Aug 29 - Algeria and the Qaddafi Fugitives; Hurricane Hype and Climate Change; A CIA Interrogator on Cheney

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We begin with Algeria, where Qaddafi’s family have just taken refuge, and talk with Laurie Brand, professor of International Relations at USC who studies North Africa. She examines the regional implications of the fall of the Qaddafi dictatorship for the neighboring states, in particular Algeria, where the ruling military regime supported Qaddafi, and are now being asked to turn over his family.

Part 2

Then we get an update on the big storm and its aftermath from Andrew Revkin who is the creator of the New York Times’ Dot Earth blog where he covers global environmental issues and climate change. We discuss hurricane Irene and its possible relationship to climate change, as a growing number of serious weather events are occurring with increasing devastation requiring more and more federal disaster assistance.

Part 3

Then finally we talk with Glenn Carle, a former CIA interrogator of a suspected high-level Al Qaeda member. His new book “The Interrogator; An Education” tells the story and we will also ask Glenn Carle about Dick Cheney’s defense of torture in his new memoir and the CIA’s censorship of FBI Agent Ali Soufran’s new book that accuses the agency of missing a chance to derail the 9/11 terrorist attack.

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