Democracy Now! Thursday, February 7, 2008

Today's Headlines

• As Campaign Spending Soars, Clinton Loans Campaign $5 Million
• Both Clinton & Obama Claim To Win Super Tuesday
• McCain Vows To Unite Republican Party
• Los Angeles County to Review Super Tuesday Ballots
• Bush Administration Urges Judge to Toss Torture Flight Suit
• UN’s Top Torture Investigation Criticizes U.S. For Waterboarding
• Mukasey Urges Congress to Block Early Release for Crack Offenders
• Report: U.S. Operating Secret Prison at Guantanamo
• Turkey Bombs 77 Targets in Raid on Northern Iraq
• Hate Crimes Charge Filed In Megan Williams Case
• Nader Wins Green Party Primary In California

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  With Obama-Clinton Race Deadlocked, Focus Turns to Delegates (and Superdelegates)

  As Democratic Party chair Howard Dean says the party might try to make “some kind of arrangement” between Obama or Clinton if no clear nominee emerges by mid-March or April, we speak with Duke University Professor David Rohde on the race for the delegates and the role of superdelegates. [includes rush transcript]

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  The 9/11 Commission & Torture: How Information Gained Through Waterboarding & Harsh Interrogations Form Major Part of 9/11 Commission Report

  A new analysis by NBC News reveals that more than a quarter of all footnotes in the 9/11 Commission report refer to controversial interrogation techniques. Yet, Commission staffers did not question the CIA about its techniques. They even ordered a second round of interrogations in early 2004 to get more information from the detainees.

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  EXCLUSIVE: Former 9/11 Commission Chief Philip Zelikow on Allegations He Secretly Allowed Karl Rove & White House to Influence 9/11 Probe

  Earlier in the week, we spoke to Philip Shenon, author of “The Commission: The Uncensored History of the 9/11 Investigation.” Shenon suggested that Philip Zelikow—the executive director of the 9/11 Commission—sought to minimize the Bush administration’s responsibility for failing to prevent the September 11th attacks. Shenon also revealed that Karl Rove repeatedly called Zelikow during the probe. Today Zelikow responds in his first broadcast interview since the publication of Shenon’s book.