Democracy Now! Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Headlines for October 9, 2007

- Gordon Brown To Cut UK Troops in Iraq In Half
- George Galloway Urges Britain Not to Back U.S. Attack on Iran
- Iraq Calls For U.S. To Sever Ties With Blackwater in Iraq
- Democrats Back Down on Pledge To Restrict Wiretapping
- FCC Won't Investigate Role of Telecoms in Domestic Spying
- Prominent APA Member Resigns Over Interrogation Policies
- Fred Thompson Names Cheney's Daughter to Chair Campaign
- U.S. Soldiers Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old in Colombia


"Mr. Greenspan is Flat Wrong": Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalists Respond to Alan Greenspan's Claim that He Didn't Know about Federal Reserve's Role in Iraq's Missing Billions

Last month, during an appearance on Democracy Now!, former Federal Reserve chair Alan Greenspan questioned a report in Vanity Fair that $12 billion was shipped from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to Iraq. $9 billion cannot be accounted for. Today investigative journalists Donald Barlett and James Steele respond to Greenspan. [includes rush transcript]


The Life & Legacy of Latin American Revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara: Forty Years After His Death

Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of one of the most influential figures of the last century -- Latin American revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara. On October 8, 1967, Che was captured by Bolivian troops working with the CIA. He was executed one day later. Today we broadcast Che in his own words and speak with Latin American historian Greg Grandin.