BALCO Attorney Admits Leak; Maywood Police Under Investigation; Inland Empire Journalists Roundtable; Afghanistan In An Uproar; Dodgers Move Spring Training To Arizona; Bill Irwin
BALCO Attorney Admits Leak
A defense lawyer is facing a prison sentence but two San Francisco Chronicle reporters will avoid jail after the lawyer agreed to plead guilty to leaking to them secret grand jury documents from the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative (BALCO) steroids investigation. BALCO defense attorney Troy Ellerman admitted in court papers that he allowed Chronicle reporters Mark Fainaru-Wada and Lance Williams to view transcripts of the grand jury testimony of professional baseball players Barry Bonds, Jason Giambi, Gary Sheffield and sprinter Tim Montgomery. A federal judge ordered the reporters jailed after they refused to divulge the source of the story. They remained free while the Ninth U-S Circuit Court of Appeals considered an appeal. Ellerman is facing up to two years in prison and a possible fine of 250-thousand dollars after agreeing to plead guilty in the case. A sentencing date has not been set. Larry Mantle talks with Thom Mrozek of the U.S. Dept. of Justice and Kelly McBride of the Poynter Institute for Media Studies about the latest development in the BALCO case.
Maywood Police Under Investigation
The Maywood City Council has requested an investigation of the city's police dept. by the state attorney general's office. Larry and his guest discuss the probe, which comes after years of accusations from residents that the Department mistreated Latino immigrants, who make up a majority of the town's population of 40,000. Larry talks with Los Angeles Times staff writer Hector Becerra.
Inland Empire Journalists Roundtable
Larry Mantle talks with Phil Willon, editor of the Los Angeles Times Inland Empire edition, and columnist, Cassie MacDuff, columnist with The Press Enterprise, about the latest news events and developments in the Inland Empire.
Afghanistan In An Uproar
A NATO airstrike killed a Taliban leader and 10 others yesterday in Southern Afghanistan, in one of a number of NATO airstrikes carried out in the region. NATO commanders are trying to hamstring the Taliban in anticipation of a renewed offensive this spring by Taliban fighters, who seek to stage a comeback and topple the elected government in Kabul. The Taliban offensive is expected to start anytime. Meanwhile President Bush extended the stay of 3200 American troops in Afghanistan, and urged other NATO countries to commit more of their troops to the war effort there. Currently there are about 27,000 US troops in Afghanistan, with 15,000 of them part of NATO's 35,000 member force. Dr. Larry Goodson, Professor of Middle East Studies at the Army War College, Seema Patel of the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington and New York Times reporter Carlotta Gall join Larry for a discussion.
Dodgers Move Spring Training To Arizona
After six decades, the Dodgers will be moving their spring training from Vero Beach, Florida to Glendale, Arizona. What will this mean for the team and the fans. Larry talks with Bill Shaikin, staff writer at the Los Angeles Times.
Bill Irwin
After smash engagements in New York and London, the revival of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? has opened in L.A. Larry talks with actor Bill Irwin, who reprises his Tony Award winning role of George, in the production at the Ahmanson Theatre, which will run until March 18. Irwin was initially known for theatrical work that incorporated his clowning skills and younger audiences may know him as Mr. Noodle on Sesame Street.