Friday, June 20, 2003

Secret Arrests
The detention of hundreds of terrorism suspects since Sept. 11 has sparked controversy and legal debate. Margaret Warner discusses the continuing effort to strike a balance between civil liberties and domestic security with Kate Martin, director for the Center for National Security Studies, and John Yoo, a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former U.S. Department of Justice official.

Justice in Black and White
Jeffrey Kaye reports on 12 people imprisoned on the testimony of a discredited undercover officer that were released this week in Tulia, Texas.

Shields & Brooks
Jim Lehrer discusses the week's political developments with syndicated columnist Mark Shields and The Weekly Standard's David Brooks.

Spam Wars
Junk e-mail, known commonly as spam, continues to flood inboxes throughout the country. Terence Smith examines the continued effort to stop unwanted e-mail.

Letter to a Bride
Essayist Anne Taylor Fleming contemplates June brides.

Thursday, June 19, 2003

Al-Qaida in America
A truck driver in Ohio has pleaded guilty to supporting terrorism as part of a plea bargain with the Justice Department. Jim Lehrer discusses what this means for al-Qaida's influence in America with Daniel Klaidman, Washington bureau chief of Newsweek magazine.

Troubled Church
At today's conference in St. Louis, American bishops defended their efforts to tackle clerical sexual abuse. Ray Suarez discusses the situation with Barbara Blaine, president and founder of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests; Rev. Tom Reese, editor of America, a national weekly Catholic magazine; and Scott Appleby, director of the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame.

Beaming Back
Saul Gonzalez of KCET of Los Angeles reports on National Iranian Television, or NITV, broadcast from California, which Iranian officials have blamed for inciting the recent unrest in that country.

Counting the Civilian Casualties in Iraq
Margaret Warner discusses the number of civilians who died in the Iraq conflict with retired Col. Samuel Gardiner; Alex Roland, professor of history at Duke University; and Niko Price, a correspondent with the Associated Press.

Wednesday, June 18, 2003

Iran Unrest
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Tehran yesterday for the eighth consecutive night. Margaret Warner discusses the situation with Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute; Daniel Brumberg of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Manouchehr Ganji of the Flag of Freedom Organization of Iran; and Shaul Bakhash, a journalist in Iran.

Libraries and Liberties
The USA Patriot Act allows the FBI to check the records of some businesses, including public libraries and bookstores. Spencer Michels looks at the act's effect on library users in Santa Cruz, California.

Multimedia Appeal
News and entertainment outlets are competing for the first interview with rescued prisoner of war Jessica Lynch. Terence Smith reports on CBS's multimedia plan to tell Private Lynch's story. Then, Ray Suarez follows up with Tammy Haddad, a media consultant and radio host, and Tom Wolzien, a senior media analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein Co.

Dealing With Depression
New studies show that cases of depression are common and often inadequately treated. Gwen Ifill discusses these new findings with Dr. Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health.

Tuesday, June 17, 2003

Medicare Rx
Susan Dentzer reports on the Senate's Medicare reform debate. Then, Gwen Ifill follows up with Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.); Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.); Bill Novelli, the CEO of AARP; and Robert Laszewski, president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates.

Open Border
Ted Robbins of KUAT Tucson reports on the on-again, off-again plan to allow Mexican trucks on U.S. highways.

Making a Free Press
Terence Smith gets an update on efforts to create a formal media structure in Iraq from Deborah Amos, an NPR News correspondent reporting from Baghdad, and David Hoffman, president of the Internews Network, a non-government organization based in the U.S. that helped organize a recent conference of Iraqi journalists and others in Athens.

Series: Pulitzer Winners
Jeffrey Brown talks with Jeffrey Eugenides, the winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Monday, June 16, 2003

What Was Known
Congress is searching for answers about the Bush administration's pre-war intelligence on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Jim Lehrer discusses the investigation with Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, and Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.), ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Supreme Court Watch
The Supreme Court ruled today to limit the government's authority to forcibly medicate mentally ill defendants. Ray Suarez and Jan Crawford Greenburg of The Chicago Tribune review the court's decision.

Candidates' Rx: Sen. Graham
Margaret Warner talks with presidential candidate Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) about his plans for the nation's health care system.

Atonement
Fred de Sam Lazaro of Twin Cities Public Television visits Duluth, Minn., to report on its weeklong public atonement for past racism.