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C-SPAN Book TV will air the discussion from Brentwood , TN by Michael Newton on Sunday, November 9, at 11:00 AM and on Monday, November 10, at 1:00 AM

Related Online Interviews, Reviews and Features

• Michael Scharf interviewed on the two year anniversary of Saddam's execution on Cleveland's National Public Radio station, WCPN, about Enemy of the State, December 30, 2008 Listen Now>
   
• “Uganda plans for War Crimes Trials,” VOA News.com, December 24, 2008
   
• “Case Western Reserve Professor Works for Justice in Uganda While Government Troops Hunt Down Dreaded War Lord,” Case Western Reserve University, December 24, 2008
   
• “Case Western Reserve Law Professor and Students Play Key Role in Preparation for 'Killing Fields Trials' in Cambodia,” Case Western Reserve University, December 19, 2008
   
• “Sept. 11 Suspects Want To Confess: Defendants: Guilty Plea Decision Came On Election Day,” by Michael P. Tremoglie, The Bulletin, December 9, 2008
   
• “Scharf Writes Book About Trial of Hussein,” Cleveland Sun Press, December 11, 2008
   
• “Foremost Criminal Law Academic to Address Gates Scholars,” University of Cambridge, December 3, 2008
   
• “Case Western Reserve Law Professors to discuss global fight against genocide, offer insiders' look at Saddam trial and execution,” Case Western Reserve University,  December 2, 2008
   
• “More than a witness to history: Michael Scharf helps shape trials ranging from Saddam to the Khmer Rouge,” WKSU News, November 25, 2008
   
• “Judging Saddam Hussein: Inside the Trial of the Iraqi Dictator,” Think, Case Western Reserve University Magazine, Fall/Winter 2008
   
• “Law Professor Has Inside Look at Saddam's Trial and Execution,” Newswise.com, November 20, 2008
   
• Mayada Al Askari (Staff Writer), “Book Review: In Camera Revelations: Going Behind the scenes into Saddam Hussein’s Trial,” Gulf News, Friday, October 24, 2008, at page 24.
   
• “Michael Scharf '88 discusses trial of Saddam Hussein,” Duke Law, October 28, 2008
   
• KYW Newsradio 1060 with Larry Kane, “Foreign Policy Challenges,” with Michael Newton, October 19th, 2008
   
• PRI “The World,” “Bin Laden and U.S. foreign policy,” with Michael Scharf, October 9, 2008
   
• Gregory S. McNeal: Enemy of the State corrects the public record on the quest for justice in Iraq. “Inside Saddam’s Trial,” National Review Online, 10/10/2008 (view pdf version)
   
• Watch Michael Newton on WSMV 4 News with Dennis Ferrier, 9/30/2008
   
• Enemy of the State featured as “Current Reading” on Truman's Take Blog
         Enemy of the State....The Review of a Good Read, 10/20/2008
         Newton & Enemy Of The State on Channel 4, 9/30/2008
         Newton & Scharf's Enemy of the State..."The Mother of all Trials," 7/29/2008

Related News Links

Op/Eds - Articles written by the authors regarding the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein.

• “Order in the Court,” by Michael Scharf, International Harold Tribune, December 29, 2005
• “Can this Man Get a Fair Trial?,” by Michael Scharf, Washington Post, Outlook Section, December 19, 2004, at B1
• “The Iraqi High Tribunal Dujail Trial Opinion,” by Michael P. Scharf and Michael A. Newton, ASIL Insights.com,  December 18, 2006
• “Iraq's New Court Finds Itself on Trial,” by Michael A. Newton, New York Times, November 24, 2004

On Line Chats - Transcripts of the authors discussing the trial and execution of Saddam Hussein.

• Court TV, “Death of a Dictator,” January 2, 2007
• CNN (Host Miles OBrien), Discussing the Saddam Trial, Michael Newton, December 27, 2006 (pdf file)
• Washington Post, “Government Ousts Chief Judge in Hussein Trial”, Michael Newton, Sept 20, 2006 (pdf file)
• PPS Frontline, “Iraq Forum,” January 24, 2006
• Court TV, “Saddam Hussein on Trial,” December 6, 2005
• CNN, “American Morning”, “Major Developments in Saddam Hussein Trial,” Michael Newton and Michael Scharf, Dec. 5, 2005 (pdf file)
• NPR, “All Things Considered”, “Professor Mike Newton on Saddam's warcrimes”
• CNN, “American Morning”, “Trial of Saddam Hussein Delayed”, Michael Newton and Michael Scharf, November 28, 2005 (pdf file)
• “Trial to resume next week”, Michael Newton, November 25, 2005 (pdf file)
• CNN.Com, “Scharf: Tribunal Could be Cornerstone for a New Iraq,” October 18, 2005

Select News Quotes by Michael Newton

• Christian Science Monitor, “US priority: managing captives in Iraq,” April 06, 2007 (pdf file)
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Wisconsin), “Advocates pursue justice worldwide;
  Conference unites those giving a voice to victims of atrocities around globe,” January 28, 2007 (pdf file)
• Air Force Times, “Tribunal on trial,” January 15, 2007 (pdf file)
• Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tennessee), “Execution seen as step toward healing,” December 30, 2006 (pdf file)

Most Recent News Quotes by Michael Scharf

• Associated Press, “Karadzic to Appear before War Crimes Tribunal,” July 31, 2008
• Associated Press, “Karadzic Arrest Puts Spotlight on New Tribunals,” July 22, 2008
• Associated Press, “Sudan President Expected to face War Crimes Charges,” July 11, 2008

Select News Quotes by Michael Scharf about the Saddam Hussein Trial

• Christian Science Monitor, “Era Ends as Saddam Hussein is Put to Death,” January 2, 2007
• New York Times, “Court Upholds Death Penalty for Hussein,” December 26, 2006
• International Harold Tribune, “Fairness of Trial Falls Short, Experts Say,” November 7, 2006
• New York Times, “Hussein Trial Was Flawed but Reasonably Fair, and Verdict Was Justified, legal Experts Say,” November 6, 2006
• International Herald Tribune, “The Trial of Saddam: Flawed, but Fair Verdict,” November 5, 2006
• Washington Post, “Hussein Verdict Near after Trial with Serious Shortcomings “ November 4, 2006
• Washington Post, “Saddam’s Defense Has Two-Pronged Strategy,” May 25, 2006
• Christian Science Monitor, “Hussein Admits Responsibility, Not Guilt,” March 2, 2006
• Christian Science Monitor, “Hussein Tests Trial Judge’s Control,” December 8, 2005
• Washington Post, “Hussein Trial Judges What Passed for Judgment “, October 23, 2005

Related Articles

• Closing Arguments in Saddam Trial, USA Today, July 27, 2006
   
• An Iraqi victim: Terrorists target those working with Americans, CNN, February 23, 2005

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• St. Martin's Press
   
• Vanderbilt University TV & Radio Studio
  Vanderbilt has a campus broadcast facility with a dedicated fiber optic line for live or taped TV interviews and a radio ISDN line. Contact Emily Pearce or Amy Wolf at (615) 322-NEWS for more information.

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