‘Left, Right & Center’: Deadly Shooting, Foreign Policy and Ed Snowden
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists discuss what led to Elliot Rodger's deadly attacks in Santa Barbara, President Obama's announcement that he will reduce the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan from 30,000 troops to 10,000, and NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden's big interview.
Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other “Left, Right & Center” panelists discuss what led to Elliot Rodger’s deadly attacks in Santa Barbara, President Obama’s announcement that he will reduce the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan from 30,000 troops to 10,000, and NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s big interview.
Scheer is joined by Joshua Barro of The New York Times moderating from the center, Rich Lowry of the National Review on the right and special guest Dahlia Lithwick of Slate.com.
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