Guantanamo and Gaza, Movies in China, Drones

Guantanamo, Gaza, and Boko Haram (1:05) Guest: Eric Jensen, Law Professor at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School  As the United States begins to “normalize” relations with Cuba and President Obama winds down his final term in office, the detention center he promised to close at Guantanamo Bay remains open and very much a political hot potato. Cuban officials would like to take back the 45 square miles of their island that have been controlled by the U.S. since 1903.  Guantanamo is America’s oldest overseas military base, but it’s become better known as the detention center for “foreign terrorism suspect.” Treatment of those detainees has drawn international criticism and lawsuits from the prisoners themselves. In fact, this week, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear two appeals involving detainees who claim they were tortured at Guantanamo.  “Al-Nashiri has been held by the U.S. government for 13 years. I’m not sure I can predict a time when this all will close,” says Jensen.  “Gaza is the most densely populated place in the world. It is at least in the minds of the Gazans, a true prison,” says Jensen.  Hollywood in China (33:25) Guest: Stanley Rosen, Professor of Political Science and Director of the East Asian Studies Center at the University of Southern California  One of last year’s biggest box office hits in North America did even better in China.  Transformers 4: Age of Extinction earned about $245 million in the U.S., but more than $300 million in China, making it the highest grossing film of all time in that market. And Hollywood is taking note of the possibilities as North American movie ticket sales flag.  “In February last month, China was the largest film market in the world. Last month china past the United States for the first time,” says Rosen.  American Heritage: Federalist Papers, no. 10 (52:25) Guest: Grant Madsen, BYU History Professor  Marcus Smith joins Grant Madsen to discuss the background of the Federalist Papers, written by James Madison to argue for the Constitution’s ratifi