Democracy Now! Monday, March 17, 2008 :: Seymour Hersh

Today's Headlines

• Global Economy Shaken by Fall of Bear Stearns
• Bush on the Economy: I Am an “Optimistic Fellow”
• Food Prices Continue to Rise
• 80 Feared Dead in Tibet; China Cracks Down on Protest
• McCain & Cheney Visit Iraq
• Poll: Two-Thirds of Iraqis Say US Should Leave
• Bush “A Little Envious” of US Troops in Afghanistan
• House Rejects Telecom Immunity
• US Admits Afghani Held in Secret CIA Prison
• 24 Arrested at Chevron Protest
• Fifth Anniversary of Death of Rachel Corrie

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  Winter Soldier: US Vets, Active-Duty Soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan Testify About the Horrors of War

  US veterans gathered in Maryland this past weekend to testify at Winter Soldier, an eyewitness indictment of atrocities committed by US troops during the ongoing occupations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Soldiers spoke of free-fire zones, the shootings and beatings of innocent civilians, racism at the highest levels of the military, sexual harassment and assault within the military, and the torturing of prisoners. While the corporate media ignored the story, we broadcast their voices. [includes rush transcript]

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  1968, Forty Years Later: My Lai Massacre Remembered by Survivors, Victims' Families and US War Vets

  This weekend marked the fortieth anniversary of the My Lai Massacre, when US troops killed more than 500 men, women and children in Vietnam. We speak with investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who won a Pulitzer Prize for exposing the killings and the cover-up. [includes rush transcript]