SoCal Police Departments Revise Policy on Special Order 40; Orange County Journalist “Roundtable"; The Patriot Act; The Fall of Enron
SoCal Police Departments Revise Policy on Special Order 40
The LAPD and the Orange County Sheriff's Department are both considering changes to the standing rule, whereby law enforcement officers do not question a person's immigration status. LAPD Chief Bratton is considering a change to this policy, allowing officers to look at the immigration status of convicted felons who were deported and have returned to break the law once more. KPCC Reporter Frank Stoltze, Ranjana Natarajan, staff attorney for the Southern California ACLU, Jon Fleishman, spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and Angelica Salas, Executive Director of CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Right in Los Angeles), join Larry to discuss the topic.
Orange County Journalist “Roundtable"
Larry Mantle talks with Orange County Register op-ed column editor Chris Reed and OC Weekly staff writer Gustavo Arellano, about the latest news events and developments in Orange County.
The Patriot Act
The Bush Administration announced this week that it wants not only to re-authorize the controversial Patriot Act, but to expand its powers further. Sixteen of its provisions are up for reauthorization at the end of the year. The Patriot Act, which was passed shortly after 9/11, allows the federal government to set aside certain privacy rights in order to investigate domestic terrorist activity. Larry Mantle talks with Victoria Toensing, former Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, for the United States Department of Justice, and Tim Lynch, Director of the Cato Institute’s Project on Criminal Justice. They examine how the Patriot Act has helped, how it has hurt, and whether its powers should be curtailed or broadened further.
The Fall of Enron
Larry Mantle talks with award winning author and New York Times investigative journalist Kurt Eichenwald about his new book Conspiracy of Fools (Broadway Books), a financial and political thriller about the collapse of Enron.