Flashpoints – May 10, 2006
Flash Points will bring you "The Ambassador and the General: Part I"

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An award winning front-line investigative news magazine focusing on human, civil and workers rights, issues of war and peace, Global Warming, racism and poverty, and other issues. Hosted by Dennis J. Bernstein.
Flash Points will bring you "The Ambassador and the General: Part I"
An exclusive preview of The Armed Madhouse: A soon-to-be-released book by Greg Palast, the bestselling author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy; also, a former British Ambassador speaks out against torture; and the Knight Report.
The General who oversaw the illegal bugging of thousands of US citizens in the US, nominated to be CIA super snoop; Clinton plays front man for a natural foods stunt; Mumia Abu Jamal appears to take a step closer to death, as appeals court goes against him, and the Knight Report.
Today, we celebrate Cinco De Mayo in the context of the new immigrant rights revolution; we will go live to Mexico, where the Zapatista Other Campaign, led by Subcommandante Marcos and other supporters, are marching to San Salvador de Atanco to show solidarity with campesinos under attack by government forces; also, we’ll have a report … Continued
Brigadier General Janis Karpinsky, former head of the prison at Abu Ghraib, charges Bush, Rumsfeld, Cheney and Gonzales with war crimes and crimes against humanity; also, a roundtable discussion with editors of Left Turn magazine on grassroots journalism and the global intifada.
Miguel Molina reports from Los Angeles.