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(Washington: Tom Foreman) The issue of whether Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was misled by the CIA about the use of harsh interrogation techniques were used against suspected terrorists, including Abu Zubaydah, examined; details given about the Republican response. [On Thursday, PELOSI - says she was given inaccurate information with waterboarding not being employed.] A note from CIA director Leon Panetta to his staff denying the CIA misled Congress quoted. [On ABC radio, former Speaker of the House Newt GINGRICH - accuses Pelosi of despicable politics.] Pelosi's statement to the intelligence community quoted.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with CNN's David Gergen about Pelosi, the CIA & interrogation issues. [GERGEN - says two Democratic heavyweights at swords point & we will likely never get to the truth about who is lying; suggests we need to move on & this is Washington politics; points out this happened 7 years ago & maybe no one is lying, but Pelosi impugned the honesty of CIA officers so Panetta had to respond.]
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(Islamabad: Reza Saya) How Pakistanis are caught in the battle with the Taliban in the Swat valley featured; scenes shown a home where 50 refugees are staying.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper, Fareed Zakaria) How the Pakistan military is doing in the battle with the Taliban in the Swat with a million people displaced thus creating instability & the long standing rivalry between Pakistan & Afghanistan discussed; inset video from Pakistan shown. [In interview, former Pakistani President Pervez MUSHARRAF - talks about Pakistan & Afghanistan.]
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(Studio: Erica Hill) GM's elimination of 1,100 dealerships the day after Chrysler's closing of dealerships; the discovery of four dead Americans in Tijuana, Mexico; the closing of three more New York City schools due to swine flu; police saving of a baby via CPR in Buffalo & how English pubs are giving out lollipops to keep the noise down reported; scenes shown of the Buffalo police.
(Studio: Anderson Cooper, Erica Hill) How England is disgusting after people leave the pubs late at night discussed.
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(Baltimore: Joe Johns) The murder in Baltimore of Carl Lackel‡ for being a witness against a murder featured; scenes shown from where Lackel was killed; details given about witness & jury intimidation & the street refrain of stop snitching {video shown}. [Victim's mother Marge SHIPLEY†- describes what happened to her son; calls for laws to protect.]
(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live interview held with Representative Elijah Cummings about protecting people who testify. [CUMMINGS - comments on the pervasiveness of the attitude of don't be a snitch, especially in Baltimore; recalls doing a commercial asking people to cooperate with the police & a stop-snitching video targeted him; talks about his bill for money to protect witnesses.]
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(Studio: Anderson Cooper) Live discussion held with musician Ani DiFranco about Aung San Suu Kyi. [DiFRANCO - compares her situation to that of former South African President Nelson Mandela; talks about how the military dictatorship just arrested her after an election; explains how she got involved in Aung San Suu Kyi's cause.]
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(Studio: Erica Hill) The death of a 60-year-old Army major in Iraq; the arrest of protesters at the University of Notre Dame where President Obama is to give a speech on Sunday; the state's finding of the hospital where Nadia Suleman gave birth to octuplets & an incident in which a Colgan Air plane lost a wheel upon landing reported; scenes shown of the plane.
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