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Fresh Air, Jeffrey Rosen and Larry Devlin, March 13, 2007

By: Terry Gross
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 Journalist Jeffrey Rosen and retired CIA field officer Larry Devlin, on this edition of Fresh Air. Jeffrey Rosen is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine. In March 11 issue, he writes in the article "The Brain on the Stand: How Neuroscience Is Transforming the Legal System" about the emerging new field of study, neurolaw - which combines neuroscience and the law. He writes how evidence from brain technologies are being used in the courtroom to explain away criminal behavior. Rosen is also the author of the book, The Supreme Court: The Personalities and Rivalries That Defined America.

Then, Larry Devlin, who was appointed CIA station chief in Zaire in the Congo in 1960 during the height of the Cold War and following the Congos independence from Belgium. Devlin has written a memoir about his experiences, Chief of Station, Congo: Fighting the Cold War in a Hot Zone. In January 1960, Congo's Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba was assassinated, apparently for accepting assistance from the Soviets. Devlin insists that the CIA didn't participate in Lumumba's murder even though the U.S. government had a plan to neutralize him. [Broadcast Date: March 13, 2007]

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