Feb 11 Watch Pentagon Charges Six Detainees With Crimes Tied to 9/11 The Pentagon announced Monday it had charged six Guantanamo detainees with murder and war crimes in connection with the Sept. 11 attacks and will seek the death penalty against them, setting the stage for trials by military tribunal. Legal experts… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch Mukasey Weighs Waterboarding, Sept. 11 Charges After Attorney General Michael Mukasey took charge of the Justice Department, he called for an evaluation of the legalities of the "waterboarding" interrogation tactic. In an interview, Mukasey considers the waterboarding debate, charges against Sept. 11 suspects and the strength… Continue watching
Sep 28 Pentagon Offers Lawyers to ‘High-Value’ Guantanamo Detainees By PBS News Hour Fourteen "high-value" terrorism suspects held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba -- including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks -- may now request attorneys, the Pentagon said Friday. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch Moore Movie Takes Aim at American Health Care Filmmaker Michael Moore's newest movie, "Sicko," opened in theaters nationwide Friday. NewsHour health correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on the film's criticism of the health care and insurance industries, and the debate it has sparked. Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch Senate Passes Energy Bill; Clinton Spoofs ‘Sopranos’ The Senate passed an energy bill Thursday, while Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., released an online video spoofing the "The Sopranos." Mark Shields and Rich Lowry discuss the week's political news. Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch Guantanamo Detainees Rights Are Reexamined After the Supreme Court reversed the Bush administration's tactics for prosecuting terrorism suspects, Congress has been debating how to address the prosecution of detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and other U.S. prisons. Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch Poltical Analysts Discuss Middle East, G-8 Summit and Plame Lawsuit Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks look at the Middle East conflict, the upcoming G-8 Summit, the Valerie Plame lawsuit against Dick Cheney and the new policy on terror detainees. Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch U.S. to Comply with Geneva Treaty on Detainees In a policy shift outlined in a Pentagon memo, the Bush administration has decided to treat all detainees in compliance with the minimum standard spelled out by the Geneva Conventions. Senators discuss the change. Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch Analysts Discuss Guantanamo Tribunals, Supreme Court Rulings, Media Leaks Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks discuss the Supreme Court decisions on Guantanamo military tribunals and Texas redistricting, flag burning amendments in Congress and growing criticism towards the media… Continue watching
Jun 29 Watch The Supreme Court Rejects Military Tribunals The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the Bush administration's policy of trying terror suspects before military tribunals is illegal, saying it violated U.S. law and the Geneva Convention. Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal discusses the specifics of… Continue watching