President Bush today defended his administration's detention and interrogation methods for cases involving terrorism suspects. Mr. Bush said the methods are lawful. But reports this week about secret CIA prisons overseas have sparked a debate on whether US government officials can be held accountable for practices that may violate international law. The World's Jeb Sharp reports.

It's a cracking line-up for Tech Podcast 167. We have a great piece on the technology being used to digitize and analyze the archive of Guatemala's National Civil Police. We'll also talk about how the way technology is shaping the way we look at news out of Burma, or Myanmar if you prefer. Also, a report from Vietnam on how a democracy activist found his IBM job offer suddenly rescinded. And we'll end with another update on the One Laptop Per Child project. Hint: Give One, Get One!

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On this week's podcast, we'll hear what Guatemalan bloggers think about the elections. Also, Wired's Noah Shachtman is back from Iraq, and fills us in on the forensic work being done to track down bombers -- it's CSI meets IED. Then, a look at recent Western government and military hacks tracked back to China. Is the Chinese military responsible? We'll end with a look at new efforts to stem cyber-bullying, and also a report on YouTube clones that are springing up across the globe. Enjoy.

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On this week's podcast, our four part series on the US military's efforts to build a better soldier. Also, Yahoo is taken to court in the United States for turning over information about bloggers in China. And we'll hear about AbiWord, an open source project to develop software in one of Bolivia's indigenous languages.

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On this week's podcast, we'll hear about how Malaysia is using sniffer dogs to root out DVD pirates. Also, Norway thinks long-terms about the disappearance of the world's plant life. Then, a look at how all of America's dirty cast-offs find their way to the developing world, via the internet. We'll also hear about how Wikiscanner is causing a political ruckus in Australia, and just what goes into an out-of-body experience. Good fun.

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A big, juicy tech podcast with two weeks of deliciousness for you. We have an update on the cyberspat between Estonia and Russia. And then we look at Lenovo's bid to get low-cost PCs into rural China. We'll also talk about new technologies to distribute flood warnings in Bangladesh, and about Ukraine's #1 cybercriminal, Maxim Yastremsky. We'll finish off with a report about a website called Alive in Baghdad, and then a multi-media romp through Rotterdam. What fun. Have a great weekend.

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October 5, 2007 full program

Musicians in Burma don't sing about political conditions there. They can't. They're not allowed to write songs with words like "human rights" and "democracy." The World's Marco Werman tells the story of one Burmese musician who now makes music outside the country, in exile in Norway.

We were looking for a Scottish town near the Solway Firth. The answer is Dumfries, Scotland. A painting by Leonardo da Vinci was stolen from a castle in Dumfries four years ago. Now it's been recovered. Anchor Lisa Mullins gets the story from the BBC's Andrew Cassell.

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