Dec 4th, 2008 · Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke has outlined what the government needs to do to fix the mortgage crisis. Christopher J. Mayer, senior vice dean and Paul Milstein professor of real estate at Columbia Business School, talks about what the plan would entail.
Oct 24th, 2008 · The New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer discusses The Dark Side, her nonfiction account of the Bush administration's anti-terror policies. Mayer has been nominated for a 2008 National Book Award for the work.
Sep 18th, 2008 · The War on Terror was meant to prevent another terrorist attack on the United States, but author Jane Mayer says that policies like extraordinary rendition have compromised American values.
Jul 18th, 2008 · The policy and program are still in place, but whether they are actually being used at the moment seems doubtful, says The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. She also tells Madeleine Brand why one man water boarded himself to find whether it was torture.
Jul 17th, 2008 · President Bush was generally distracted while being briefed about Iraq, while Vice President Cheney did not care if people liked him, says author Jane Mayer. She discusses her book, The Dark Side, an expose of the Bush administration.
Jul 16th, 2008 · How did the Bush Administration authorize extreme interrogation techniques? In Jane Mayer's book, The Dark Side, she explores Bush Administration's role in detainee torture scandals.
Jul 14th, 2008 · According to investigative journalist Jane Mayer, the war on terrorism may have done as much political and social damage to the United States as terrorism itself. Mayer writes for The New Yorker, and she recently published The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals.
Aug 6th, 2007 · The article "The Black Sites" in this week's issue of The New Yorker provides new details about the CIA's secret interrogation program. New Yorker writer Jane Mayer talks with Michele Norris.