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Monday, Feb. 6, 2006 |
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 Senate panel probes Bush's warrantless wiretaps
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales goes before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday to defend President Bush's controversial domestic eavesdropping program. Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., said Sunday that the Bush administration's rationale for the program is "very strained and unrealistic." National Public Radio has live coverage of the hearings.
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Guests:
Tom Maertens is retired from his role as the number two counterterrorism official at the State Department. (photo: Getty Images/Mandel Ngan)
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 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act faces scrutiny
Web Resource: Bush defended his program Jan. 23 at Kansas State University
Web Resource: Former Vice President Al Gore condemns Bush's domestic spying program
Web Resource: What are the limits to presidential power?
Web Resource: Vox Verax: Tom Maertens' blog
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Is FISA sufficient?
Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee Monday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said that the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act does not provide enough of an "early warning system" to prevent terrorist attacks. Thus, Gonzales argued that President Bush's warrantless domestic eavesdropping program is both necessary and legal.
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Guests:
Tom Maertens is retired from his role as the number two counterterrorism official at the State Department. (photo: Getty Images/Mandel Ngan)
Related Links:
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act faces scrutiny
Web Resource: Vox Verax: Tom Maertens' blog
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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2006 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
Protests over prophet drawings spread
The international row over cartoons depicting Islam's Prophet Mohammad has pitted the principle of free speech against that of respect for religions and their taboos. The global controversy and violence over the Prophet Muhammad cartoons shows no signs of abating.
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Guests:
Jane Kirtley, Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law.
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
The funeral of Coretta Scott King
An estimated 10,000 people, including four U.S. presidents and 14 senators, were expected to attend the noon funeral for Coretta Scott King, who died last week at 78. King has been called "the first lady of the civil rights movement." We'll hear excerpts of her funeral.
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Remembering Coretta Scott King
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Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2006 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
Bush looks to save money on health care spending
President Bush signs a bill Wednesday that will cut federal spending on the Medicaid program and reduce the number of low-income people eligible for Medicaid assistance. Meanwhile as part of his 2007 budget, Bush also proposed another $36 billion in cuts to Medicare, the government's other big health care program.
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Guests:
Susan Foote, a professor in the Division of Health Services Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
Related Links:
MPR Series: Prescription for Change
Web Resource: NPR News: Medicaid cuts to have wide-ranging impacts
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Two masters: one of the concerto, the other of the cookbook
Voices of Minnesota visits two women who have risen to the top of two rather different fields: cooking and classical music.
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Guests:
Minnesota Orchestra concertmaster Jorja Fleezanis, and prolific cookbook author Beatrice Ojakangas.
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Web Resource: The Minnesota Orchestra
Web Resource: Beatrice Ojakangas' official Web site
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Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
Gearing up for the Turin Olympics
Opening ceremonies get underway Friday for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. What stories will capture the public imagination at this year's games?
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Guests:
Star Tribune staff writer Jay Weiner is covering the games in Turin. This is his 13th Olympics. (photo: Getty Images/Michael Kienzler)
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Minnesotans in the Olympics: then and now
Minnesotans will have plenty of hometown heros to root for in Turin. A record 33 Minnesotans are competing in this year's Winter Olympics.
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Guests:
Jay Weiner, who covers the Olympics for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, and former Minnesota Gov. Wendell Anderson, who played on the 1956 U.S. Olympic hockey team, which took the silver that year.
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Friday, Feb. 10, 2006 |
| Hour 1 (11 a.m.) |
The interviews of Studs Terkel
Legendary Chicago radio man Studs Terkel explored the world of ideas with many of the great minds of the 20th Century during his long career. In his 45 years at WFMT, Terkel shared his studio with everyone from Pete Seeger to Gore Vidal to Mel Brooks.
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Related Links:
Web Resource: Terkel's official Web site
Web Resource: Speaking of Faith: Studs Terkel on work, life and death
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| Hour 2 (12 p.m.) |
Studs Terkel: The later years
In interviews from the 1980s and '90s, Studs Terkel gets Bob Woodward's take on Iran-Contra, delves into the mysteries of the human mind with neurologist Oliver Sacks and takes a tour of Lake Wobegon with fellow radio man Garrison Keillor.
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