Ten years ago this week, a defining moment occurred in the Bush administration’s push to invade Iraq. On Feb. 5, 2003, then-Secretary of State General Colin Powell addressed the United Nations Security Council. His message was clear: Iraq possessed extremely dangerous weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein was systematically trying to deceive U.N. inspectors by hiding prohibited weapons. A decade later, we host a debate between Powell’s former aide, Col. Lawrence Wilkerson — who prepared the U.N. speech, only to later renounce it — and media critic Norman Solomon, author of "War Made Easy." "I don’t believe the hype about that presentation having been the ultimate presentation ... that led us to war with Iraq," Wilkerson says of Powell’s speech. "George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and others had decided to go to war with Iraq long before Colin Powell gave that presentation. ... It added to the momentum of the war. ... Frankly, we were all wrong. Was the intelligence politicized in addition to being wrong at its roots? Absolutely." In response, Solomon says, "We were not all wrong. As a matter of fact, many experts and activists and researchers, from the get-go, in 2002, were saying that the administration case for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was full of holes. ... So, now to say, 'Well, it wasn't just us at the administration; other people believed it,’ people believed it because they were propagandized by the administration, with massive assistance from the mass media." [includes rush transcript]

• Report: U.S. Has Secret Drone Base in Saudi Arabia
• Opposition Leader Shot Dead in Tunisia
• Solomon Islands Hit by Deadly Tsunami After Earthquake
• Bulgaria Implicates Hezbollah in Bus Attack That Killed Israeli Tourists
• Obama Plans to Make 1st Visit to Israel as President
• British Lawmakers Vote in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
• Hopes for Peace Talks Falter in Syria
• Colorado Lawmakers Seek to Hold Makers of Assault-Style Guns Liable
• FBI Data Shows U.S. Gun Sales Continue to Soar
• Judge Denies Request to Delay George Zimmerman's Trial in Trayvon Martin Case
• Sandy Victims Denounce Conditions in Temporary Housing
• Indigenous People Travel from Ecuador to Texas to Protest Sale of Amazon Land for Oil
• U.S. Post Office to Stop Delivering Mail on Saturdays
• Study Finds Racial Bias in Google Ad Results
• Pakistani Girl Shot by Taliban Speaks Out

A lawsuit challenging a law that gives the government the power to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens is back in federal court this week. On Wednesday, a group of academics, journalists and activists will present oral arguments in court against a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, authorizing the military to jail anyone it considers a terrorism suspect anywhere in the world without charge or trial. In a landmark ruling last September, Judge Katherine Forrest of the Southern District of New York struck down the indefinite detention provision, saying it likely violates the First and Fifth Amendments of U.S. citizens. We’re joined by Daniel Ellsberg, a plaintiff in the case and perhaps the country’s most famous whistleblower. Ellsberg leaked the Pentagon Papers in 1971, exposing the secret history of the U.S. involvement in Vietnam. [includes rush transcript]

A federal appeals court has ruled the government can continue to keep secret its efforts to pursue the private information of Internet users without a warrant as part of its probe into the WikiLeaks. The case involved three people connected to the whistleblowing website whose Twitter records were sought by the government, including computer security researcher Jacob Appelbaum and Icelandic parliamentarian Birgitta Jónsdóttir. The ACLU and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which represented the account holders, argued that the subpoena violated their privacy rights and they should know why the government wanted their information. [includes rush transcript]

The Boy Scouts of America opened a three-day meeting on Monday in which the group’s national board will consider lifting its controversial ban on openly gay members. A group of current and former scouts — and scout leaders — opposed to the ban rallied outside the meeting at the Boy Scouts’ headquarters in Dallas. Ahead of the historic decision, we’re joined by Eagle Scout Zach Wahls, founder of the group Scouts for Equality. Wahls’ lesbian parents were actively involved in his Boy Scout activities, and he wants others to be allowed a similar opportunity. He is the author of "My Two Moms: Lessons of Love, Strength, and What Makes a Family." [includes rush transcript]

The Obama administration’s internal legal justification for assassinating U.S. citizens without charge has been revealed for the first time. In a secret Justice Department memo, the administration claims it has legal authority to assassinate U.S. citizens overseas even if there is no intelligence indicating they are engaged in an active plot to attack the United States. We’re joined by Jameel Jaffer, deputy legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "If you look at the memo ... there’s no geographic line," says Jaffer. "The Obama administration is making, in some ways, a greater claim of authority [than President Bush]. They’re arguing that the authority to kill American citizens has no geographic limit." [includes rush transcript]

• Leaked Memo Shows Expansive Rationale for U.S. "Kill List"
• Report Tallies 54 Countries, 136 Prisoners in CIA Torture Program
• Italian Court Reverses Acquittals of CIA Agents for '03 Kidnapping
• S&P to Face Civil Charges for Faulty Ratings
• Prisons Bureau to Review Solitary Confinement
• Obama Promotes Gun Control Ahead of SOTU Address
• McCain Among GOP Senators Who Won't Block Hagel Bid
• Monitors: Over 270 Killed in 2 Days of Syria Violence
• Iranian President Makes Historic Visit to Eypt
• Israel Arrests 23 Hamas Members in West Bank
• Israeli Forces Dismantle Palestinian Encampment Protesting Settlements
• Lawsuit: NYPD Spying on Muslims Violating Handschu Rules
• Arkansas House Advances Anti-Abortion Bill
• Hundreds Protest Fracking at New York Capitol
• Oklahoma Protester Chains Herself to Keystone Equipment

