Supreme Court Decision On Cocaine Sentencing; CIA Destroys Interrogation Tapes; The World's Most Notorious Arms Dealer; A Memoir Of Talk Radio And Literary Life
Supreme Court Decision On Cocaine Sentencing
Larry Mantle talks with Mary Price, Vice President and General Counsel for FAMM, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, and Robert Pugsley, Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of Law about the recent Supreme Court decision that would make sentencing for crack cocaine convictions up to a Judges discretion.
CIA Destroys Interrogation Tapes
The CIA says it destroyed videotapes in 2005 of interrogations of terrorism suspects. The ACLU says the tapes were covered by a federal judge's order that such material be turned over in response to a Freedom of Information Act request. A contempt of court proceeding in that case would be only one part of the legal fallout. Larry discusses the issue with intelligence expert Loch Johnson and Chapman Law School dean John Eastman.
The World's Most Notorious Arms Dealer
In his new book The Merchant of Death, co-author and journalist Douglas Farah tells the incredible story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout's vast enterprise of guns, planes, and money has fueled internecine slaughter in Africa and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and the American military in Iraq. Farah joins Larry to talk about the international arms trade and the dealers that provide hardware for the world's military conflicts.
A Memoir Of Talk Radio And Literary Life
Michael Krasny, the host of KQED's "Forum," one of public radio's most popular and intellectually compelling programs, joins Larry Mantle to talk about how his strong desire to become a novelist was eclipsed by his talent as a communicator and his deft ability to draw others out as an interlocutor. In his new book Off Mike, Krasny takes readers inside his world, his coming of age during the heady times of the 1960s with their blend of the civil rights movement and political activism and his journey from a student of literature to a struggling novelist to an educator, and somewhat accidentally, a radio host.