May 7 – The Latest Results of the U.K. Elections; NSA Bulk Collection Under the Patriot Act Struck Down; Greece Will Pay the IMF While Running Out of Money

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the elections in the U.K. and speak with James Cronin, a Professor of History at Boston College and the Chair of the British Study Group at Harvard University. He joins us from London with the latest results from exit polls that indicate a surprise win for the conservatives and a big loss for Labor who appear unlikely they have enough seats to form a coalition with the Scottish Nationalists who came in third and have gained seats at Labor’s expense.

Part 2

Then we speak with Marc Rotenberg, the President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) in Washington D.C. and the Chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Privacy and Information Protection. He joins us to discuss a federal appeals court ruling that finds a provision of the U.S.A. Patriot Act known as Section 215 cannot be interpreted by the NSA to allow bulk collection of domestic phone records of American citizens.

Part 3

Then finally with Greece’s finance minister insisting they will make Tuesday’s payment to the IMF of 763 million Euros even as Greece is reportedly running out of money, we speak with James Galbraith a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Policy at the University of Texas and the author of The End of Normal. He is a colleague of Greece’s finance minister and with European finance ministers convening an emergency meeting on Monday, we examine what it mean when Greece says it will stick to its “red line” electoral promises.