Matt Reichel in Homestretch for Rahm Emmanuel's Seat

Congressional candidate Matt Reichel speaks up for peace during the run-up for election for the Illinois Special election to replace Rahm Emmanuel in this video produced by Polidoc correspondant, Kevin Gozstola.

Greenwald Discusses Potential of Bush Prosecution for Crimes with Scott Horton

Glenn Greenwald interviews writer Scott Horton who recently released an article in Harper's Magazine entitled "Justice After Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration" in this podcast.

Naysayers to the prosecution of Bush and others from the executive branch argue that it is not uncommon for Presidents to break the law and that prosecuting the President fuels a vindictive partisan retaliation unbeneficial to the progress of the next administration. However, Horton argues that the collective attitude of disregard by the Bush Administration of criminal law requires investigation.

While President Bush might be able to issue a pardon to himself and others, it does not free him from prosecution as the nature of war crimes is international. Horton suggests that the Department of Justice is too entangled with these crimes and the Attorney General must appoint an independent commission of inquiry with authority to claim the withheld documents and subpoena testimony from the witnesses. In this way, the new administration may avoid the semblance and deed of a politically motivated prosecution. A strategic sequencing of investigation and exposure of evidence must be made to build public support.

Phil Donahue's "Body of War" Battles to Infultrate Theaters

The business of politics is as much about learning when to hold your tongue as it is when to speak. Phil Donahue, talk show host impressario of the '80s-90's, won't disclose for whom he's voting for President because making enemies of good affiliates at a time when you are shopping a vital and uniquely told documentary is just not good strategy. However, he is a good friend of Ralph Nader's and a strong supporter of alternative political voices, so you might guess Donahue's not a right of center guy.

His documentary, "Body of War" is no Little Miss Sunshine, according to Donahue. It's a story about a young vet who returns from Iraq severely wounded and neglected by the military he served. If we hadn't gone through some of these same issues in Vietnam, where thousands of vets returned as drug addicts because the pharmaceuticals were freely distributed at addictive levels to kill the pain, both physical and psychological, perhaps there would be some latitude to forgive the military hospitals' treatment of the wounded and the executive branch's ignorance. However, we have seen this before and this young man's story should get every veteran, whether Republican, Democratic or other, stark raving mad at the administration. Plain and simple.

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Democracy Now! introduces "Body of War"

Amy Goodman of Democracy NOW! interviews filmmakers Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro regarding the documentary "Body of War" which intimately follows the individual efforts of one young veteran paralyzed from injuries suffered in the war. The movie effectively intercuts shots of its subject, Tomas Young with shots or voice overs of the politicians who voted for the war and argues that the senate put on a show that was fairly well scripted.



This segment is part 2 of 5 posted on YouTube. Here is the entire segment from Democracy Now

Young joined up to make a difference in Afghanistan but was plowed down after several days on the ground in Iraq. Shipped back to an unprepared VA hospital, Young languished for a month without proper rehabilitation and is now on a list of medications, including an increasing dosage of morphine. His fiance and mother help him with his physical needs and he has become an anti-war activist. Somehow, he keeps his sense of humor, despite the real discomfort that he feels.