DN!: Jesse Jackson on Bush Plan to Prevent Home Foreclosures//Blackwater Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:16:19 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST December 10, 2007 = = = = = = = = = Notice to users with older web browsers: We've recently fixed some issues on the new site that were causing problems for some users with old web browsers (Internet Explorer 5 for example). If you are experiencing any problems using the site, please send us an email: website@democracynow.org. = = = = = = = = = We invite you to visit our newly revamped website that has just launched at http://www.democracynow.org. And you can get your holiday shopping done by visiting our online store. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * "Bush Offers an Umbrella When We Need a Tent" - Jesse Jackson Says President's Plan to Prevent Foreclosures Doesn't Go Far Enough * President Bush announced a plan last week to freeze interest rates for some homeowners facing foreclosure. But critics say the plan¹s strict guidelines will leave out the most vulnerable. We speak with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, who is helping to organize a march on Wall Street today dubbed ³Save Our Homes‹Fight Home Foreclosures, Defend Our Economic Rights.² Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/10/bush_offers_an_umbrella * What is Blackwater's Role in the 2008 Presidential Race? * Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney cited Cofer Black, the former head of Counterterrorism at the CIA, as his advisor on issues involving prisoner interrogation during a recent presidential debate. Black is now the vice chairman on private military firm, Blackwater. We speak with Jeremy Scahill, author of ³Blackwater: the Rise of the World¹s Most Powerful Mercenary Army² about Romney and Black as well as State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard and his brother¹s ties to the company. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/10/what_is_blackwaters_ * Did CIA Destroy Tapes Showing Waterboarding and Involvement of Psychologists in Torture? * The Justice Department and the Central Intelligence Agency have launched a joint probe into the CIA¹s destruction of at least two videotapes documenting prisoner interrogations at a secret CIA prison. One of the tapes may have shown CIA agents waterboarding the al-Qaeda operative Abu Zubaydah. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2007/12/10/did_cia_destroy_tapes * Headlines for December 10, 2007 * - Justice Dept & CIA To Probe Destruction of Torture Tapes - Report: Pelosi Did Not Object to Waterboarding in 2002 - Al Gore & IPCC Receive Nobel Peace Prize - U.S. Opposes Cuts To Emissions At Bali Talks - Huckabee Called For AIDS Patients to Be Quarantined in 1992 - Oprah Winfrey Begins Campaigning For Sen. 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