For those who saw the response to the Trade Center attacks as an opportunity for the U.S. to uphold international law, this country’s conduct has been a failure of profound historic dimension as torture, secret detention sites and indefinite detention has become the rule of law for the first time in our history. Some accuse the Bush administration of war crimes.

We’re joined by Jane Mayer, who has been investigating and reporting on the war on terror. A staff writer for The New Yorker, Mayer has a new book out this week, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How The War on Terror Turned into a War on American Ideals. We’re also joined by Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights. He successfully represented Guantanamo detainees in the U.S. Supreme Court as they sought their legal rights in court. His book, The Trial of Donald Rumsfeld, is out this September.

GOT DOCS? After directing 2007’s Academy shortlisted "Shut Up & Sing," Cecilia Peck turned toward her native city of Los Angeles and the epidemic of gang violence for her next project. She has begun filming a radical plan to give the children of South Central Los Angeles alternatives to joining gangs. Her work in progress here, Gang Intervention by Cecilia Peck.

Also, LIVE FROM MAIN STREET in Miami; jazz harpist Edmar Castaneda, and a commentary on tasers from Heidi Boghosian, executive director of the National Lawyers Guild.

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