As he turned to walk away i said you should come too. He said you want both of us . Youre both good friends. Weve been friends all these years. And just couple to couple. Yeah, that would be great. Think about that. He said i will. And they did. And thats just a great honor to have them both out. Theyve been just good friends of ours for all these years. Bill and hillary have provided i think great leadership for our country in the past and in their respective ways. I served on the can he in the snath under ted kennedy with Hillary Clinton all the time she was in the senate. We had great working relationships in the snath. I think she just did an outstanding job as our secretary of state. In fact, as we traveled around the world the last two years, the just amazing how stature that Hillary Clinton globally among women and girls all over this globe. He has kind of let, lit a fire among women and girls around the world. In heyre just holder her high esteem. Theyre all expected to speak a
Guantanamo prisoners to u. S. Soil. 166 prisoners remain in guantanamo, which opened 11 years ago this week. 86 of them have been cleared for release. Today we look at the case of one man, al jazeeras sami alhajj, the only journalist held at guantanamo. Held by the u. S. Military for more than six years without charge, sami alhajj was reportedly tortured repeatedly tortured, attack by dogs, hung from the ceiling. In january 2007, he began a Hunger Strike that lasted 438 days until his release. I go on Hunger Strike for many reasons. We are held in guantanamo without charge, without cause. They did not give us a chance to go to court about our case. Today, a democracy now exclusive, an extended broadcast interview with sami alhajj from the headquarters of al jazeera in doha. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A u. S. Drone attack has killedki eight people in the pakistani region of north waziristan. Pakist
Guantanamo prisoners to u. S. Soil. 166 prisoners remain in guantanamo, which opened 11 years ago this week. 86 of them have been cleared for release. Today we look at the case of one man, al jazeeras sami alhajj, the only journalist held at guantanamo. Held by the u. S. Military for more than six years without charge, sami alhajj was reportedly tortured repeatedly tortured, attack by dogs, hung from the ceiling. In january 2007, he began a Hunger Strike that lasted 438 days until his release. I go on Hunger Strike for many reasons. We are held in guantanamo without charge, without cause. They did not give us a chance to go to court about our case. Today, a democracy now exclusive, an extended broadcast interview with sami alhajj from the headquarters of al jazeera in doha. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. A u. S. Drone attack has killed eight people in the pakistani region of north waziristan. Pakistan
Now expected to return to private corporate practice, one more government appointee spinning through the lucrative revolving door between washington and wall street. That door could be a big reason why government treats the banks with kid gloves. A man who once worked for citigroup, jack lew, the president s chief of staff, has been picked to be the new treasury secretary. And Mary Jo White, the newly named head of the securities and exchange commission, is a chief litigator at a top law firm representing big investment banks like morgan stanley. With all this happening, its time to talk with journalist matt taibbi. Youve seen him on our broadcast before. A contributing editor at rolling stone, hes been tracking the high crimes and misdemeanors of wall street and washington for years. Welcome back to the show. Thanks for having me. Youre working on a story right now thatll come out in a couple of weeks on the hsbc settlement. Tell me about that, why it interests you. Well, the hsbc set
Company the rule of law isnt really the rule of law if it doesnt apply equally to everybody. I mean, if youre going to put somebody in jail for having a jot isis pocket, you cant let higher ranking hsbc officials off for laundering 800 million for the worst drug dealers in the entire world. And there is not a country in the world that believes that the u. S. Drone attacks that we are doing on countries that we are not at war with is the right and sustainable solution for us. All we have is the president interpreting his own powers and the limits on his own powers. And that is not the way its supposed to work. We need more oversight. Announcer funding is provided by Carnegie Corporation of new york, celebrating 100 years of philanthropy, d committed to dog real andermane good thworld. The kohlberg foundation. Independent production fund, with support from the partridge foundation, a john and polly guth charitable fund. The clements foundation. Park foundation, dedicated to heightening P