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This aired on 10/09/09 on Bill Moyers Journal, and is Moyers' essay on the revolving door of insurance and governement.
The Case Against Shell: 'The Hanging of Ken Saro-Wiwa Showed the True Cost of Oil' (8:33)
n May 2009, multinational oil giant Shell will stand trial in United States federal court to answer to charges that it conspired in human rights abuses including murder in Nigeria in the 1990s. This mini-documentary tells the story of the rise of an inspiring and nonviolent movement for human rights and environmental justice, and the lengths Shell was willing to go to stop it. For more information, visit: The Case Against Shell
Torturing Democracy. Documentary detailing the implementation and use of torture under the George Bush Administration. 2009.
This is an excellent recent source site that pulls together official documentation, interviews, and the video. The documentary (in three parts) is in the extended entry.
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Tortured Logic: Drip, Drip, Drip. The Rachel Maddow Show 5/15/2009. (11:44)
Maddow lays out the use of torture to try to prove a connection between al Qaeda - an illegal use of torture even under the advisement of the Bush Administration advisors. Also discussed is Cheney's intimate involvement in pushing for the intelligence material.
