Democracy Now! 2012-08-01 Wednesday




Democracy Now! Audio show

Summary: Headlines for August 01, 2012; Longtime Critic of U.S. Empire, Iconoclastic Writer Gore Vidal Dies at 86; Congressional Probe Reveals Cover-Up of "Auschwitz-Like" Conditions at U.S.-Funded Afghan Hospital; As U.S. Postal Service Faces Default, Critics See Manufactured Crisis to Speed Up Privatization; Rep. Dennis Kucinich Unveils Movement-Fueled "Kucinich Action" to Continue Advocacy Post-Congress; DREAM Activist Speaks Out on Infiltrating Florida Detention Center to Find Wrongly Held Immigrants; First Soldier Tried in Hazing Death of Pvt. Danny Chen Gets 30-Day Term, Evades Homicide Conviction