Prisoner Abuse and National Security

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The Inspector General's report describes CIA interrogators menacing suspects with guns and power drills and threatening to rape their wives and kill their children.  Did Bush White House officials authorize torture? What's next for the CIA, the FBI and efforts to protect America's national security? Also, President Obama nominates Fed Chair Bernanke to a second term, and Scotland, Libya and the Lockerbie bomber.

The Inspector General's report describes CIA interrogators menacing suspects with guns and power drills and threatening to rape their wives and kill their children.  Did Bush White House officials authorize torture? What's next for the CIA, the FBI and efforts to protect America's national security? Also, President Obama nominates Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to a second term, and we hear from Scotland about the political consequences of releasing the Lockerbie bomber.

Banner image: US Attorney General Eric Holder speaking in Washignton, DC, August 24. Photo: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

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Credits

Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Sonya Geis, Karen Radziner, Frances Anderton