Nearly 90 of those stopped have been innocent, but their names ended up in a Police Database anyway. Until now. We will speak to Donna Lieberman of the new york Civil Liberties union. Then imprisoned 73yearold civil rights attorney Lynne Stewart seeks compassionate release as she battles fourth stage Breast Cancer nine bars. She doesnt do anything for herself. She doesnt get her meals, she doesnt make up her bed, and they say, oh, she is self sufficient. Yet in the prison, she does nothing. We will speak with her husband, daughter, an attorney. Idc Police Officer has been caught infiltrating road test condemning bangladeshi factory conditions. All of that and more coming up. This is democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. In the latest revelations about the National Security agency sweeping surveillance, the New York Times reports the nsa is searching through the contents of fast troves of email and Text Communications flowing into and out of the co
We begin with an al jazeera investigation. Our focus child in bangladesh where children are working in dangerous factories making clothes for global companies. Thats despite one of the worstt in that country. People were killed when a building that houseed several garment factories. Her investigation found some 12yearolds sewing for a Million Dollarle retailer. Reporter bangladesh is the cheapest country in the world to make clothing. Its a label comes at a price. Government regulations is laxed and company are not required to assure workers are safe. We traveled to the capitol, taka. Investigates safety conditions. This is one of very many subcontracting factories in bangladesh. It seems completely unregulated. Completely unauthorized. Theres no fire exit. Its a shaft in someones backyard. We found children as young as 12 working an old navy pant. They are putting the lasic to the old pant. Made by gap, inc one of the largest Clothing Company in the world. With the collapse in april t
States funnel billions of dollars to the internal government. Hello. Welcome to todays program. Plenty to get through on the show, including, of course, looking at oil. Will middle east tensions keep driving up the price of oil. Perhaps supply will yet outstrip demand . Well talk about the price of oil in ten minutes. Bank of thailand offered no surprise by holding its policy rate steady. The central bank warned a slowdown in chinas affecting growth. Well take the economic temperature of the country and its neighbors. Brazils central bank due to release its Interest Rate decision later today 11 20. Well ask if the country can find the path to inflation and slowing growth and a weakening currency. And u. S. Food joint smith field agreed to a multibillion takeover. Theyll seek assurances on the deal. Can food safety be guaranteed . Do sovereign issues play a part in a countrys food supply . We have a Panel Discussion at 11 30 cet. Right. Also some italian industrial output up 1 in may. T
Derailment in canada . Police launch a criminal investigation. We begin in egypt where the interim government is taking shape against a backdrop of violence and division. Electedbeblawi was tuesday and needs to form a parliament. The Muslim Brotherhood once the unconditional reinstatement of deposed president Mohamed Morsi. Leaders from the National Salvation front say they were not confronted about the timetable for parliamentary elections. Of the Muslim Brotherhood leader was ordered. The news just dropped a few minutes ago. We understand an arrest warrant thiseen issued for specific individual. Nine others are also included in the arrest warrant, including key leaders from the Muslim Brotherhood and other islamic democracy. Uding the the prosecutor general is accusing them of inciting the violence we saw outside of the Republican Guard were more than 50 supporters of the deposed president lost their lives. The Muslim Brotherhood has maintained their supporters came under attack i Se
Every american needs to know about and be thinking about. It is a story about a secret court. One that is operating inside the United States. It only hears one side of any argument. A secret court that is honestly, it is rewriting our surveillance laws. It is deciding what we meant as a society, as a country, when we said the government cant indiscriminately spy on us. To understand what this court is doing, though, we need to get into a corner of the law making process. A part of how we really do it. That most in the country dont think that much about. The way that most of us think about the process of lawmaking is kind of simple. Congress passes a bill, and then the president signs a bill and maybe hes got a lot of pens when he does it and gives the pens away. When that is done, when that ceremony comes to a close, that bill is is now a low. In president obamas first term, before all the gridlock paralyzed washington, this kind of thing, bills becoming laws, happened a lot. Congress