General Antonio Taguba’s Testimony About the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal; The Uniform Code of Military Justice; The Transformation of Selling in America
General Antonio Taguba’s Testimony About the Abu Ghraib Prisoner Abuse Scandal
This morning, KPCC broadcast the testimony of Major General Antonio Taguba before the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. Taguba is the author of the explosive report that found "sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses" at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. Hal Kempfer, military analyst for ABC 7 News and a Reserve Marine Lt. Colonel, joins Host Larry Mantle to discuss Taguba’s testimony.
The Uniform Code of Military Justice
Host Larry Mantle discusses the charges that face seven military personnel in their courts martial resulting from the prisoner abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison, under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. How does the UCMJ differ from civilian law? What punishment might the service members get? Karen Hecker, military law expert with the law offices of David P. Sheldon, in Washington, D.C., joins Larry. Ms. Hecker served on active duty in the Air Force, both as a trial and defense counsel and as an appellate defense counsel.
The Transformation of Selling in America
In his new book Birth of A Salesman, Harvard Business School historian Walter Friedman chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from the itinerant amateur to the trained expert. From the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, the development of sales management transformed an economy populated by peddlers and canvassers to one driven by professional salesmen and executives. The study of selling itself became an industry, producing academic disciplines devoted to marketing, consumer behavior, and industrial psychology. Larry Mantle talks with Walter Friedman about the history of selling in America and how the rise of the salesman influenced American commerce and culture in the 20th century.