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BETWEEN THE LINES THE WEEK ENDING AUG. 10, 2007

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1) In an Echo of Watergate, Bush Invokes Executive Privilege to Stonewall Investigations

Interview with Marjorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild conducted by Scott Harris

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2) Activists Confront Rep. John Conyers Over His Refusal to Begin Impeachment Hearings

Interview with the Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the Hip Hop Caucus, conducted by Scott Harris

In RealAudio: www.btlonline.org/yearwood081007.ram Text summary/related links: www.btlonline.org/btl081007.html

3) New Haven City ID Draws More than 1,600 Applicants, Many Undocumented Immigrants

Interview with John Jairo Lugo, co-founder of Latinos United in Action, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

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4) This week's summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

* Car-bombing in Beirut, Lebanon killing pro-western politician Walid Eido leads to fears of a growing Sunni-Shiite conflict in advance of the presidential election.

* China has quashed two environmental reports documenting how pollution in the country is creating an economic and environmental crisis, where an estimated 750,000 people die prematurely from air pollution-related causes.

* Under the Bush administration's Special Counsel Scott Bloch, who has strong ties to the Christian right, federal whistleblowers are increasingly under attack.

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