Buried Secrets

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
For decades, nuclear scientist Mahdi Obeidi was one of Saddam Hussein’s most powerful assets. Through two wars with the United States, he served Hussein faithfully while concealing his own doubts about the dictator. When the Iraq war of 2003 ended, he came forward with plans for a centrifuge that had been buried in his back yard. Also, Stephen Moore of The Club for Growth, Howard Dean, and "30 Issues": gay marriage

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