first time that access to clean water and sanitation is a fundamental human right. In a historic vote Wednesday, 122 countries supported the resolution, and over forty countries abstaine…
Patrick Cockburn on Missing Billions in Iraq and Soaring Cancer & Infant Mortality Rates in Fallujah
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July 29, 2010 - 5:32 am
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In Iraq, an official audit by the US Special Investigator for Iraq Reconstruction found that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $9 billion taken from Iraqi oil revenues between 2004 and 2007 for use in reconstruction. Meanwhile, a new medi…
WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange: "Transparent Government Tends to Produce Just Government"
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July 28, 2010 - 5:11 am
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We spend the hour with Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, talking about the biggest leak in US history: the release of more than 91,000 classified military records on the war in Afghanistan. As the Pentagon announces it is launching a criminal probe into who leaked the documents, Assange asks what about investigating the “war crimes” revealed in the leaked military records? He also talks about the media, why he isn’t coming to the US anytime soon, and what gives him hope. “What keeps us going is our sources. These are the people, presumably, who are inside these organizations, who want change,” Assange says. “They are both heroic figures taking much greater risks than I ever do, and they are pushing and showing that they want change in, in fact, an extremely effective way.” [includes rush transcript]
Headlines for July 28, 2010
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July 28, 2010 - 5:00 am
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House Votes to Fund Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Audit: Pentagon Can’t Account for 95% of $9B of Iraq Reconstruction Funds, BP Seeks $10 Billion Tax Break to Cover Spill Expenses, 800,000 Gallons of Oil Spill in Michigan, Major Protests Planned in Arizona over Anti-Immigrant Bill, Nebraska City Suspends Anti-Immigrant Housing Bill, NYC to Pay $7M Settlement in Sean Bell Shooting Case, British PM: Gaza Is a “Prison Camp”, US Backs More AU Troops in Somalia, Hans Blix: US Refused to Accept Findings of UN Inspectors in Iraq, Colombia Journalist to Be Allowed Entry into US, Four Mexican Journalists Kidnapped, Republicans Block Campaign Finance Law, Massachusetts Legislature OKs Plan to Bypass Electoral College, Groups: FBI Surveillance Program Invites Racial Profiling
Headlines for July 28, 2010
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July 28, 2010 - 5:00 am
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House Votes to Fund Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, Audit: Pentagon Can’t Account for 95% of $9B of Iraq Reconstruction Funds, BP Seeks $10 Billion Tax Break to Cover Spill Expenses, 800,000 Gallons of Oil Spill in Michigan, Major Protests Planned in Arizona over Anti-Immigrant Bill, Nebraska City Suspends Anti-Immigrant Housing Bill, NYC to Pay $7M Settlement in Sean Bell Shooting Case, British PM: Gaza Is a “Prison Camp”, US Backs More AU Troops in Somalia, Hans Blix: US Refused to Accept Findings of UN Inspectors in Iraq, Colombia Journalist to Be Allowed Entry into US, Four Mexican Journalists Kidnapped, Republicans Block Campaign Finance Law, Massachusetts Legislature OKs Plan to Bypass Electoral College, Groups: FBI Surveillance Program Invites Racial Profiling
"WikiLeaks Is Not One Person…We Are All the Threat" – Hacker Magazine Editor Says WikiLeaks Is Bigger Than Julian Assange
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July 27, 2010 - 5:42 am
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We speak to Emmanuel Goldstein, a well-known figure in the hacker community and the editor of the magazine 2600: The Hacker Quarterly. He is also the organizer of the HOPE conference. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange had been slated to be the keynote speaker at the most recent conference. Federal agents were there waiting for him, but Assange didn’t show. [includes rush transcript]
_Guardian_ Editor on Coverage of Afghan War Logs: European Audience "Troubled More…by the Toll this War is Taking on Innocent People"
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July 27, 2010 - 5:22 am
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We speak with David Leigh, the investigations editor at The Guardian, one of the three newspapers, along with the New York Times and Der Spiegel, WikiLeaks gave the Afghanistan war documents to. “Broadly, we see a similar picture in the three media. What we do see is quite a different political perspective. From the New York Times’s point of view…it was interesting to see that the relationship with Pakistan was a political priority,” Leigh says. “With us, we’re more concerned about the casualties, I think. We’re troubled more, a European audience, by the toll this war is taking on innocent people.” [includes rush transcript]
WikiLeaks Founder Says "Evidence of War Crimes" in Afghan War Logs, White House Downplays Leak, Claiming "No Broad New Revelations"
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July 27, 2010 - 5:11 am
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The disclosure of a massive trove of classified military records documenting the Afghanistan war has ignited a firestorm and increased pressure on the White House to defend its military strategy. We play highlights of the White House press conference in Washington and Julian Assange’s press conference in London. [includes rush transcript]
Headlines for July 27, 2010
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July 27, 2010 - 5:00 am
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Karzai Orders Probe into Deadly NATO Air Strike, Missing US Soldier Found Dead in Afghanistan, As BP Reports $17B Loss, Hayward to Step Down as CEO, BP Fails to Set Up $20B Compensation Fund, Greenpeace Activists Shut Down BP Stations in London, Iran Says It Is Open to Nuclear Talks “Without Any Conditions”, Environmental Ministers Criticize US Stance on Climate Change, WFP: 8 Million Need Food Aid in Niger Due to Severe Drought, SEIU and UNITE HERE Reach Settlement Ending Dispute, Tennessee GOP Candidate Questions Whether Islam Is a Religion, Probe Urged into Murdered Honduran Journalists, Nike Agrees to Compensate Laid-Off Contract Workers in Honduras, 20th Anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act Marked, Puerto Rican Independentista Freed After 30 Years
The New Pentagon Papers: WikiLeaks Releases 90,000+ Secret Military Documents Painting Devastating Picture of Afghanistan War
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July 26, 2010 - 5:08 am
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It’s one of the biggest leaks in US military history. More than 90,000 internal records of US military actions in Afghanistan over the past six years have been published by the whistleblower website WikiLeaks. The documents provide a devastating portrait of the war in Afghanistan, revealing how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in unreported incidents, how a secret black ops special forces unit hunts down targets for assassination or detention without trial, how Taliban attacks have soared, and how Pakistan is fueling the insurgency. We host a roundtable discussion with independent British journalist Stephen Grey; Pentagon Papers whistleblower, Daniel Ellsberg; former State Department official in Afghanistan, Matthew Hoh; independent journalist Rick Rowley; and investigative historian Gareth Porter. [includes rush transcript]