(2013/02/19) Part 2: Drones are not the problem, they just highlight the problem (Foreign Policy)
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🗓️ 20 February 2013
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Edition #690
Part 2: Drones are not the problem, they just highlight the problem
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Leaked Memo Reveals Shocking Drone Policy - The David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-05-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: These days - Nico
Ch. 4: Act 2: Obama Becoming Like Nixon - The Progressive - Air Date: 2-5-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Something in the air - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Ch. 6: Act 3: Growing CIA Militarism Prompts Calls for Oversight - Rachel Maddow - Air Date 2-7-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: Love like a bomb - Oasis
Ch. 8: Act 4: Secret US drone base in Saudi Arabia - CounterSpin - Air Date: 2-8-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: Tears and rain - James Blunt
Ch. 10: Act 5: Obama Vs. The Constitution - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 02-08-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Drumming song (Acoustic) - Florence + The Machine
Ch. 12: Act 6: Fox News Agrees With Obama On One Thing: Killing American Citizens With Drones! - Majority Report - Air Date: 02-11-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Drums of freedom - Bard
Ch. 14: Act 7: Drone Strikes, Ground Forces, Or.... - Citizen Radio - Air Date 2-11-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: Where is my mind? - The Pixies
Ch. 16: Act 8: MSNBC's Droning Defense of Targeted Assassination - Majority Report - Air Date: 02-12-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: In the aeroplane over the sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Ch. 18: Act 9: Cornell West Goes OFF on Obama - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-22-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 19: We're not all working from the same moral code - Emma from Wellesley, Mass
Ch. 20: Thank the Weather Channel for covering the climate rally - Vicki from Oregon
Ch. 21: Discussing the concept of government - Zach from Chicago
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Final comments on the ying and yang of corporations and government, asking how do moral Democrats deal with Obama's drone policy
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors of the show. |
| 0:05.8 | For details and visit the membership tab at bestofalleft.com. |
| 0:09.2 | Now welcome to the award-winning best of the left podcast with clips today from the David |
| 0:12.4 | Pakman show, The Progressive, The Rachel Maddo Show, Counter-Spin, The Tom Harmon program, |
| 0:16.9 | The Majority Report, Citizen Radio, and The Young Turks. |
| 0:20.0 | And a note for any of you really staunch Obama supporters out there, I'm going to want |
| 0:23.4 | to hear from you on the voicemail line after this one. |
| 0:30.0 | We've been talking about drones for a long time on this program. |
| 0:33.4 | And one of the things we've talked about is how we are still waiting for the legal justification |
| 0:38.0 | that the White House claims it has for drone warfare, including the use of drone strikes |
| 0:43.5 | on Americans who have not been charged or convicted of any crime who are living abroad. |
| 0:50.3 | And we finally now, thanks to NBC News, we have a Justice Department memo which essentially |
| 0:56.1 | reveals the legal case for drone strikes on Americans and others around the world. |
| 1:00.6 | And I say essentially because the memo is not an actual legal document in the sense that |
| 1:06.4 | it is not the formal legal document that is presented in a court setting or a legal setting |
| 1:14.4 | of any kind. |
| 1:15.4 | It is a memo though that outlines the perception from the administration about what they are |
| 1:21.0 | doing, how they determine who is okay to drone strike, so on and so forth. |
| 1:25.8 | So I think I've made that distinction clear, right Lewis? |
| 1:28.2 | I think so. |
| 1:29.2 | So what does this say? |
| 1:30.2 | This is a 16 page memo, it's available online if you Google it, it's been obtained |
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