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Monday, Feb 10, 2003
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Chief U.N. inspectors cite an encouraging Iraqi "change
of heart"; Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill
confronts chief inspector Hans Blix over U.S.-imposed "no-fly
zones"
"Infrastructure of Concealment, Deception and Intimidation"
is this about Iraq, or Britain? Britain admits its latest
'intelligence' report was plagiarized from a post-doc's
thesis
Justice Department secretly drafts legislation to strengthen
the Patriot Act: the bill would allow the government to strip
citizenship from people who support groups the US considers
terrorist organizations, and invalidate all state laws regulating
police spying
9:01-9:06 Headlines
9:06-9:07 One-minute music break
9:07-9:15 CHIEF U.N. INSPECTORS CITE AN ENCOURAGING IRAQI
"CHANGE OF HEART"; DEMOCRACY NOW! CONFRONTS CHIEF
INSPECTOR HANS BLIX ABOUT NO-FLY ZONES
In Baghdad, the Chief U.N. weapons inspectors emerged from
talks with Iraqi officials and said they saw signs of an Iraqi
"change of heart" over disarmament demands. But
they have not seen a dramatic breakthrough that could halt
the march towards war.
The inspectors also said further U.N. inspections are preferable
to a U.S. attack.
Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill reports from
the press conference. He also confronted Chief Inspector Hans
Blix about the U.S. so-called "no-fly zones," which
are not recognized by the U.N.
Tape: Jeremy Scahill, Democracy Now! correspondent in Baghdad
9:20-9:21 One-minute music break
9:20-9:40 JUSTICE DEPARTMENT SECRETLY DRAFTS LEGISLATION
TO STRENGTHEN THE PATRIOT ACT
The Justice Department is drafting legislation that would
strengthen the already sweeping powers granted by the USA
Patriot Act.
Under the bill, the government could strip people of their
citizenship and expatriate them if they provide material support
to a group the government decides is a "terrorist organization."
All municipal and state laws that regulate police spying
on domestic groups would become invalid.
The bill would automatically deny bail for anyone accused
of terrorist-related crimes.
All governmental agencies would be barred from releasing
any information about individuals detained in terrorism investigations.
A DNA database would be set up to include suspects not convicted
of any crimes.
The bill is entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act
of 2003. A draft copy was obtained and released on Friday
by the watchdog group Center for Public Integrity.
Guest: Charles Lewis, executive director of the Center for
Public Integrity
Link: www.publicintegrity.org
Guest: David Cole, Georgetown University Law professor and
author of"Terrorism and the Constitution: Sacrificing
Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security"
9:40-9:41 One-minute music break
9:41-9:58 "INFRASTRUCTURE OF CONCEALMENT, DECEPTION
AND INTIMIDATION" IS THIS ABOUT IRAQ, OR BRITAIN?
BRITAIN ADMITS ITS LATEST 'INTELLIGENCE' REPORT
WAS PLAGIARIZED
The latest British intelligence report is called: "Iraq:
Its Infrastructure Of Concealment, Deception And Intimidation."
Right now those charges could just as easily be leveled at
Britain.
The British government is struggling to recover from acute
international embarrassment after admitting that much of this
latest 'intelligence' report on Iraq was plagiarized.
The British government released the report last Monday.
Britain said it was based on "intelligence material."
On Wednesday, Secretary of State General Colin Powell praised
the report as he argued for war in his presentation to the
U.N. Security Council.
But then 28-year-old Cambridge University lecturer Glen
Rangwala discovered that much of the report was stolen from
an American student's doctoral thesis. The student, Ibrahim
al-Marashi, wrote the thesis based on Iraqi papers abandoned
in Kuwait some 12 years ago.
Rangwala sent an email to two Cambridge students, who forwarded
it to journalists.
Rangwala also discovered the so-called "intelligence"
report appeared to have been cobbled together not by Middle
East experts, but by the Alastair Campbell's secretary
and other assistants. Alastair Campbell is the British Government's
chief spin doctor.
Many sections from al-Marashi's paper were cut and
pasted whole without tinkering (or attribution). But others
show evidence of the spin doctors' work. For example,
in the original paper, a section on the Iraqi directorate
of general intelligence discusses the directorate's role
in QUOTE "aiding opposition groups in hostile regimes."
In the British report that phrase became: "supporting
terrorist organizations in hostile regimes."
Guest: Glen Rangwala, the lecturer in politics at Cambridge
University in Britain who discovered Britain's latest
intelligence report on Iraq was stolen from a post-doc's
thesis. He has also written a report: "A First Response
to Secretary Colin Powell's Presentation Concerning Iraq"
9:58-9:59 Outro and Credits
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