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Flashback: A Look Back at the Church Committee's Investigation into CIA, FBI Misuse of Power

We take a look at one of the most famous special Senate investigations of government misconduct. In the mid-1970s, a US Senate committee chaired by Democratic Senator Frank Church of Idaho conducted a massive investigation of the CIA and FBI's misuse of power at home and abroad. The multi-year investigation examined domestic spying, the CIA's attempts to assassinate foreign leaders, the FBI and CIA's efforts to infiltrate and disrupt leftist organizations, and more. We speak with Sen. Frank Church's widow, Bethine Church, and Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., who served as chief counsel to the Church Committee. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/24/flashback_a_look_back_at_the

Rise of Right-Wing Extremism Linked to Recession

The Department of Homeland Security released a report last week that warned right-wing extremist groups are gaining new recruits by exploiting fears about the economy and the election of the nation's first black president. We speak with Mark Potok of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/4/24/rise_of_right_wing_extremism_linked

Family Prisons

http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/281.html

Olberman on FISA

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/020108B.shtml

In Europe

US fears Europe-based terrorism *One of the biggest threats to US security may now come from within Europe, the US Homeland Security head says.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/americas/7190788.stm


Papal visit scuppered by scholars *The Pope cancels a visit to a top Rome university after protests against his views on Galileo.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/europe/7188860.stm


German bank hit by sub-prime woes *Hypo Real Estate sees its shares slump by a third after writedowns due to US sub-prime exposure.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/2/hi/business/7190046.stm

National ID Rules

Homeland Security Finalizes National ID Card Rules

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/011108E.shtml

The Associated Press reports, "Americans born after December 1, 1964, will have to get more secure driver's licenses in the next six years under ambitious post-9/11 security rules to be unveiled today by federal officials."