amy: we will speak with reporter matthew cole who spent more than two years investigating accounts ofghastly atrocities committed by members of the unit, including mutilating corpses, skinnings, and attempted beheadings. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. president-elect donald trump has named his son-in-law jared kushner to be a senior adviser in the white house. kushner is married to trump's daughter ivanka. the appointment may violate federal anti-nepotism laws. kushner says he won't draw a salary from his white house position. he is a wealthy real estate investor. he says he'll sell some of his assets in efforts to avoid a slew of conflicts of interests. however, ethics lawyers say his divestment plans will not avoid this conflicts, as he says he'll simply sell his assets to his brother joshua or a family trust controlled by his mother seryl. ethics lawyer matthew sanderson, who served as general counsel to senator rand paul's presidential campaign, told the "new york times" -- "it sounds like a she