Weighty Issues

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 31, 2010
A new Vanity Fair article says that the origins of the torture at Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib came from the very highest levels of the Bush administration. Will these senior advisers face legal action? We talk to the reporter who broke the story. Also: the benefits of conformity, a look at legal protection for overweight people, and what role—if any—will the GOP play in the fate of Florida and Michigan delegates to this summer’s Democratic National Convention?

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