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Thursday September 14, 2006

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Week of September 11, 2006

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10:00Military Commissions

The debate heats up over new rules for military commissions for accused terrorists. Congress and the White House wrangle over reforming a system ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Guests

Bradford Berenson, former associate counsel to President George W. Bush (2001-2003); attorney in private practice

Eugene Fidell, president of the National Institute for Military Justice. He's also head of the military practice group at a Washington, DC law firm.

R. Jeffrey Smith, reporter, Washington Post

11:00Louise Richardson: "What Terrorists Want" (Random House)

A terrorism expert examines the motivations of militant groups across the world and how to contain their violence.

Guests

Louise Richardson, Executive Dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, senior lecturer in government at Harvard, and lecturer on law at Harvard Law School.

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