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Part 1: Saudi Fugitives Accused of Serious Crimes Get Help to Flee While U.S. Officials Look The Other Way. The FBI, Department of Homeland Security and other agencies have known for years that Saudi diplomats were helping Saudi fugitives. But Washington avoided even raising the problem out of concern that it might hurt Saudi cooperation in the fight against terrorism. We chat with Sebastian Rotella, a senior reporter at propublica. An award-winning foreign correspondent and investigative reporter, he worked for almost 23 years for The Los Angeles Times before joining Propublica in 2010. He covers intermational security issues including terrorism, intellegence, organised crime, human rights and migration. His reporting has taken him across The Americas and Europe, and to The Middle East, South Asia and North Africa. Sebastian was co-writer and correspondent for Terror In Europe, a 2016 Frontline documentary that was the finalist for the Investigative Reporters and Editors broadcast/video award. In finding Oscar investigation with This American Life won a Peabody Award, a Dart Center Award and two awards from The Overseas Press Club. In 2012 he was recognised with Italy’s Urbino Press Award for excellence in American Journalism. His A Perfect Terrorist investigation of the Mumbai attacks (With Frontline) was nominated for an Emmy, and the online version of the story got an Overseas Press Club Award in 2011. Part 2: Our regular check in with Dr. Politics Professor Steffan Schmidt Iowa State. Topics: Barr, Impeach Barr?, Biden Unions Iowa, ACA goes to court, Medicare for All, Climate Change, Venezuela and Bernie Vs Trump.
