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To the Point

In the Midst of an Unpopular War, Calls for Accountability

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4583 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2006

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

House Democrats say presidential impeachment is "off the table," but rallies this weekend will try to build grassroots momentum.  At the same time, civil rights lawyers want Donald Rumsfeld tried for war crimes in Germany.  An American General says she’ll be a witness against him. Would a wartime impeachment weaken America and damage the Democrats' chances in 2008?  Does a foreign court have the right to prosecute US officials?  Then, a rescue in Oregon and cell phone technology.

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0:00.0

From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

0:07.4

In the midst of an unpopular war, calls for accountability.

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Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

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a daily look of the issues, Americans care about most.

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Three weeks before last month's elections,

0:23.5

51% of Americans favored impeachment of President Bush.

0:27.3

But incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says it's off the table.

0:30.7

This weekend, rallies and forums are planned to build grassroots momentum.

0:35.0

A court in Germany has been asked to press war crimes charges against Donald

0:38.3

Rumsfeld over the prisons at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay. On to the point, has the president

0:43.2

exceeded the powers granted him by the Constitution? Can foreign courts prosecute U.S. officials

0:49.0

for the way they do their jobs? On reporter's notebook later on, a rescue in Oregon and cell phone technology.

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First, here's the news.

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Support for To the Point

1:00.2

comes from subscribers of KCRW

1:02.5

Santa Monica and from the Public

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Radio International Program Fund,

1:06.4

whose contributors include the Ford

1:08.1

Foundation and the John D. and

1:09.8

Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

1:11.5

Hello again. Warren Allie, back with To the Point. House Democrats say presidential impeachment is

1:15.9

off the table, but rallies this weekend will try to build grassroots momentum. At the same time,

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