Trading 5 Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo for one American POW, Obama risks backlash that may keep Gitmo open indefinitely....Click here for free audiobook download from Audible, and earn $15 for the PBC Podcast!
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--Obama trades 5 Taliban prisoners from Guantanamo for lone US POW in Afghanistan, controversy will erupt
--Prof. Juan Cole of U Mich notes that US has traded for hostages before, many times
--journalist Anand Gopal talks about the 5 Taliban leaders to be released
--Supreme Court rejects appeal from NY Times reporter James Risen, who will continue to fight subpoena
--Risen and Laura Poitras use Snowden docs to reveal that NSA has vast collection of images for facial recognition
--Reddit and other sites launch ResettheNet
--much hyped EPA order to cut coal emissions is modest, but will draw loud protests from coal huggers
--as Palestinians form unity government, Israel attempts to keep alive its divide-and-conquer strategy
--Santa Barbara murder spree revives debate about not identifying killers because they seek notoriety