Lines of Communication

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 24, 2011

The Obama administration is in direct secret talks with senior officials in the Taliban. New Yorker writer Steve Coll explains the negotiations.  Plus, New York comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Wall Street bonuses; Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission chairman Phil Angelides on the financial meltdown; and an introduction to the Public Insight Network (PIN). 

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