Democracy Now! Friday, January 25, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Bush, Dems Agree on Economic Stimulus Deal
• Egypt Cracks Down on Palestinian Border-Crossing
• 10 Killed in Lebanon Bombing
• U.S. Pushes Iraq on Extending Troop, Contractor Immunity
• Admin Not “Prepared to Address” Contractor Dependence
• Kucinich to Drop Out of Democratic Race
• Obama Up 13% in South Carolina Polls
• New York Times Endorses Clinton, McCain
• Senate Backs Telecom Spying Immunity

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  Broadcast Exclusive: Abu Ghraib Whistleblower Samuel Provance Speaks Out on Torture and Cover-Up at U.S. Military Jail

  In a national TV broadcast exclusive, we spend the hour with Abu Ghraib whistleblower and former Army sergeant Samuel Provance. From September 2003 to the spring of 2004 Provance ran the top secret computer network used by military intelligence at Abu Ghraib. He was the first intelligence specialist to speak openly about abuse at the prison and is the only military intelligence soldier listed as a witness in the Taguba report. Among the abuses he lists
  is the torture of a 16 year-old Iraqi boy in order to make his father talk. After Provance spoke out, the Army stripped him of his security clearance, demoted him and threatened him with ten years in jail.