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Full Program
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Part 1
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We begin with the capture of the counterrevolution against the Morsi government by the Egyptian army and the Mubarak era police, which appears to have been financed and encouraged by the Saudi Arabian monarchy determined to sabotage Egypt’s democratic experiment for fear it will spread to their autocratic kingdom. Islamic scholar Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl, the author of “The Great Theft: Wrestling Islam from the Extremists”, joins us to discuss the growing death toll of young Egyptians and his article in Monday’s New York Times, “The Perils of a People’s Coup”. |
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Part 2
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Then we speak with Marc Rotenberg, the President and Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center, EPIC, who today petitioned the Supreme Court to stop the NSA’s spying on American citizens arguing that the FISA court had exceeded its authority under section 215 of the Patriot Act. We discuss EPIC’s petition to the highest court that directly challenges the NSA's authority to sweep up domestic communications. |
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Part 3
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Finally, we will examine the latest effort to kill the Dodd-Frank financial reforms that resulted from the 2008 crash. Dennis Kelleher, the President of Better Markets, a nonprofit that promotes the public interest in the U.S. and global financial markets, joins us to discuss the House bill derisively know as the “London Whale Loophole Act” that would eviscerate regulation over the 700 trillion dollar derivatives market. |
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