Was Saddam Right? US Spying on Iraq Via Unscom; The New Man of the House: Denny Hastert; Republicans in Paradise
(14 Minutes) Was Saddam Right? US Spying in Iraq Via Unscom For sometime the Iraqi Government has charged that the United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM), created by the UN Security Council to force Iraq to eliminate its weapons of mass destruction, was a intelligence opetation under American supervision. GUEST: Colum Lynch, Boston Globe Correspondent (9 Minutes) The New Man in the House: Denny Hastert Dennis Hastert, 51st Speaker of the House. A look at his record. GUEST: Frank Clemente, Director of Public Citizen's Congress Watch. Former Sr Policy Advisor 89-94 for Government Operations Committee (now the Government Reform Committee). (20 Minutes) Republicans in Paradise Next week a lawsuit will be filed in a LA federal court against a number of big name garment manufacturers for products made in the U.S. commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). One congressman, Rep. George Miller (CA-Dem) has issued a report "Beneath the American Flag" that concludes that the islands' economy circumvents the intent of federal trade policy, (the islands are exempt from minimum wage laws) and is a system of indentured servitude. GUEST: Marie Howard, Democratic Legislative Staff of the House Resources Committee. GUEST: Ken Govendo, an attorney in Saipan.