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Of police militarization in the united states specifically the report looks at the way that s.w.a.t. teams are using the weapons of war. my next is the writer of that "the washington post" article. he's also written a book, "rise of the warrior cop." after ten years of war in iraq and afghanistan, a lot of hardware is coming home. where it is ending up? >> a lot of it sending up at police departments across the country. we're not even talking about big city police departments. these mine resistant armored personnel carers designed to with stand blasts from ieds are ending up in places like the...

That government branch records of our phone calls and e-mails know who we talked to and when i am not all that upset about it. i think my political enemies already spy on my calls and e-mails. it is a slippery slope. it could lead to terrible things. there are already things that by government does that upset me more. bradley balco rights about them in his new book "the rise of the warrior cop." what do you mean warrior cop? >> they are armed like soldiers trained in timilitary tactics a equipment like humvee's. >> humvees, tanks, helicopters battle grade guns. for a long time they were reserv...

The mainstream media is covering obamacare. apparently it is getting criticism from both the left and the right. we'll look at that. a new book says america's police departments are becoming more like the military and consequently trampling on civil liberties. the author of the new book, the rise of warrior cop. a former member of an elite s.w.a.t. team for a fair and balanced book. bill: we'll see you then, jenna. doing your nails got harder. why in one store you have to show i.d. to buy nail polish remover. why would that be? we'll explain.

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I'm here with radley balko talking about his new book. "rise of the warrior cop." >> it's been fueling it, without the war on drug, i don't think we would have the proliferation of s.w.a.t. teams and general militarization we do. >> a lot of these s.w.a.t. teams are going after drugs, drug raids largely they're going. just the amount of money that's being spent on vehicles and armor and all these kind of toys for lack of a better word. it reminds me of a consistent theme in american politics which is once you label something security, it no longer counts as spending. we have to tighten our bel...