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WBUR: Here and Now

Produced by WBUR FM in Boston and PRI, Here and Now features fast breaking news, more leisurely analysis, and human interest stories. We also cover the arts: film, theater, music and much much more.

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Here and Now for Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Date: 06/17/2008
Length: 00:44:14

Exactly who came up with the harsh interrogation techniques that could be used on detainees at Guantanamo Bay and at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. That's the focus of a Senate Armed Service committee hearing today. According to the committee's finding, Pentagon lawyer, William Haynes inquired in 2002 into a military program that trained Army soldiers on how to survive enemy interrogations. He and other officials wanted to know if the techniques could be reverse engineered and used to extract intelligence. We'll have the latest from the hearing with Demetri Sevastopulo, Pentagon and Intelligence correspondent for the Financial Times of London. It can weigh in at half a ton and measure 6 feet. Until recently, it was considered unfit for human consumption. Now the blue fin tuna, loved by sushi eaters in Japan, is endangered. We speak with Richard Ellis, a conservationist, biologist, and author. He has a book coming out in July titled "Tuna: A Love Story." He recently wrote

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