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Details of secret CIA program revealed as Attorney General ponders investigation

Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published July 13, 2009.

Human rights advocates and some legal experts are demanding more information about a covert Bush administration intelligence program. Over the weekend, several unnamed sources leaked more information about the program and some democratic lawmakers want an investigation.

Meanwhile, some are hoping Attorney General Eric Holder will move forwards on a wider investigation into Bush Era war crimes. To discuss these issues FSRN spoke to Alex Abdo, a legal fellow at the ACLU´s national security project.