Getting "pork" out of politics Alaska's "bridge to nowhere" and the Abramoff lobbying scandal are raising concerns that pork-barrel politics has gotten out of control in Washington.9:06 a.m.
Guests
David Williams: Vice president of policy for Citizens Against Government Waste, a non-partisan group that works to eliminate waste and innefficiency in the federal government.
David Canon: Professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
The new top spy President Bush has named a new CIA director after the sudden resignation of Porter Goss. What lies ahead for an agency that's been reeling since 9/11?10:06 a.m.
Guests
John Radsan: Associate professor at William Mitchell College of Law and former assistant general counsel at the CIA. He left the agency in 2004.
James Rosen: National security correspondent for McClatchy newspapers.
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