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Harper’s legal affairs contributor Scott Horton will join The Nation’s Ross Tuttle, ACLU Attorney Ben Wizner, and Radio Nation host Laura Flanders for a discussion of issues surrounding the planned Guantánamo military commission trials of six high-value detainees. The Gitmo chief prosecutor resigns, saying the commissions are rigged. What’s the story behind the headline? The program will be broadcast on Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern, 1 p.m. Central and 11 a.m. Pacific time and again on Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern, noon Central and 10 a.m. Pacific time on XM satellite radio and on participating AirAmerica stations. Check for the station closest to you here. Or download a podcast after the show here.
More from Scott Horton:
No Comment — April 12, 2013, 11:11 am
A new report from Seton Hall University exposes government surveillance of attorney-client conversations
No Comment, Six Questions — March 18, 2013, 9:00 am
Rashid Khalidi on how the United States sustains the failure of the Israel-Palestine peace process
No Comment, Six Questions — February 4, 2013, 9:00 am
Alex Gibney on his documentary investigating the Roman Catholic Church’s handling of child sex-abuse cases


Years of consideration preceding the inclusion of the word “phat” in Random House’s 1996 Compact Unabridged Dictionary:

Scientists created crash helmets that stink when cracked and fruit flies to whom blue light smells delicious.

In Belize, a construction company bulldozed a 2,300-year-old Mayan temple to make road fill.
“This is the heart of the magic factory, the place where medicine is infused with the miracles of science, and I’ve come to see how it’s done.”