congress about to declare war on the world that's what many experts and groups like the a.c.l.u. are saying as congress firms up its fiscal two thousand and twelve defense built one measure republicans are trying to slip it is an update of the authorization for the use of military force or the aid you have that it was passed three days after the attacks on september eleventh and gave the president authorization to use all necessary and appropriate force against those involved in the nine eleven attacks the problem is ten years later after the killing of osama bin laden the world is running out. perpetrators directly involved with nine eleven so what some love lawmakers out there are calling for is dropping the reference to nine eleven and affirming a state of armed conflict with al qaeda the taliban and associated forces keyword there so what would the replications be of this creeping war on terror joining me to discuss this from our studio in new york is scott horton contributing editor on legal and national security matters for harper's magazine scott thanks so much for joining

i have only allowed him to do the abstinence so i think that the fact that this is the issue that a.c.l.u. is going up against with schools with sex that sort of thing it's kind of shows the progression maybe that we've had i know that's kind of a different take but i'm outraged that they're blocking congressman mark foley's web site i think it's a terrible thing but you know i have to say when i go i'm human rights watch website or their human rights campaign website and look at all of those hot steamy photos pussyfooting is not really the next comes to mind are. you girls thanks for joining me for before we go tonight we have our tweet of the day and as we just mentioned sarah palin tweeted this afternoon that obama should release those death photos and stop pussyfooting around so she's basically calling him a weak leader so tonight we think obama should tweet that he's not a moose we can't stop them and put him on display in the international i for me just a picture would suffice but that's it for tonight's show thanks for tuning in from that tomorrow musician and comedian go grammy wi

but the a.c.l.u. has suggested is that there be strict guidelines maybe enforced by supervisors. or misusing the images you store person or time unless there is some investigation and then and then limited you know you have to you have to think about what you're setting out to do what the risks are and set up rules and to controlling them really not just saying it's ok to cry but you know really quickly just yes or no answer has anything really changed as we saw the red flag comparison you know is this really gone anywhere after this the same as always in the united states well i mean i think that history in chicago is less reason to worry about official refused to be invited by compiling. so has anything changed things have changed certainly but you don't want to assume that the people who are in charge of the systems are always going to have the best intentions because that's not always the case and they're certainly not in power that's right that safeguards. so nothing question everything that's our motto at least that was jacob sullum senior editor for reason magazine now fro

number of supermax prisons in this country has grown to more than fifty david bossie director of the a.c.l.u.'s national prison project says the gloom was not a result of higher crime what happened in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. was there was really a wave of hysteria about super predators and predictions of a wave of fire alarm that never really materialized what did materialize hundreds of millions of dollars devoted to the business of building prisons if you look at how these places came to be built in many states it wasn't the corrections professionals it was the politicians politicians and presidents often have of hi this prison is owned by the corrections corporation of america got more than fifty prisons like this around the country and spend millions of dollars lobbying to build more politicians in turn bring jobs to their deaths right and beef up their reputation as being tough on crime the still other politicians fight the system i don't know any place in the world where people are held in. solitary confinement for over three decades china russia. eastern block. dictatorship

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president obama doesn't want to take advantage of it you can bet if we get another bush in office he will a.c.l.u. calls this provision the single biggest handover of unchecked war authority from congress to the executive branch in modern american history. of american history frankly section ten thirty four was slipped in by republican congressman buck mckeon only one and only one member of the armed services committee voted against the bill democrat john garamendi garamendi offered a an amendment to strike section ten thirty four but it was shot down paving the way for endless war and endless profits for defense contractors who throw around huge campaign contributions so will this bill fundamentally change how our nation goes to war for more on this i'm joined by a man who knows war well a decorated war veteran and longtime congressman from new york charlie rangle congressman welcome. thank you thank you and what do you make of this part of the provision are you concerned that we're becoming a perpetual war machine. it is so scary but the nation and the people of this country have accepted presi

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mall aster that was the scariest moment of all time all ok let's move on to our last story here the a.c.l.u. is going after some columbus city schools for censoring l.g.b. t. web sites and they're claiming that this is because they don't want kids to access pornography or any kind of adult material but essentially anything that might tell you about i don't know gay people or lesbians or transgenders isn't allowed yeah i didn't find this shocking that this is an issue that they feel you are dealing with with schools i mean i went to public school and i don't think they were even allowed to teach in health class that there was any other form of contraception other than abstinence i so i think that this is really like it is yeah that's why i went to public school and so. california. only allowed him to do that even abstinence so i think the fact that this is the issue that they see all use going up against with schools with sex that sort of thing it's kind of shows the progression maybe that we've had i know that's kind of a different take but i'm outraged that they're blocking congressman mar

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but the a.c.l.u. has suggested is that there are strict guidelines are they being watched by supervisors. are misusing the equipment and the images need to be stored procedure time unless there is some investigation and then ruminated you know you have to you have to think about what you're setting out to do what the risks are and set up rules and controlling them really not just saying it's ok to cry putting up really quickly just yes or no answer as anything really changed as we saw the red spot comparison you know has this really gotten any worse for the same as always in the united states well i think that history in chicago gives us reason to worry about opposition reduced that we invited bilingual nation so has anything changed. yes things are true certainly but what you don't want to assume if the people who are in charge of these systems are always going to have the best intentions because that's not always the case and there's really not in us why you don't see. that but i thank you so much f