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Monday, June 23, 2008

Minnesota Public Radio Stories

A look inside Guantanamo
McClatchy Newspapers reporter Tom Lasseter and foreign editor Roy Gutman discuss their eight-month investigation that found the U.S. has wrongfully detained many prisoners in the war on terror because of flimsy or fabricated evidence, and for personal scores or bounties.11:00 a.m.
Guests
Tom Lasseter: Moscow bureau chief for McClatchy Newspapers. From 2003 to 2006, he covered the war in Iraq and reported extensively about the U.S. military, insurgent groups, militias and other security matters.
Roy Gutman: Foreign editor for McClatchy Newspapers. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the 1993 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina, where he provided the first documented reports of concentration camps.
More from MPR
Should Guantanamo be closed? (01/29/2008)
Ellison finds Guantanamo conditions better than expected (01/25/2008)
Journalist or enemy combatant? (11/06/2007)
Resources
About Tom Lasseter
About Roy Gutman
The case for government oversight
U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-CA, and chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform addresses an audience at the National Press Club. Waxman's committee has recently investigated contracting corruption in Iraq, steroids in Major League Baseball, and the outing of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson.12:00 p.m.
More from MPR
Joe Wilson still wants accountability on Iraq intelligence (12/16/2005)
Joseph Wilson responds to the Libby indictment (10/31/2005)
Libby indicted in CIA leak case; resigns White House post (10/28/2005)
Resources
National Press Club
About U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-CA