American Government 4/20

In Class - Continue discussion on terrorism.

Homework - Class discussion on Friday. Check out the articles/videos from Friday's (4/17 post). For tomorrow, do some research online, and print out at least three articles to bring to class on the topics of the Iraq War, global terrorism, Guantanamo Bay (torture), or any other topic relating to these. You will need these articles for class tomorrow.

Articles to check out:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/20/obama.cia/index.html - Obama defends leak of CIA memos concerning torture
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/20/cia.waterboarding/index.html - Memo: Two al Qaeda leaders waterboarded 266 times
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/19/cia.torture.chief/index.html - Ex-CIA chief: Obama risks national security
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/04/16/torture.cia.immunity/index.html?iref=newssearch - Rights groups criticize CIA immunity on interrogations
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/03/19/iraq.anniversary/index.html - 6 years later, progress and doubts are legacy of Iraq war
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/04/20/racism.conference/index.html?iref=mpstoryview - Envoys walk out of U.N. anti-racism conference
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892721,00.html - Waterboarding: A Mental as Well as Physical Trauma
http://www.time.com/time/photoessays/guantanamo/ - Photo essay inside Guantanamo Bay
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1071284,00.html?imw=Y&loomia_si=t0:a16:g2:r2:c0.0418466:b24004366&xid=Loomia - Inside the Interrogation of Detainee 063
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1892352,00.html - Why Obama Needs to Reveal Even More on Torture
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30312789/ - No license, but Blackwater is still in Iraq
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30312699#30315025 - Video on CIA torture memos
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30312699#30313160 - Video: Obama remarks on CIA
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/30312699#29796304 - Video: Bush's views on the Iraq War