This hour we pull apart one sentence, written in the hours after September 11th, 2001, that has led to the longest war in U.S. history. We examine how just 60 words of legal language have blurred the line between war and peace.
Podcasts: http://www.radiolab.org/story/60-words/ (1 hour audio podcast)
In this collaboration with BuzzFeed, reporter Gregory Johnsen tells us the story of how this has come to be one of the most important, confusing, troubling sentences of the past 12 years. We go into the meetings that took place in the chaotic days just after 9/11, speak with Congresswoman Barbara Lee and former Congressman Ron Dellums about the vote on the AUMF. We hear from former White House and State Department lawyers John Bellinger & Harold Koh. We learn how this legal language unleashed Guantanamo, Navy Seal raids and drone strikes. And we speak with journalist Daniel Klaidman, legal expert Benjamin Wittes and Virginia Senator Tim Kaine about how these words came to be interpreted, and what they mean for the future of war and peace.
Produced by Matt Kielty and Kelsey Padgett with original music by Dylan Keefe.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/60-words/
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at some future date (given full releases and access to currently suppressed documentation and evidence) the explicit and direct connections between the military coup of 9/11 comprised by that day's events in NYC and DC, along with the subsequent/concomitant