April 30 – The White House Clarifies Its Drone Policy; Gangster Politics in Ukraine; Is the CISPA Bill Worse Than SOPA?

Full Program

Part 1

We begin with the White House’s counter-terrorism advisor's briefing today where the Administration’s position on the use of drones was “clarified”. A specialist in the law of war, Kenneth Anderson, joins us. He is a professor of law at American University and has studied the ethical and legal issues involved in drone and robotic warfare.

Part 2

Then we examine the deteriorating political situation in Ukraine where the government is facing mounting pressure from European leaders who are expressing concern over the mistreatment of the jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko. A former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Pifer joins us. We discuss the mafia-like business oligarchs running Ukraine and the country's growing isolation.

Part 3

Then finally we speak with Sascha Meinrath, the Director of the New American Foundation’s Open Technology Institute about the CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Prevention Act the House just passed. We discuss what is in this bill that the president has threatened to veto and what advocates for internet freedom and civil liberties find alarming about it.