Do photos of Marines allegedly burning bodies in Iraq reveal a war crime?

Do photos of Marines allegedly burning bodies in Iraq reveal a war crime? 

Guests: 

Col. Manuel Supervielle
Senior U.S. military lawyer for U.S. and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan in 2005-2006. 

Brandon Friedman @BFriedmanDC 
Lieutenant in the 101st Airborne Division in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2002-2003, and author of "The War I Always Wanted: The Illusion of Glory and the Reality of War." 

Read more about the photos, via the BBC.   

Why did David Satter become the first American journalist expelled from Russia since the collapse of the USSR?

Guest: 

David Satter @DavidSatter 
Correspondent for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and fellow of the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.

Read more about the Russian government banning Satter from the country, via Time. 

Guardian reporter explains scope of NSA's "Dishfire" program to collect text messages

James Ball reports that the National Security Agency is collecting almost 200 million text messages a day worldwide

Guest: 

James Ball @jamesrbuk 
Special projects editor for The Guardian

Read Ball's report, via The Guardian.   

Is the United States' GPS system vulnerable to attack? 

Brad Taylor, a retired U.S. Special Forces lieutenant colonel, includes a plot line about what could happen if GPS technology was compromised in his latest book, "The Polaris Protocol: A Pike Logan Thriller."

Guest:

Brad Taylor @BradTaylorBooks
New York Times best-selling author of "The Polaris Protocol: A Pike Logan Thriller."

What do world travelers leave in their wake? 

The documentary "Gringo Trails" looks at the effect global tourism has on the environment, economy, and local residents.

Guest: 

Pegi Vail
Director and producer of "Gringo Trails" (@GringoTrails), and associate director of the Center for Media, Culture, and History at New York University. 

Learn more about the documentary.   

Trends from the 2014 Oscar nominations

Guests:

Bill Wyman @hitsville
Culture critic for Al Jazeera, former arts editor at NPR. 

Ben Mankiewicz @benmank77
Host, Turner Classic Movies and and host, What the Flick?

Read more about the Oscar nominations, via Al Jazeera America.

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