There is no one better to address these issues than  guest Michael Ratner. He is an author, an attorney and the President emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights , (CCR).  As president he helped lead the fight to demand due process for the prisoners locked in Guantanamo.  Over the past decade the CCR has used lawsuits, lobbying and public education to end the government's use of torture and extraordinary rendition. They've also played an important role in challenging the governments use of illegal and intrusive methods of  surveillance against American Citizens. In this interview he talks about the National Security State we now live in. The legacy of  9/11 we leave our children.

Presswatch is on break this week. Instead Chris Andreae interviews Susan Lindauer, a former Congressional staffer who served as a U.S. Intelligence Asset covering Libya and Iraq at the United Nations, as a back channel on matters of anti-terrorism from 1993 to 2002. In the summer of 2001, her team warned about a major terrorist attack involving airplane hijackings and a strike on the World Trade Center. She is the author of Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq.

Susan Lindauer speaks in Portland:
8pm Thursday August 4th 2011 – Lucky Labrador Tavern – Community Meeting Room , 915 SE Hawthorne Street – Portland Oregon

Did you know that Portland is a great place to be an entreprenuer- to start a small business even in a downturn economy?  TimmyG and Happy from Stumptown Kilts will provide you with the information you need to be a successful entreprenuer. 

The Chidamoyo Christian Hospital in Zimbabwe has been .  Chidamoyo is located in northern Zimbabwe and provide invaluable services to the people in their surrounding areas, many of whom are subsistence farmers.
They provide a wide range of care including both in-patient and out-patient treatment along with laboratory, x-ray and pharmaceutical services. Many of the patients treated are either infants or those suffering from AIDS related illnesses.
 Kathy McCarty, a Nurse Practioner who has been working at this rural mission hospital for 28 years, and others at Chidamoyo Hospital are using to keep the hospital afloat so as to serve as many patients as possible with dignity, love, kindness, and the best medical service possible under the circumstances. Kathy has no phone access, and suggested we talk with Larry Gail, a supporter of the hospital who lives in Seattle.

Donations can be sent to :
Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, c/o Sue Beckstead, P.O. Box 714, Sebastopol, CA  95473.
Donations of medical supplies, etc.:
Chidamoyo Christian Hospital, c/o Sue Beckstead, 8400 Appleseed Way, Sebastopol, CA 95472.

Medical Teams International (MTI) (a large international aid organization out of Portland), has very generously committed to provide Chidamoyo Hospital with up to $700,000 worth of brand new medicines, equipment and supplies from the hospital's Needs List that we provided to MTI for review.  All that is required is that we raise $22,000 to cover MTI's procurement and shipping costs.

Information about MTI
http://www.medicalteams.org/sf/Home.aspx