Movement called, bernie or bust. Well host a debate with seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant and with the former mayor of seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At
Movement called, bernie or bust. Well host a debate with seattle city Councilmember Kshama sawant and with the former mayor of seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At
Seattle mike mcginn. Then in a landmark ruling here in washington, a state judge has ruled a lawsuit can proceed against psychologists James Mitchell and bruce jessen, two of the architects of the cia torture program. Will the first victims of cia torture finally have their day in court . Amy well speak with attorney dror ladin of the aclu, which has filed the lawsuit on behalf of torture victims. And well also talk to former military Intelligence Officer colonel steve kleinman, who worked with mitchell and jessen at the militarys survival, evasion, resistance, and escape school in spokane, washington. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman. Dozens of civilians have been killed in an airstrike on a camp for internally displaced syrians in Idlib Province near the border with turkey. At least 30 people were reportedly killed, some of them children, and dozens more wounded. U. N. Humanitarian affairs chief Steph
For interrogation tactics the president himself has described as torture. Do those details warrant going back and reexamining whether people should be prosecuted . Decisions about prosecution are made by career federal prosecutors at the department of justice. The Justice Department says the federal prosecutors who looked into the program wont be launching a new investigation. Based on the report from the Senate Intelligence committees democratic chair, dianne feinstein, trial or no trial, the c. I. A. Has big names coming to its defense, from former Vice President dick cheney who blasted the report on fox news. I think its a terrible piece of work, we did exactly what needed to be done in order to catch those who were guilty on 9 11 and to prevent a further attack and we were successful on both parties. This report says its not successful. The report is full of crap. What stunned me about the report most was the fact that it was written in the way it was written. Its an unrelenting pr
Congressman peter king joins me. And, he walks two worlds now, shaping history, defining his own future. More of our conversation with george w. Bush on the cia, his fathers legacy, and the new family business. Mother called and said i hear youre a painter. She said, paint my dogs. This is state of the union. Good morning from washington. Im candy crowley. 1 trillion spending bill is on its way to president obamas desk after clearing the senate late last night. In addition to keeping the government open the senate is on track to approve a new number two at the state department, a new head of the Social Security administration, and maybe even a new surgeon general. Joining me now is Senate Democratic leader chuck schumer. Thank you for being here and it is a pleasure to be inhouse. Before we get going, i want to congratulate you for an amazing 27 years. Youre the best of the old school journalism, study it thoroughly and ask the hard questions and you get the answers and theres no gimmi