Democracy Now! 8-6 warrantless spying, torture, the Iraq war and the future of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:
With Amy Goodman

* Democrats Capitulate to President Bush As Congress OKs Giving Government Broad New Powers To Conduct Warrantless Surveillance on American Citizens *

Attorneys and writers Glenn Greenwald and Marjorie Cohn join Democracy Now! for the hour to discuss . Greenwald is a blogger at Salon.com and author of "A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency." Marjorie Cohn is president of the National Lawyers Guild and author of "Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law."

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* Headlines for August 6, 2007 *

- Congress Grants Bush Broad Surveillance Powers
- Red Cross: Treatment of Detainees At CIA Sites "Tantamount to Torture"
- Gov't Report: 190,000 Guns Missing In Iraq
- House OKs Record $460 Billion Pentagon Budget
- FBI Raids Home of Former Justice Dept Attorney
- California Decertifies Electronic Voting Machines in 39 Counties
- Seven Arrests Made in Killing of Oakland Post Editor
- NYC Backs Down on Photo/Video Rules

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