Born on Feb. 4, 1913, today would have been Rosa Parks’ 100th birthday. On Dec. 1, 1955, Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Her act of resistance led to a 13-month boycott of the Montgomery bus system that would help spark the civil rights movement. Today we spend the hour looking at Rosa Parks’ life with historian Jeanne Theoharis, author of the new book, "The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks." Often described as a tired seamstress, no troublemaker, Parks was in fact a dedicated civil rights activist involved with the movement long before and after her historic action on the Montgomery bus. "Here we have, in many ways, one of the most famous Americans of the 20th century, and yet treated just like a sort of children’s book hero," Theoharis says. "We diminish her legacy by making it about a single day, a single act, as opposed to the rich and lifelong history of resistance that was actually who Rosa Parks was." We also air audio of Rosa Parks in her own words. In the midst of the boycott in April of 1956, she spoke to Pacifica Radio about the action she took. [includes rush transcript]

• Obama Admin Enacts Right for Preemptive Cyberattacks
• White House Proposes Compromise to Provide Contraceptive Insurance
• 35 Killed in Pakistan Attack; Taliban Claims Revenge for U.S. Drone Strikes
• Suicide Attack Kills 33 at Police Headquarters in Iraq
• France Continues Mali Bombing; Amnesty Calls for Probe of Civilian Deaths
• Iranian Foreign Minister Backs Direct Talks with U.S.
• Video Shows Egyptian Police Beating Naked Protester
• Damage to Philippines Reef by U.S. Ship Worse Than Previously Thought
• Study: Suicide Rate of U.S. Vets Jumps 20 Percent
• Iraq War Vet Detained for Shooting Death of Famed Sniper, Companion
• Somali American Convicted in Alleged Entrapment Case
• Panetta: Bin Laden Could Have Been Found Without Torture
• Hundreds Mark 1st Anniversary of Ramarley Graham Killing; Family Sues NYPD
• Appeals Court Sides With Gov. Secrecy in WikiLeaks, Twitter Case
• WikiLeaks Founder Assange Awarded Yoko Ono Lennon Courage Award for the Arts

Ahead of Sunday’s Super Bowl, the safety of football is coming under increasing scrutiny as more evidence emerges about links between concussions and brain damage. President Obama recently weighed in on the issue, saying, "If I had a son, I’d have to think long and hard before I let him play football." We speak to former professional wrestler Chris Nowinski, co-founder of the Sports Legacy Institute and co-director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at Boston University School of Medicine, which maintains a bank of more than 140 athletes’ and military veterans’ brains in order to study the effects of concussions. He is the author of the book, "Head Games: Football’s Concussion Crisis," which is the focus of a new documentary. [includes rush transcript]

The new documentary, "Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal," premieres today in New York City. We play an excerpt of the film and speak to writer, producer and director Steve Vittoria, as well as Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio, who has interviewed Abu-Jamal many times over the years. The film features many supporters of Mumia, including actress Ruby Dee, writer Tariq Ali, and author Michelle Alexander. [includes rush transcript]

In a rare live interview, Mumia Abu-Jamal calls into Democracy Now! as the new film, "Long Distance Revolutionary," about his life premieres in New York City this weekend. After 29 years on death row, he is now being held in general population at the Pennsylvania State Correctional Institution – Mahanoy. "How free are we today, those who claim to be non-prisoners? Your computers are being read by others in government. Your letters, your phone calls are being intercepted," says Mumia Abu-Jamal. "We live now in a national security state, where the United States is fast becoming one of the biggest open-air prisons on earth. We can speak about freedom, and the United States has a long and distinguished history of talking about freedom, but have we exampled freedom? And I think the answer should be very clear: We have not." In 1982, Mumia was sentenced to die for killing Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. He has always maintained his innocence and is perhaps America’s most famous political prisoner. In 2011, an appeals court upheld his conviction, but also vacated his death sentence. It found jurors were given confusing instructions. [includes rush transcript]

Former New York City Democratic Mayor Ed Koch died Friday morning at the age of 88. He served three terms in office from 1978 to 1989. Koch is widely credited with rescuing the city from the brink of financial ruin, an achievement Democracy Now! co-host Juan González notes was also the result of sacrifices from labor unions. González describes Koch’s mixed legacy, from his earlier days opposing the Vietnam War to his hostile relations with African Americans and Latinos, to the launch of a massive low-income housing program. Koch also took criticism for his handling of the early days of the HIV/AIDS crisis in the city. He was known for his feisty demeanor, which gave him a national reputation and sparked multiple political controversies. "He always sort of represented that combative spirit of New Yorkers," González says. "His most famous line was: 'How am I doing?' And I think that people who look back now at his period of time will say, 'Well, Mayor, you did pretty well.'" [includes rush transcript]

