Green Party Convention Starts Amid Criticism

Today is the start of the Green Party's Political Convention. In Chicago, Illinois, the party's Presidential nominee will be decided among 4 Presidential, including front runner former US Representative of Georgia, Cynthia McKinney and her running mate, Rosa Clemente, Activist, Organizer and Journalist.  Former Green Presidential candidate and Professor at Morgan State University, Jared Ball, says this convention marks an exciting time for American politics.

PART 2

• Mukasey Rejects Politics Influence Hiring at the Justice Department
• Senate Approves Surveillance Legislation
• G8 Summit Wraps Up in Japan
• India's Ruling Coalition Splits Over Nuclear Deal
• The Questionable Arrest of a Chilean Filmmaker

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• Cheney's Office Accused of Altering Senate Testimony on Climate Change
• South Africa Workers Strike Over High Food and Energy Prices
• Anti-War Groups Oppose Canadian Deportation of US War Resisters
• Palestinian Protesters Clash with Israeli Troops Over Walls on West Bank
• Iranian Missile Tests Elicit More Talk Justifying US Missile Defense System

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As expected, an updated surveillance law passed in the Senate today.
What didn't pass was an amendment to the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA) that would have stripped telecom immunity, by a
vote of 32-to-66. Democratic Senator Chris Dodd was pushing to allow
customers to sue the companies that allowed the federal government to
monitor their communications without a warrant post 9/11. Another
amendment which would have put telecom immunity on hold until the
Inspector General concludes his investigation into the matter was also
shot down, 42-to-52. The House has already passed the same bill. We
spoke with Michelle Richardson, Legislative Council for the American
Civil Liberties Union, about today's vote in the Senate.