The Michael Slate Show: Welcome to the Brave New World: Prisons, Prosecutions and Robot Spies

By Anonymous (not verified) , 5 January, 2011
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Michael Slate

Laura Magnani, author and Interim Regional Director of AFSC Pacific Mountain Region, discusses her paper - "Buried Alive: Long-term Isolation in California's Youth and Adult Prisons" - and the inhuman torture rampant in solitary confinement.

Jennifer Van Bergen, author, journalist and lawyer, discusses the U.S. government's attempts to prosecute Wikileaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act of 1917.

Lee Tien, Senior Staff Attorney for Electronic Frontier Foundation, talks about the proliferation of spy cameras recording license plate info across the country and what it indicates about the times we live in.