{"id":2543,"date":"2010-11-18T06:39:02","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T03:39:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/?p=2543"},"modified":"2012-05-05T15:36:55","modified_gmt":"2012-05-05T12:36:55","slug":"2543","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/archives\/2543","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2812\" title=\"CCRiterview\" src=\"http:\/\/vigilantejournalist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/CCRiterview.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"audioplayer_container\"><span style=\"display:block;padding:5px;border:1px solid #dddddd;background:#f8f8f8\" id=\"audioplayer_1\">Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. 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