Over the Line

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jan 26, 2012

The co-director of the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, Elizabeth Goitein, talks about their investigation into the NYPD’s use of and involvement with the controversial anti-Islam film “The Third Jihad”. Plus: a conversation about the battle for the Latino vote in Florida ahead of the GOP primary election there; the January series on the airline industry continues with what lies ahead for the industry; proposed changes to the diagnostic definition of autism; and how technology is affecting how we know what we know.

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