Dec 9 6:00 PM

What 'rogue tactics' were reportedly used by the ATF in undercover stings?

The national headquarters of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on May 29, 2008 in Washington, D.C.
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What type of "rogue tactics" has the ATF reportedly used in undercover stings?

Guest:

John Diedrich @john_diedrich 
Reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

Read articles co-written by Diedrich on tactics used by the bureau in sting operations across the country, and one particular unsuccessful sting operation in Milwaukee.

Leaked UN document: US at odds with other nations over global "war on drugs"

Guest:

Ethan Nadelmann @EthanNadelmann
Executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance.

Kasia Malinowska-Sempruch
Director of the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program (@OpenSociety)

Read more about the UN document, via The Guardian.

Should websites be held responsible for comments posted by users?

Internet companies are criticizing a federal judge's decision to allow a defamation lawsuit against the gossip website The Dirty (via USA Today). 

Guests: 

David Gingras, the attorney for The Dirty's founder and contributing editor, Nik Richie (@NikRichie).

Mary Anne Franks @MA_Franks
Associate professor of law at the University of Miami School of Law. 

Will self-driving cars be a game-changer?

Guests:

Dr. Kara Kockelman
Engineering professor at the University of Texas, Austin.

Todd Lassa @AM_Lassa
Executive editor of Automobile Magazine.

Read a report, co-written by Kockelman, on the potential of self-driving cars

Will ancient human DNA from a 400,000-year-old fossil change our understanding of our origins?

Guest:

Dr. John Hawks @JohnHawks
Associate professor of anthropology at University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Read more about the DNA discovery, via The New York Times.

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