Democracy Now! Thursday, August 14, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Russian-Georgian Fighting Continues in Gori
• US Sends Aid to Georgia
• Adviser Briefed McCain on Georgia After Inking Lobbying Deal
• McCain: “Nations Don’t Invade Other Nations”
• Palestinians Honor Mahmoud Darwish
• Israel Clears Soldiers in Killing of Palestinian Journalist, Youths
• Canada Orders Deportation of Iraq War Resister
• Alleged KBR Rape Victim Sues US Gov’t
• Gun Control Lobby Group Expels NRA Spy
• Denver Police Set Up Cages for DNC Protesters
• New York Loses Bid to Hide RNC Spying Docs
• Murder Charges Dismissed Against 7 Officers in Post-Katrina Shootings
• Arkansas Democratic Party Chair Fatally Shot

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  After Ron Suskind Reveals Bush Admin Ordered Iraq-9/11 Fakery, House Judiciary Chair John Conyers Opens Congressional Probe

  Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind joins us for part two of an interview on his new book, The Way of the World: A Story of Truth and Hope in an Age of Extremism. Suskind reports that in 2003 the White House ordered the CIA to forge and disseminate false intelligence documents linking al-Qaeda and Iraq. While much of the attention on the book has focused on the forged letter, Suskind also reveals that the Bush administration and the British government knew prior to the war that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction. We also speak to Rep. John Conyers, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating some of the explosive findings in Suskind’s book.