employee thomas drake to court but we want to know if drake is indeed convicted the president will this set and we all know that personal debt is a serious problem for many americans but could a lot of that stress and anxiety that comes with that be from those nagging and many times of the use of debt collectors so they will take a closer look at how close collectors operate and will challenge the legality of their methods are going to cover all of that and save room for happy hour in tonight's show but first we have our top story. now if the name dominique strauss kahn didn't ring any bells for americans before it certainly does now that i am of managing director is currently embroiled in a sex scandal on allegations that he sexually assaulted a maid and the new york so if you tell hotel and the media is going crazy over the details former accusations and other famous clients of his current defense attorney . for you now the head of the international monetary fund just arriving to new york courtroom he said to be arraigned on sexual assault charges in new york city. of course the lates

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extend his own term limits because we are in a war let me give you another example in the case of thomas a drake a former n.s.a. executive who is accused of funneling documents to an unnamed reporter the obama administration's department of justice seeking a presidential request from the courts they want the judge to withhold a sensor on classified documents about the n.s.a. so not only have they waged a war against whistleblowers really think classified information now they want to be able to pick and choose what else can be kept off the record forget about all those labels of it being classified they just don't like it but by far the most dangerous move this week is coming from in congress itself republican lawmakers are trying to slip into the defense budget for two thousand and twelve an expansion of the authorization of the use of military force that's something that would allow the president to wait. huge war on anyone he wants at any time and they want to have that authority to him on a silver platter they want to be able to declare a constant state of war so who needs those pesky restric