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Journalists Cam Simpson and Flynn McRoberts

The two collaborated (along with journalist Liz Sly) on a three-part series in The Chicago Tribune about illegal Muslim immigrants living in the United States who were required to register with the government after the Sept. 11th attacks. Now many of them are facing deportation or have already been deported.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 19, 2003: Interview with Cam Simpson; Flynn McRoberts; Interview with Peter Sarsgaard; Review of TV specials on John F. Kennedy.
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Actor Peter Sarsgaard

Sarsgaard portrays editor Chuck Lane in the new film Shattered Glass. Previously Sarsgaard played the sweet-faced killer in the film Boys Don’t Cry. His other films include K-19: The Widowmaker and The Man in the Iron Mask.

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Bianculli on JFK TV Specials

TV critic David Bianculli reviews some of the network specials marking the 40th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. They include the PBS documentary JFK: Breaking the News, about how local media covered the assassination, and Court TV’s Forensic Files: The JFK Assassination: Investigation Reopened, (both on tonight). ABC also presents a special on the subject, Peter Jennings Reporting: The Kennedy Assassination — Beyond Conspiracy.

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Deception, Risks Beset Foreign Workers in Iraq

A need for foreign workers in Iraq -- and the flood of American dollars into the country -- have created a labor network that critics call misleading, illegal and even dangerous. Chicago Tribune correspondent Cam Simpson retraced the fatal journey of 12 men from Nepal.

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