- Jane Mayer, staff writer The New Yorker and author of the best-selling book "The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals"
- Major David Frakt, USAFR, Lead Defense Counsel, Office Of Military Commissions, which administers the tribunals at Guantanamo. Major Frakt is defending a young man named Mohammed Jawad who was a teenager when he was arrested and is still in Guantanamo Bay.
- David Iglesias, Former U.S. attorney
From the Web:
- Jane Mayer reporting for The New Yorker
- Sam Stein: KSM Questioned About al Qaeda-Iraq Ties During Waterboarding - Includes links to source documents mentioned on the show.
- The Kyle Sampson "loyal Bushies" e-mail
- Documents regarding DOJ firings
- Sample of former Senator Bob Graham's journal-keeping
- Auto-tune the News #3
- The Gregory Brothers
- The Gregory Brothers on YouTube
From the Web:
- Robert Windrem: Cheney's Role Deepens
- Rachel Maddow with Nancy Pelosi, transcript and video
- Video: Senator Chuck Schumer talks with Rachel Maddow (April 7, 2009)
- Maddow/Schumer text transcript
- Chris Cillizza: Pelosi Fuels Fire on Interrogations
From the Web:
- Senate Judiciary Committee: “What Went Wrong: Torture and the Office of Legal Counsel in the Bush Administration”
- Philip Zelikow's 2007 report to Kean and Hamilton, later made public, on 9/11 Commission efforts to learn how detainees were questioned (pdf)
- The June 2005 “Elements” paper prepared with DepSecDef England (pdf)
- The July 2005 “Detainees” paper prepared with Legal Adviser Bellinger (pdf) (This and the above laid out proposed alternative legal frameworks in some detail, and preceded the Feb 2006 memo directly attacking OLC’s constitutional analysis, the memo that is still awaiting declassification.)
- Philip Zelikow's full statement today before the Senate Judiciary Committee (doc)
- Jonathan Turley: Obama Reverses Decision and Refuses to Release Abuse Photos
From the Web:
- Melissa Harris Lacewell on Limbaugh's "reparations" remark (Facebook link)
- Melissa Harris Lacewell: Empathy
- Melissa Harris Lacewell: Time to End "Don't Ask , Don't Tell"
- Lawrence Wilkerson: Disbar The Bush Lawyers And Get A Special Prosecutor For The Rest
- Guest Post by Lawrence Wilkerson: Some Truths About Guantanamo Bay
- Eliot Spitzer's columns on Slate.com
- Andrew Exum: Maddow and the Muqawama
- Andrew Exum: McKiernan Out, McChrystal In (Updated)
From the Web:
- Take Action Tuesday - Knights Out rallies supporters to call the White House on behalf of Lt. Dan Choi.
- Ana Marie Cox with Tom Cruise
- Ana Marie Cox with Peter Orszag (feeling his berries)