Democracy Now! Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Georgia Accuses Russia of Violating Ceasefire, Ethnic Cleansing
• Report: US Rejects Israeli Aid Request for Iran Attack
• Darwish Honored with Palestinian State Funeral
• 12 Killed, 40 Wounded in Lebanon Bombing
• 3 Aid Workers Slain in Afghanistan
• Morales Opponent Resigns After Recall Loss
• Lawyers: US Guards Threatened Gitmo Prisoner with Death
• Cancer-Stricken Chinese National Dies in US Immigration Jail
• Family of Taser Victim Sues La. City for Wrongful Death
• Study: Most Corporations Avoid Income Taxes
• Minneapolis Activists Challenge RNC Restrictions

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  The Way of the World: Ron Suskind on How the Bush Admin Deliberately Faked an Iraq-al-Qaeda Connection and Undermined Diplomacy, Democracy in Pakistan and Iran

  The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Judiciary Committee say they will review allegations the White House ordered the CIA to forge and disseminate false intelligence documents linking al-Qaeda and Iraq. The revelation is among several in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ron Suskind’s explosive new book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Suskind joins us for the hour to talk about the letter controversy and the thin denials that have followed its disclosure. He also reveals details of his lengthy conversations with the late Pakistani politician Benazir Bhutto and her frustrations with the Bush administration in the months before her assassination and discloses the previously unknown case of an interrogation “cell” beneath the White House. [includes rush transcript–partial]