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Some Congressional Democrats and Republicans want to intervene in the U.S. detainee policy. Diane and her guests talk about the recent hearings on the detention facility at Guantanamo in Cuba and the legal, political and foreign policy issues at stake, plus the likely fate of hundreds of detainees.
Tom Wilner, attorney representing 11 Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees for the past four years
Brian Boyle, former principal deputy associate attorney general with the Department of Justice, 2003-2005. Lead counsel on the Guantanamo Bay habeas cases in his last year there.
Adam Zagorin, Washington correspondent for TIME magazine
The Italian author explains how he drew on the pop culture of his youth in Fascist Italy for his latest novel. It's the story of a middle-aged antique books dealer trying to rediscover his identity after he awakes from a stroke with amnesia.
Umberto Eco, professor of Semiotics at the University of Bologna and the author of four novels, including "The Name of the Rose," "Foucault's Pendulum," "The Island of the Day Before," and "Baudolino" as well numerous essays.