Summary: On today's episode of Loud & Clear, host Brian Becker is joined by political analyst Hafsa Kara-Mustapha to discuss whether Syria will be federalized into three parts. With peace talks set to begin in Geneva again today, could proposals for a federal structure ultimately lead to a partition of the country into mini states?<br><br>Iran ordered to pay $10.5 billion in damages to victims of September 11, 2001? That’s what a New York federal court ruled last week after Iran’s government refused to be part of a court proceeding in a lawsuit accusing them of involvement with al-Qaeda as part of the 9/11 conspiracy. Becker is joined by historian, author and journalist Gareth Porter.<br><br>Newly released documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund show the extent to which the U.S. government used counter-terrorism powers not against terrorists but against the Occupy Wall Street movement and other political dissidents in the United States. Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, executive director of the Partnership For Civil Justice Fund, joins Becker to talk about the documents.
