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First up - possible prosecution?
President Obama, who has consistently supported looking to the future instead
of focusing on the past, seemed to have a change of heart yesterday by leaving
the door open for possible prosecutions of Bush-era officials who authorized
the use of torture. If there's an investigation, how high up will it go?
Tonight we'll ask Senator John Ensign (R-NV) and Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz
(D-FL) what they think.
For more: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21569.html
Next up, does torture actually work? What exactly did the torture memos reveal
and what can we learn from them? We'll bring you the inside scoop from former
CIA Operative Bob Baer.
Don't miss today's New York Times story on torture techniques:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/17/us/politics/17detain.html?_r=1&scp=8&sq=torture&st=cse
And, it looks like GOP moderates like Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sen. Arlen
Specter (R-PA) could face tough primary races from staunch conservatives in
2010. What does this mean for Republicans down the road? Where is the GOP
headed? We'll bring you the debate from the American Spectator's Bob Tyrell and
Republican strategist Mark McKinnon.
For more:
http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/thegaggle/archive/2009/04/22/minutemen-founder-to-challenge-McCain.aspx
And the plot the thickens! New reports reveal that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi
(D-CA) knew that the NSA had wiretapped Rep. Jane Harman's (D-CA) phone. We'll
talk to the Atlanta Journal Constitution's Cynthia Tucker and Salon's Joan
Walsh about that and more in the Politics Fix.
For more:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/glennthrush/0409/NSA_told_Pelosi_of_Harman_wiretap_years_ago.html
And in the Hardball Sideshow - Vice President Joe Biden gives us a peek at the
White House motto ... hint, it has something to do with "Chariots of Fire."
We'll explain that one in the Hardball Sideshow!
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