June 15 - Iraq Unraveling as Time Runs Out for a Political Solution; The Godfather Sepp Blatter and his FIFA Organized Crime Family; The Exodus of Unaccompanied Children into the U.S.

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the apparent unraveling of Iraq as Shiite militias answer the call from their clerics to defend Baghdad and the holy shrines from the lightning advance of the ISIS insurgents who have taken major cities in the north and are now on the outskirts of the capitol. Dr. Nussaibah Younis, an International Security Program Research Fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard’s Kennedy School joins us to discuss her recent article at the New York Times, “The Army Alone Can’t Save Iraq” and, assuming that it is not too late, that military aid alone will not be enough to stem the tide of Sunni Jihadists unless political grievances are deal with by the Iraqi government that has alienated and marginalized Sunnis.

Part 2

Then we go to the UK to speak with Andrew Jennings, an investigative reporter best known for his work investigating and writing about corruption in the IOC and FIFA, the organization behind the World Cup now underway in Brazil. He is the only reporter in the world banned from FIFA president Sepp Blatter’s press conferences and is the author of “Foul! The Secret World of FIFA: Bribes, Vote-Rigging and Ticket Scandals” and his latest book “Omerta! Sepp Blatter’s FIFA Organized Crime Family”.

Part 3

Then finally, with the sudden influx of up to 50,000 unaccompanied minors mostly from Central America crossing the southern border so far this year, we speak with Wendy Young, the Executive Director of KIND, Kids in Need of Defense, the leading organization for the protection of unaccompanied children who enter the U.S. Immigration System alone. We discuss what is behind the exodus of children from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico and the humanitarian crisis it is causing.