Monday, January 28, 2008

Tonight on Counterpoint

8:00 p.m. - Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris

  • U.S. Army Col. (Ret.) Ann Wright, who in protest of the Iraq war resigned her State Dept. post, discusses her new book, "Dissent: Voices of Conscience," as well as the current military situation in Iraq.
  • Caroline Frederickson, director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office, assesses the ongoing debate in Congress over revision of FISA domestic surveillance legislation and White House efforts to provide retroactive immunity to telecom companies that participated in illegal warrantless wiretaps.
  • Syndicated columnist and author David Sirota takes a critical look at the economic stimulus package negotiated by the White House and Democratic Congressional leaders.
  • Jeremy Funk, communications director of the group Americans United for Change, discusses his group's campaign to make all Americans aware of President Bush's dismal record in office, as he spends his last year in the White House.

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