Diane’s farewell message
After 52 years at WAMU, Diane Rehm says goodbye.
A panel discusses some of the moral and legal questions being raised about a covert prison system set up by the CIA after 9/11.
Guests
- David Cole Professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center and author of "The Torture Memos: Rationalizing the Unthinkable". Previous books include "Less Safe, Less Free," and "Terrorism and the Constitution."
- David Rivkin Attorney in private practice and former Justice Department official during the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations. Worked in the Office of the Vice President for Dan Quayle.
- Dana Priest Investigative reporter for "The Washington Post" and author of "The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military"
- Senator Carl Levin Michigan, Dem
- Michael Scheuer Former CIA analyst who headed the agency's Osama Bin Laden unit from 1996 to 1999; author of the new book "Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq"
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