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Former Reagan Official: House members who read the US Constitution yesterday do not understand it

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Tags: Bruce Fein, U.S. Constitution, WMNF, Iraq, Afghanistan, health care reform, assassination, presidential power

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Yesterday on the floor of the House, members of Congress read the US Constitution.

Here to comment is Bruce Fein, He was Associate Deputy Attorney General under President Reagan and is author of the new book "American Empire: Before the Fall." He recently wrote a piece titled "Ten Congressional Commandments," which states:

"The Constitution exclusively empowers Congress to authorize the initiation of war under Article I, Section ...

Seymour Hersh: Secret assassination operation was run by Bush White House

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Tags: Hersh, unions, labor, assassination, Cheney

"At a “Great Conversations” event at the University of Minnesota [Monday] investigative reporter Seymour Hersh talked about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an “executive assassination ring,” according to Eric Black at MinnPost.com,

The evening, featuring Walter Mondale and Hersh, moderated by Jacobs and titled “America’s Constitutional Crisis,” looked to be a mostly historical review of events that have tes...

Book examines 'JFK and the Unspeakable'

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Tags: JFK, assassination, conspiracy, Oswald, military industrial complex, Thomas Vallee, Abraham Bolden

Today on WMNF Rob Lorei interviewed peace activist Jim Douglass who is coming to St. Petersburg this weekend to speak about his new book on the JFK assassination. His talk is sponsored by Pax Cristi. According to Pax Cristi:

"JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died and Why It Matters is an examination of John F. Kennedy’s assassination from a spiritual perspective. Author James W. Douglass will speak at the February meeting of Pax Christi Tampa Bay beginning at 3:30 PM on Sunday, February ...