From March 14th to 16th, KAOS 89.3fm Olympia Community Radio will pre-empt regular programming to broadcast Pacifica Radio's coverage of the historic Winter Soldier gathering in Washington , DC . The three day live broadcast will be co-hosted by Aaron Glantz and former Ar my medic and KPFA host Aimee Allison.

Zeitgeist the movie is having worldwide showing on March 15 -- even in Twisp and Tonasket and all the way to Denmark and Detroit. Any plans to show or hold event here in Olympia? Check out. . . . . . . http://zeitgeistmovie.com/statement.htm

Dear OlyBlog,

I am a frequent lurker and newly registered member. While there is much to discuss and consider around the events at TESC the night of the 14th, I'm here with some questions about the Olympian and general media coverage.

The Olympian seems to be test driving an open publishing tool, NewsGarden, where anyone can come on by and map local new stories. I added a couple of my city hall posts from Olyblog and they seemed to stick.

Its worth a try to go over there yourself and add something from Olyblog, or somewhere else.

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Report May Have Motivated Destruction of Torture Tapes
By Jason Leopold
t r u t h o u t | Report

Thursday 03 January 2008

When Congress returns from its winter break in mid-January and continues its probe into the destruction of CIA interrogation videotapes, the lawmakers may be interested in speaking to Mary O. McCarthy.

McCarthy spent most of her career at the spy agency, most recently as deputy inspector general. In 2004, she was tapped by the CIA's Inspector General John Helgerson to assist him with several internal investigations.

One of those investigations included a closer look at the CIA's interrogation methods. The report on this probe was completed in spring 2004. It concluded that some of the agency's approved interrogation methods "appeared to constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, as defined by the International Convention Against Torture," according to a New York Times story published in November 2005. That was the same month the CIA destroyed the videotapes.
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