Monday December 4, 2006
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Show Overview

Points of View:
'North and South' By Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff
'Corruption: the 'second insurgency' costing $4bn a year' By Julian Borger in Washington, David Pallister
'Report Finds DHS Lax on Contracting Procedures' By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham


Guests:
Kenneth Boyd
The Washington Regional Transplant Consortium

George Franklin
President of the Quarter Century Club

Debra Sweet
National Co-ordinator of World Can't Wait

Chris Hedge
Author of The Christian Right and the Rise of American Fascism'

Ray McGovern
Co-Founder Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity

Cynthia McKinney
Congresswoman for Georgia's fourth congressional district

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Points of View

Israel Defense Forces Warn of Pending Mid-East War
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Ambrose starts with the Haaretz article 'North and South' by Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff.

Amos Harel and Avi Issacharoff are military correspondents for the Haaretz Newspaper.

Corruption: the 'second insurgency' costing $4bn a year
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Ambrose reads from the Guardian Unlimited piece 'Corruption: the 'second insurgency' costing $4bn a year' by Julian Borger in Washington, David Pallister.

Julian Borger is a Washigton DC-based Guardian journalist. David Pallister is an investigative journalist with The Guardian. He has published many featured articles in the best tradition of Guardian journalism.

Report Finds DHS Lax on Contracting Procedures
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Washington Post article 'Report Finds DHS Lax on Contracting Procedures' By Robert O'Harrow Jr. and Scott Higham.

Robert O'Harrow, Jr. , reporter for The Washington Post and is an associate of the Center for Investigative Reporting. He was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for articles on privacy and technology and a recipient of the 2003 Carnegie Mellon Cyber Security Reporting Award. Scott Higham is a reporter on The Washington Post's investigative staff. Before joining the newspaper in 2000, he worked for the Baltimore Sun, the Miami Herald and the Allentown Morning Call.

Guests:

Kenneth Boyd
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Ambrose speaks with Kenneth Boyd of the Washington Regional Transplant Consortium and George Franklin, President of the Quarter Century Club. The Washington Regional Transplant Consortium (WRTC) is a non-profit, federally designated organ procurement organizationorganization.

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Kenneth Boyd is WRTC's Senior Clinical Recovery Coordinator. George E. Franklin, III, is a kidney transplant recipient. He has survived more than 25 years with the organ.

Debra Sweet: The World Can't Wait
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Ambrose interviews Debra Sweet and Chris Hedges. They discuss the World Can't Wait Teach-In in Washington, D.C.

Debra Sweet is the National Co-ordinator of World Can't Wait. Almost 35 years ago, in the fall of 1970 when the United States was stuck in another "quagmire" war, The Capital Times published the following editorial under the headline, "Debra Sweet's act of courage".

Chris Hedges is the author of The Christian Right and the Rise of American Fascism'. As a foreign correspondent for the NEW YORK TIMES, Chris Hedges covered the Balkans, the Middle East, including the first Gulf War. Last year he was a member of the team of reporters that won the Pulitzer Prize for the NEW YORK TIMES coverage of global terrorism.

Ray McGovern
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Ambrose speaks with Ray McGovern, Co-Founder Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity.

Ray McGovern’s 27-year career as a CIA analyst spanned administrations from John F. Kennedy to George H. W. Bush. In January 2003, when it became clear that that ethic was in serious jeopardy, a handful of intelligence community alumni/ae, including Ray, created Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity. VIPS now includes over 35 former professionals from CIA, the Defense Intelligence Agency, the Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Army Intelligence, the FBI, and the National Security Agency.

Cynthia McKinney
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Ambrose welcomes Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney to the discussion with Ray McGovern. Both will appear at the World Can't Wait Teach-In at George Washington University.

Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an African-American politician from the U.S. state of Georgia. A Democrat, McKinney served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993 to 2003, and returned in 2005, representing Georgia's fourth congressional district. McKinney was defeated in the 2006 Democratic primary, losing her Congressional seat for the second time.