December 20 Old Mole Variety Hour

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Program::

Old Mole Variety Hour

Air date:

Mon, 12/20/2010 - 12:00am

War, weapons of war, threats of war, and the national security state

Clayton Morgareidge hosts this Old Mole episode centering around war, weapons of war, threats of war, and the national security state. We hear from David Krieger, an expert on nuclear weapons and their abolition; from the Movie Moles about Daniel Ellsberg and the parallels with Julian Assange; from Larry Bowlden about a novel raising questions about war reporting; and, in a piece presented by Clayton, from Tom Engelhardt on the growth of the national security state.

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1. Bill Resnick talks with David Krieger about Bush, Obama, and their (minimal) differences on nuclear weapons.

2. The Most Dangerous Man in America: Frann Michel and Denise Morris review the movie about Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers.

3. Clayton Morgareidge read introduces and reads from Tom Engelhardt's article on the national security state.

4. Pat Barker's novel Double Vision is reviewed by Larry Bowlden.