Issues brain storming

Some topics I am thinking about is education in the inner city. Another topic is violence of teens in the inner city. The final topic is drug use all over the STL and what is being done to help drug addicted people. I am interested in this because it involves a large group of people and that some of these people are getting help they need but some are looked over

Prisoner of Her Past

Prisoner of her past

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Questions

How is the CIA's treatment and interrogation of suspected terrorists in the military prison Guantanamo bay justified?

What I have learn to fully answer my research questions is what the CIA, how the CIA was formed and what they do. I also need to learn about Guantanamo bay, how Guantanamo bay for formed and why suspected prisoners are sent there and not to a state prison. I also need to learn about what the interrogation techniques of the CIA. I also need to learn about the treatment of the prisoners in Guantanamo bay and why the prisoners are there.

Tentative

I am wanted to look up the CIA and there hidden workings. I have been interested in there secretive nature and what they do outside the US. I know they can not work inside the US but I do not believe that.
http://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/08/us/briefing-rumors-and-the-cia.html
http://intelligencenews.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/01-143/

Why does the CIA exist and what do they really do

Maus II

One questions that I was hoping would get addressed further was about the sudden change between the masks and then mice heads on human bodies and why the writer was wearing that mask. It was discussed but I felt that we could of done more with it and gone in more depth with it. That was the only question that I had that was not fully discussed. The discussion went well, who ever wanted to talk did. The book so far is interesting and gives helpful insight into what happened during that time.

News about Congo

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1076399.stm
The article is describing the death toll of the fighting in the Congo. The article also talks vaguely about the history about how the country is always in a civil war and has dealt with corruption. It talks about the alarming death rate and that people are dying from either gun fighting or malnutrition or exposer. It also talks abouts the efforts to stop the fighting, but it also states that there is still fighting going on and that it will not stop any time soon.
What is being done by countries out side Africa to help the Congo?

http://www.voanews.com/english/news/Rusesabagina-Welcomes-Congo-Report-Warns-of-Another-Genocide-in-Rwanda-104427048.html
The article addresses the crimes that are going on. It hints that the army may have committed genocide. A peace activist is quoted saying that there are rapes and mass killings going on and that someone needs to step in and help the innocent. The UN has found evidence for the claims the peace activists are pushing.
Who will take responsibility and who is actually to blame?

Lingering Discussion Thoughtst

Overall the discussion went well, we had a few deep discussions but it did seem like all the question had an answer phrased in them. We could not really elaborate on each questions. The one question that we did have a good discussion about is if King Leopold would pull out of Africa or stay in if he every stepped foot in Africa