Bob Woodward’s Book, Plan Of Attack; Forest Fire Prevention; A Novel About The Sex Abuse Scandal Inside The Catholic Church
Bob Woodward’s Book, Plan Of Attack
Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward released a new book yesterday called Plan of Attack. It details the steps and the atmosphere within the Bush Administration during the months leading up to the start of the war in Iraq last year. Woodward calls into question CIA Director Tenet’s assertion that it would be a “slam dunk” to find WMD in Iraq. Based upon interviews with over seventy-five people close to the story, including the President himself, Woodward contends that the Bush Administration was creating war plans to invade Iraq very early in its tenure. Experts Abraham Sofaer, the George P. Shultz Distinguished Scholar and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, and Joseph Cirincione, Senior Associate and Director for Non-Proliferation at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C. join Larry Mantle to discuss Bob Woodward’s allegations.
Forest Fire Prevention
Forestry expert Tom Bonnicksen is in Southern California this week to advise legislators and local officials on how we can restore the forests devastated by last year’s wildfires, and how we can best prevent them in the future. Larry Mantle talks with him and with Los Angeles City Fire Chief William Bamattre who sat on Governor Schwarzenegger’s Blue Ribbon Fire Commission.
A Novel About The Sex Abuse Scandal Inside The Catholic Church
Father Andrew Greeley, Catholic Priest and acclaimed novelist, joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss his new novel The Priestly Sins. In it, he tells the story of a priest who confronts sexual abuse in his rectory. Greeley comments openly on how the Catholic Church has handled the issue of pedophilia in the priesthood, sharing insight that could only come from within the church.