Gitmo Nation Roundtable
Toppling Tunisian Tyrants
Tuesday January 18, 2011

Brian and Charles Atterley unfold the Gitmo Nation Cardtable to discuss Baby Doc’s return to Haiti, WikiLeaks and Swiss banks, Tucson, Stuxnet, Ashley Turton, the opening for a new boss in Tunisia, human rights issues in China, the Republican-driven FOIA investigation in the House, and the bullying of a local blogger by the FBI and sheriff’s deparment. The hosts also mention their picks of the week and honor Martin Luther King Jr.

Listen to Episode 77 – Toppling Tunisian Tyrants

Follow-Up
‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier returns to Haiti in surprise move
Haitian Police Take Ex-Dictator Duvalier to Court
Ex-Haiti dictator ‘Baby Doc’ charged with corruption
Wikileaks given data on Swiss bank accounts
Tucson shooting victim held after alleged threat

We Reap What We Sow

Iraq’s security berated after 52 die in bombing
US, Israel develop Stuxnet worm against Iran: Report
Search Engine:#74: Stuxnet: The Worm that Stopped the Bomb
The reflexive call for fewer liberties
“Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk” research paper by Peter Sommer and Ian Brown
Memorial for Ashley Turton, former Hill staffer, to be held Friday

Memorial Service Held For Lobbyist Ashley Turton
Another Safety Problem for BMW: X5s That Catch Fire

This Week’s News
Tunisian Revolt
Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali flees Tunisia as interim president takes control
What’s Happening in Tunisia Explained
Tunisia protests: ‘The fear has gone … I’ve been waiting 20 years for today’
Tunisia set for government talks
Tunisia’s security chief arrested
Search Engine Podcast #73: Tunisia’s Totalitarian Tech
Tunisia and the region
Tunisian Coalition Hits Trouble On Day Two
Tunisian Wikileaks Putsch: CIA Touts Mediterranean Tsunami of Coups; Libya, Egypt, Syria, Algeria, Jordan, Italy All Targeted; US-UK Want New Puppets to Play Against Iran, China, Russia; Obama Retainers Cass Sunstein, Samantha Power, Robert Malley, International Crisis Group Implicated in Destabilizations

Human Rights in China
Brother of China ‘toll dodger’ confesses: state media
Web outcry wins retrial for jailed Chinese toll dodger

House FOIA Investigation
House panel wants Homeland Security documents

Gitmo Nation
Local Blogger Probed By Feds

Picks of the Week
Brian’s Pick
Christie: New GOP lawmakers must fight debt increase
SPECIAL: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in His Own Words
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Public Imagination
Robin Police’s Pick [In absentia]
Julien Assange Coloring Book
Charles Atterley’s Pick
The DEMCAD YouTube Channel

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