Democracy Now! Friday, March 21, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Rise in Staple Prices Outpacing Luxury Goods
• Gov. Richardson to Endorse Obama
• State Dept. Employees Fired for Obama File Breach
• Obama, Clinton, McCain Address War
• Iraqi Families Turn Down Blackwater Compensation Offer for Nisour Slayings
• Soldier Deaths Lead to Probe of KBR
• US Toll in Iraq Approaches 4,000
• Dalai Lama Calls for China Talks on Tibet Crisis
• Italian Judge Orders Resumption of CIA Kidnap Trial
• Ex-SLA Member Released from Jail
• Fruit Giant Chiquita Sued for Colombia Deaths
• US Immigration Agent Arrested for Sexual Blackmail

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  Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming

  Dr. James Hansen is widely regarded as the leading climate change scientist in the country. For the past twenty-five years, he has headed NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Just over a year ago, Dr. Hansen went public with a charge that made headlines around the world—that the Bush administration had been trying to silence his warnings about the urgent need to address climate change. Dr. Hansen joins us in our firehouse studio. His story is detailed in a new book by author Mark Bowen titled Censoring Science: Inside the Political Attack on Dr. James Hansen and the Truth of Global Warming. Mark Bowen joins us from Massachusetts. [includes rush transcript]

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  Al-Arian Enters 19th Day of Hunger Strike in Protest of "Government Harassment"

  Jailed Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian has entered the nineteenth day of a hunger strike to protest what he calls continued government harassment. He was brought before a third grand jury Thursday, but did not testify. We speak with Al-Arian’s eldest daughter, Laila, and his local counsel in Virginia, Will Olson. [includes rush transcript]