Democracy Now!: Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009

Investigative journalist Aram Roston traces how the Pentagon’s civilian contractors in Afghanistan end up paying insurgent groups to protect American supply routes from attack. The EPA directed Laurie Williams and Allan Zabel to remove or edit a YouTube video that warns a cap and trade plan will not effectively combat global warming and is "fatally flawed." The couple instead advocate for a solution involving carbon fees with rebates. And a new documentary looks at a man once described as the most hated and most loved lawyer in America: the late William Kunstler. His daughters Emily and Sarah Kunstler, play excerpts from “William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe” and talk about their father and the film. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.