and i wrote that book because of abu ghraib. these were the better angels of our nature at that time, as lincoln said and i wrote the book because i did not feel that the america i grew up in and the america i'm hopelessly in love with, was the same as abu ghraib. then as things escalated that was the angel side -- i wanted to keep islams out of -- i wanted to write about the dark history of america which was dramatized in these so-called relocation camps or pioneer colonies. and the beginning of the book really is about the toxic mix of fear racism, greed, and fear, racism greed, put out because the californians, led by the attorney general of the state, man named earl warren, wanted the land, the fishing boats -- at that time japanese accounted for 40% of the agriculture in the state of california. of course when they were sent to the camps their bank accounts were frozen. so that they then lost all their land to foreclosure. to their caucasian neighbors. which is what in many ways it's all about. the first driver was the pres

. >> when we think of torture chambers medieval dungens, abu ghraib, maybe, comes to line not a policeartment in a big city where victims say decades of vicious abuse, outright torture took place. on chicago's south side the presinct was known as the house of screams, where lisa fletcher found one of the darkest chapters took place. survivors told you the tale. it uses racial abusive language that you would not normally here on tv but it will help with the terror that took place. >> reporter: ronald kitchener never thought he'd here these words. >> we have ways of making knickers talk. so >>> he has in the hands of the police. >> he said i'll use a big old knif stick and beat the [ bleep ] out of it. so i'm sitting there, and as he's telling me telling me you did this. we know you did this. >> reporter: this was a highly publicised quinn tuple murder that when police picked up kitchen, he told them it was for auto theft. after a few hours, kitchen says he realized the auto theft arrest was a means to an end. >> he tells me stand up niger. stand up to the wall handcuff me behind my back

when we look at abu ghraib and the rendition, the torture report and the telling story of a man that froze to death in the salt pit, the drone strikes, is that at the heart of it, losing moral authority. >> it is close to the heart of it, if you talk about a super-power maintaining off-shore penal colonies in guantanamo. it set up a worldwide story, that maintains facilities today. outsourcing some of that horrible actions to other countries as we did during the war in iraq when syria was one of the places we sent people. you are arguably not talking about a superpower, but a frustrated nation. lashing out at more vulnerable people. that plus nation editor ky wright and other guests talking about disabled veterans on sunday >>> next - rebuilding a new orleans school where it shouldn't be, on top of an old toxic dump. >> it should be a crime. for us to put generations of children at risk to these toxins, and we know they are there. >> see how parents try to stop it, in 2 minutes. >>> in louisiana, frustrations have to contend with crumbling schools in need of funding and repairs, it m

the 14-year history of the war on terror, heard about guantanamo, water boarding rendition, abu ghraibnothing has been more tortured than that acronym. >> the u.s.a. freedom act in effect would go back to the status quo. >> the telephone companies hold the data and put additional requirements ton administration to search for the haystack but will allow the haystack to continue. >> jon: we need to collect the metadata because that's been keeping us state of. >> justice departments and inspector general this week issued a report that says the f.b.i. can't report to a single terrorist plot that was broken up as a result of this program. >> jon: okay. so basically it boils down to a senate debate between those who say we must give up liberty to keep us safe even though it doesn't and those who believe we must protect our liberties even though they won't or to put that another wain, bring me my faintin' couch! (applause) what beer should we get? uhhhh... redd's green apple ale! that's a lovely idea... what?! i party. new redd's green apple ale. brewed like a beer tart like granny smith. ♪ t

discovered a set of photographs showing other members of his company torturing prisoners at the abu ghraibnted to the army criminal -- army criminal investigation command. he had no regrets. justify -- testifying that the abuse violated everything i personally believe in and all i've been taught about the rules of war. yes there are many brave people on the grounds who did speak out. sy hersh who publish those photos in the new yorker said you actually haven't seen the worst of them yet. so now let's talk about's what mr. gough and mr. negroponte didn't talk about. the word torture. there is no doubt torture played a major role in the push for invading iraq. in 2009, mcclatchy reported that the bush administration applied present -- relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees. a former senior u.s. intelligence official said there was constant pressure on the intelligence agencies and the interrogators to do whatever it took to get that information out of the detainees. especially the high-value ones. when people kept coming up empty they were told by cheney and r

discovered a set of photographs showing other members of his company torturing prisoners at the abu ghraibprison. the discovery anguished him and he struggled over how to respond. he recalled later, i had the choice between what i knew was morally right in my loyalty to other soldiers. i cannot have it both ways. he copied the photographs onto a cd a cd, sealed it in an envelope and delivered it on an anonymous letter to the army criminal investigation command. three months later seven years ago today the photographs republic. he found -- soon found himself the target of death threats to be testifying at a pretrial hearing for a fellow soldier he said that the abuse violated everything i personally believed in and all i have been taught about the rules of war. yes, there are many brave people on the ground soldiers, journalists who did speak out. sy hersh published those photos in the new yorker. they were horrific. you actually have not seen the worst of them yet. so now let's talk about what they did not talk about the word torture. there is no doubt torture played a major role in the pu

discovered a set of photographs showing other members of his company torturing prisoners at the abu ghraib prison. he struggled over how to respond. he recalled later i have the choice between what i knew was morally right and my loyalty to other soldiers. i couldn't have it both ways he said. presented to the army criminal -- army criminal investigation command. he had no regrets. justify -- testifying that the abuse violated everything i personally believe in and all i've been taught about the rules of war. yes there are many brave people on the grounds who did speak out. sy hersh who publish those photos in the new yorker said you actually haven't seen the worst of them yet. so now let's talk about's what mr. gough and mr. negroponte didn't talk about. the word torture. there is no doubt torture played a major role in the push for invading iraq. in 2009, mcclatchy reported that the bush administration applied present -- relentless pressure on interrogators to use harsh methods on detainees. a former senior u.s. intelligence official said there was constant pressure on the intelligence a