DN!: Business Leaders Working with FBI, DHS//US Embassy in Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 14:38:19 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST February 11, 2008 = = = = = = = = = February 20 DN! Gala: Help Us Build Our New Home SPECIAL REDUCED PRICES NOW AVAILABLE - JOIN WILLIE NELSON, DANNY GLOVER, AMY GOODMAN AND MANY OTHERS AT THIS GALA DINNER/CONCERT/RECEPTION! http://www.democracynow.org/get_involved/donate/willie = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Report: Over 23,000 Business Leaders Working With FBI and Homeland Security * The Progressive magazine is reporting that more than 23,000 representatives of private industry are working quietly with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The business leaders form a group known as InfraGard that receives warnings of terrorist threats directly from the FBI before the public does. We speak with the the reporter who broke the story and the editor of The Progressive, Matt Rothschild. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/11/report_fbi_deputizes_23_000 * US Embassy in Bolivia Tells Fulbright Scholar and Peace Corps Volunteers to Spy on Venezuelans and Cubans in Bolivia * An American Fulbright scholar and Peace Corps volunteers in Bolivia say the US embassy told them to spy on Venezuelans and Cubans in Bolivia. We go to Bolivia to speak with the Fulbright scholar Alexander van Schaick and Jean Friedman-Rudovsky, the reporter who broke the story for ABC News. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/11/us_embassy_in_bolivia_tells * Report: U.S. Funding Opposition Groups in Bolivia * The US embassy in Bolivia has been using American taxpayer money to help fund opposition groups, according to an article in The Progressive magazine. We speak with journalist Benjamin Dangl, who broke the story. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/11/report_us_funding_opposition * EXCLUSIVE: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on the Lawsuit Against Chevron, Eradicating Foreign Debt and Why He Says "Ecuador is No Longer For Sale" * We play highlights of an exclusive interview with Ecuadorıs President Rafael Correa. In a wide-ranging conversation with journalist Greg Palast, President Correa talks about the $12 billion lawsuit against Chevron, ending his countryıs debt, and his relationship with the United States and Venezuela. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/11/exclusive_ecuadorean_president * Headlines for February 11, 2008 * Obama Wins 5 out of 5 Weekend Primary and Caucus Contests Clinton Appoints New Campaign Manager Huckabee: States Deserve Election not Coronation East Timor President and Peace Prize Winner Wounded in Apparent Coup Attempt Tentative Deal Reached, Writers to Vote to End Strike Military Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Six Gitmo Prisoners Another Prominent APA Member Resigns Over Interrogation Policies 53 Iraqis Killed Sunday US Army Sniper Sentenced to 10 Years for Killing Unarmed Iraqi Six Workers Dead Following Sugar Refinery Blast in Georgia Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/11/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Monday, February 11, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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