any other media outlet in the united states it was the new york times that led us to war but michael gordon another palace court journalist he just by palace court i mean somebody who just he basically neal's before power and repeats what they tell him and michael gordon had written several of those same offending articles with judy miller and he's still there talking as a matter of fact about iran nuclear weapons program nobody knows for sure if they have one he's writing about it as a matter of fact this is a big problem because our biggest media the media that is most important for shaping opinion is still not getting things right or being careful enough they're still basically slaves to power in the u.s. that means basically governments and corporations and if i go to jeff i mean i don't want to ask you to be a foreign policy expert here ok but if we just put her. ok do you think. the blog sphere is mature enough that if the right wanted to go to war with iran like we did with iraq do you think that the blogosphere this time could play a more significant role in stopping that if that's

michael gordon and joost hiltermann, thank you both. >> ifill: now, how health care reform is playing out in the states. last night, we looked at how the newly-elected republican governor and legislators in wisconsin are working to turn back the new federal law. tonight, the other side of that coin: newshour correspondent spencer michels reports on california's efforts to move ahead. >> reporter: in california, where one out of every four families has no health insurance and the economy is in terrible shape, political leaders here have made implementing the federal health care reform a major priority. california's democratically controlled legislature and its outgoing republican governor have joined forces to push ahead quickly on the state level. kim belche, secretary of health and human services for governor arnold schwarzenegger, has been in charge of making the new law work. >> when it comes to health reform implementation, some states have hit the pause button. some states are actually taking a step back and reconsidering. under governor schwarzenegger's leadership, we really hav

myself and michael gordon broke this story and bill safire wrote a column, the headline sent the german into orbit and created an international sensation, it was all ultimately all true. the headline was auschwitz in the sand. >> how did it feel when you got that word? einhausen. >> it was an indescribable moment. and the second indescribable moment was when we sat down with the state department with hardly anything and bluffed them into this. i went to this meet my friend michael gordon covered arms control, he said two of the guys i know covered this. we salt down, he said, this is my friend, stephen engelberg, he covers c.i.a. i said, we have the story, it's imhausen, he's the spider in the web, we're trying to fill out what the web. is the guys looked at me and said, did you get a briefing from the c.i.a. about this? i said, i don't discuss my sources. i wouldn't talk about our conversation. at that point -- they said, did you tell me about the state department role. he said -- i said nobody said anything about diplomacy. and they began to lay out enormous details we knew nothing ab

michael. and john long, gordon guthrie and jim brad shaw. the general council office of david horowitz and steve space from the chief technology, bruce romano, davidson prime and dave miller, dr. young, and nancy bob brooks. i still have more names. for the dynamic spectrum item, wind up in paul murray, gary mark cote and gary, from the office of strategic planning deficit, benjamin and a boost from jerry mattis. >> good morning. we have two items before you that will promote innovations technology. and updating the commission's experiment radius service rules and a notice of inquiry that examines how advanced radio technologies with new models of spectrum management to advance innovations, increase and use and stretch the capacity of a valuable spectrum resources. many innovative ideas in an all sectors of the economy can be traced back to ideas and inspiration developed under experimental radio licenses. and the city of may technology found in the 3-peat system as well as the ltv powering the latest high-tech devices. the experiment radius

michaels. from the media bureau, john long, susan crawford, gordon gough africom kevin harding and she and brad shaw. from the general counsel's office, david horowitz and steve space. from the office of strategic planning and chief technology, doug, and from noel come in addition to ira, bruce, nicholas orris, jim, anthony, doug young, and nancy brooks. i still have moraes. further dynamic spectrum item, from the wireless bureau, ruth mulken, paul murray, gary michaels and mary booker. from the office of strategic planning, doug and stuart benjamin, and from oet, ira, bruce camano, jerry, rot small and nicholas. i will now present. >> good morning, mr. chairman and commissioners. we have two items before you that will promote and facilitate innovation and communications technology. a notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks to promote this innovation by updating of the commission's experimental radio service rules and a notice of inquiry that examines how advanced radio technologies and new models of spectrum management techniques can advance innovation to increase and use and stretched the ca

michaels. from the media bureau, john long, susan crawford, gordon gough africom kevin harding and she and bradshaw. from the general counsel's office, david horowitz and steve space. from the office of strategic planning and chief technology, doug, and from noel come in addition to ira, bruce, nicholas orris, jim, anthony, doug young, and nancy brooks. i still have moraes. further dynamic spectrum item, from the wireless bureau, ruth mulken, paul murray, gary michaels and mary booker. from the office of strategic planning, doug and stuart benjamin, and from oet, ira, bruce camano, jerry, rot small and nicholas. i will now present. >> good morning, mr. chairman and commissioners. we have two items before you that will promote and facilitate innovation and communications technology. a notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks to promote this innovation by updating of the commission's experimental radio service rules and a notice of inquiry that examines how advanced radio technologies and new models of spectrum management techniques can advance innovation to increase and use and stretched the cap

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