***** LIVE NOW = Scott Horton interview = More Charges of Politics at the BUSH DoJ *****

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Scott Horton interview on "Politics and the Department of Justice" SEPT 12.
http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp

NOON
Los Angeles
Mojave/Antelop Valley
Palm Springs/Indio
Oxnard/Ventura
Santa Barbara
Pacific Grove

1:00-2:00PM
Mendocino
Mt. Shasta
Yreka

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Politics and the Department of Justice = WED SEP 12, 2007
Host = Warren Olney = Considered the dean of Southern California broadcast journalists, Warren tackles the issues ...

A former governor is jailed for what sounds like business as usual; a procurement officer's conviction is overturned because of weak evidence. Wednesday, on To the Point, Democrats claim federal prosecutions of state officials are "fishy." We'll look at politics at the Department of Justice.

National Syndication: See complete station list = http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070912more_charges_of_poli/station-list

INCLUDES OTHER TIMES

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FROM: http://harpers.org/archive/2007/09/hbc-90001179
Media Alert = Scott Horton

Something’s fishy in the Department of Justice. Judiciary Committee Chair John Conyers looks into the very strange prosecution of former Alabama Governor Don E. Siegelman and the Justice Department responds by building a stonewall. Warren Olney interviews Scott Horton on “To the Point,” the award-winning radio talk program, broadcast on KCRW 89.9 FM in Los Angeles and on Public Radio affiliates around the United States on Wednesday, September 12, from 2:15 p.m. Eastern, 1:15 Central, 11:15 Pacific time. Get the details and, after the interview, download a podcast here ().

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Background ??: ****** Official Thread Siegelman = "KARL ROVE WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED" *******
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1777924#1777944

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1. Other times at stations around the country

LOUISIANA: 3:00-4:00PM
Alexandria KLSA-FM
Shreveport KDAQ-FM

NEW YORK:
Long Island/Eastern CT
WSUF-FM
8:00-9:00PM

TENNESSEE:
Nashville
WPLN-AM 1430
5:00-6:00 PM

MORE Radio and links: http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070912more_charges_of_poli/station-list

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2. News now. Starts in a few. Neil Volz in the hourly news

So I started a thread: Document details Volz’s cooperation in Abramoff case == Volz Was the Better Snitch
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1792985

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3. Finally, here we go. 44 former prosecutors asking for investigation.

Laura from TPMMuckracker being interviewed now.

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4. TPM Don Siegelman Archive

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1792985

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5. Now the local news reporter. SPIN by Eddie Curran, Mobile Press Register

The 44 are "friends" is the dismissal of the call for the Congressional investigation.

This guy is moving off subject to draw in several actual corrupt persons.

Eddie Curran, Mobile Press Register, is the guy.

State spending and 'Goat Hill' politics: A Register investigation


In 2001, Press-Register reporter Eddie Curran began a series of investigative stories focusing on the awarding of state contracts, finding evidence of overspending, apparent sweetheart deals and other irregularities. The stories sparked a joint state and federal investigation that on June 29 resulted in guilty convictions against former Gov. Don Siegelman and ex-HealthSouth Corp. Chairman Richard Scrushy. Two defendants, former Siegelman Chief of Staff Paul Hamrick and former highway director Mack Roberts, were acquitted.

Events and information that became the basis for many of the state's charges, including the existence of a secretive lottery fund and a substantial donation apparently orchestrated by Scrushy, were first reported by Curran. The Investigative Reporters and Editors organization and the Alabama Press Association have honored Curran for his work.

Below are links for Curran's 2001 reports and articles .........
http://www.al.com/specialreport/mobileregister/index.ssf?contracts.html

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6. The show is called "To the Point" but this reporter is in the outfield!!!

Bring on the first team already, please.

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7. FINALLY: Scott Horton is the interviewee.

Scott Horton
http://www.harpers.org/subjects/ScottHorton

Scott Horton is a contributor to Harper's Magazine and writes No Comment for this website.

Scott has been the major journalism investigator in this case.

Follow the link: Scott Horton's Siegelman articles: http://www.harpers.org/search?q=Don+Siegelman

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8. Back to Curran: "They are trying to turn Don Siegelman into Nelson Mandela"

Let's imagine this is Mayberry ....

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9. Jill Simpson "you almost have to be insane"

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10. Obviously, this is a partisan matter. Good juxtaposition of journalists.

Horton has slammed the coverage in AL:

There’s No News in the ‘Birmingham News’
BY Scott Horton
PUBLISHED September 10, 2007
http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/09/hbc-90001174

The Russian newspaper Pravda, which laughingly means truth, used to have a banner under the masthead that read “Organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.” So at least there was some truth in labeling: you could see pretty quickly exactly whose “truth” it was disseminating.

But Pravda is so easily upstaged by the Birmingham News, which offers no fair warning. It should say “Organ of the Executive Committee of the Alabama G.O.P.” This evening offers us a wonderful opportunity to see how they shovel lies, lies and more lies about the Siegelman case. Are they even conscious of the dissembling? Sometimes I wonder.

Today, the Justice Department’s decision to stonewall the request of the Judiciary Committee for documents concerning the politically tinged prosecution of Governor Don E. Siegelman was announced publicly. ....

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11. LISTEN LATER: Links

National Syndication: See complete station list = http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070912more_charges_of_poli/station-list