Patt Morrison Mon, 12/8

PATT MORRISON SCHEDULE

Monday, December 8, 2008

1-3 p.m.

 

1:00 – 1:40

OPEN

 

 

 

1:40 – 2:00

Pakistani Roots to the Mumbai Terror Attacks: What Comes Next?

Last week it was speculation that linked the 10 terrorists who rampaged through Mumbai, India to Muslim militant groups in Pakistan.  This week the evidence becomes clearer, and more solid, that Pakistani connections to the Mumbai siege might reach higher up than just independent extremist groups operating within Pakistan.  Both Indian and American intelligence services have confirmed that Pakistan’s notorious Inter Services Intelligence was involved in planning the Mumbai attacks and training the terrorists who killed more than 180 people.  How should India react, and who’s in charge in Pakistan?

 

Guests:

Cyril Almeida, columnist and editor at “The Dawn” English-language newspaper in Pakistan

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William Milam, senior policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center; former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan from 1998 – 2001

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[NPR NEWS]

 

 

2:00 – 2:20

OPEN

 

 

 

2:20 – 2:40

Nixon Tapes Revealed

Newly released recordings and documents reveal Nixon’s personal involvement in the escalation of the Vietnam War.  Nearly 200 hours of audio and 90,000 presidential papers shed more light on Nixon’s actions, reactions, relationships and attitudes, and ass you can imagine, it’s not all that flattering to the former president.  Not only do the recordings reveal Nixon’s decision-making process in the Vietnam War, but they also disclose his efforts to investigate and retaliate against people whom he considered personal enemies, including Senator Ted Kennedy.  What will be the impact of this new information and how may it change our perspective of the Vietnam War?

 

Guests:

Timothy Naftali, Director of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

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2:40 – 3:00

NOT CONFIRMED

Frost/Nixon

In 1977, British journalist David Frost hit the jackpot.  He landed a series of television interviews with former U.S. President Richard Nixon. The interviews would result in the implicit admission of guilt by Nixon regarding his involvement in the Watergate scandal.  Academy Award winning director Ron Howard has brought the story to the big screen.  The film is adapted from a play by British screenwriter Peter Morgan which premiered in London in 2006 then on Broadway a few months later.  “Oscar” is already buzzing and the film is being touted as Howard’s best work yet.

 

Guests:

TBD