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What can the U.S. do about Burma?

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In Burma or Myanmar,

the military crackdown on peaceful demonstrators is continuing with the official death toll now at 10.

Diplomats in the capital city say it's more than that by many multiples. Condoleezza Rice calls it a

travesty. Neighboring countries have expressed revulsion, but all eyes are on China, which has ruled out sanctions.

On To the Point, we'll get an update and background on a country compared to North Korea

for brutalizing a starving population. With no economic interests, should the U.S. intervene,

or keep a low profile. Have Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo damaged America's moral standing?

On reporter's notebook, the latest on Blackwater USA, first the news.

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D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Hello again. We're not only back with To the Point.

The bloody repression of peaceful protest in Myanmar or Burma has outraged the rest of the world and put

China in a diplomatic squeeze. On To the Point, what can be done to stop the violence should the

U.S. intervene or keep its head down.

On reporter's notebook, a private security guard for diplomats reportedly screamed at his colleagues to stop shooting at Iraqi civilians.

We'll hear about multiple investigations of Blackwater USA. First, this news update, colleague Sheikh Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of September 11th, will be able to have a lawyer.

If he wants one, it'll be the first time he'll have talked to anyone outside the Red Cross and U.S. interrogators since he was captured four years ago.

Josh White reports for the Washington Post.

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