• Turkey: At Least 2 Dead in Suicide Attack on U.S. Embassy
• Hagel Grilled on Israel Stance During Senate Confirmation Hearing
• Hagel: Iraq War Was Worst U.S. Decision Since Vietnam
• Kerry to be Sworn In as Secretary of State
• U.N. Report: Israel Must End West Bank Settlements or Potentially Face ICC Charges
• Anti-Morsi Protesters Return to the Streets After Rival Groups Hold Rare Meeting
• Gitmo Judge Orders End to Secret Gov't Censors at 9/11 Trial
• Mexico: 25 Dead in Blast at State-Owned Oil Company
• Mexico: Thousands Protest Bid by U.S. Firms to Plant GMO Corn
• Former Guatemalan Dictator Goes on Trial for Genocide
• Report: U.S. Sentencing Runs Contrary to International Law
• NYC: 7-Year-Old Boy Handcuffed, Interrogated for 10 Hours for Allegedly Stealing $5
• Report: FBI Agents Flew to Iceland to Investigate WikiLeaks
• Anti-Keystone XL Protester Disrupts TransCanada Speech for Several Minutes
• New York Times, Wall Street Journal Infiltrated by Chinese Hackers
• Pepsi Pulls Gatorade Ingredient After Online Campaign
• Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch Dead at 88

The HBO documentary "Redemption" examines New York City’s canners — the largely invisible people who survive by redeeming bottles and cans they collect from curbs, garbage cans and apartment complexes. Many have quietly slipped into poverty after losing their jobs, now living on the margins of society. The film has been nominated in the documentary shorts category at this year’s Academy Awards. We’re joined by co-directors Jon Alpert and Matt O’Neill, both of the Downtown Community Television Center, a community media center based in NYC’s Chinatown. [includes rush transcript]

President Obama has kicked off his second term with a major push for comprehensive immigration reform, backing a bipartisan Senate plan that includes a path to citizenship for some of the estimated 11 million undocumented people living in the United States. But Obama’s call for tougher border enforcement and a system for tracking those who overstay visas has sparked concerns he will continue with a pro-criminalization and militarization approach that saw a record number of deportations in his first term. We host a roundtable with three guests: Lorella Praeli, director of advocacy and policy at the United We Dream Coalition; Fernando Garcia, the founding director of the Border Network for Human Rights; and Mae Ngai, professor of history and Asian-American studies at Columbia University. [includes rush transcript]

As President Obama backs an immigration plan that includes a path to citizenship for some of the country’s 11 million undocumented residents, deportations are continuing at record levels. We go to Arizona, where one family was almost torn apart because of a three-year-old traffic violation. Last night, 11-year-old Jose Arma was reunited with his father, Edi Arma, who was detained two weeks ago and almost deported to Guatemala. One day after their reunion, Jose and Edi join us from Phoenix along with immigration activist Viridiana Hernandez, who helped organize a community campaign to win Edi’s release. [includes rush transcript]

• Gabrielle Giffords Makes Surprise Senate Appearance to Back Control
• NRA Chief LaPierre, Durbin Spar on Background Checks
• 1 Killed, 2 Wounded in Phoenix Shooting
• Teen Who Performed at Obama Inauguration Shot Dead in Chicago
• Obama Predicts Passage of Gun Control, Immigration Reform
• Israeli Warplanes Bomb Syria, Killing 2
• Syrian Opposition Figure Offers Dialogue
• Dutch Court Rules Shell Partially Liable for Nigeria Oil Spills
• Rare January Tornadoes Kill 2 in Southern U.S.
• William Cowan Appointed to Fill Kerry's Senate Seat

Days after he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, John Kiriakou — the first CIA official to be jailed for any reason relating to the torture program — denounces President Obama’s appointment of John Brennan to head the CIA. "I’ve known John Brennan since 1990," Kiriakou says. "I worked directly for John Brennan twice. I think that he is a terrible choice to lead the CIA. I think that it’s time for the CIA to move beyond the ugliness of the post-September 11th regime, and we need someone who is going to respect the Constitution and to not be bogged down by a legacy of torture." [includes rush transcript]

Former CIA agent John Kiriakou speaks out just days after he was sentenced to 30 months in prison, becoming the first CIA official to face jail time for any reason relating to the U.S. torture program. Under a plea deal, Kiriakou admitted to a single count of violating the Intelligence Identities Protection Act by revealing the identity of a covert officer to a freelance reporter, who did not publish it. Supporters say Kiriakou is being unfairly targeted for having been the first CIA official to publicly confirm and detail the Bush administration’s use of waterboarding. Kiriakou joins us to discuss his story from Washington, D.C., along with his attorney, Jesselyn Radack, director of National Security & Human Rights at the Government Accountability Project. "This ... was not a case about leaking; this was a case about torture. And I believe I’m going to prison because I blew the whistle on torture," Kiriakou says. "My oath was to the Constitution. … And to me, torture is unconstitutional." [inlcudes rush transcript]