CBS Evening News - 2007-11-16
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[0:00] Bonds
[0:02] >> tonight. Barry Bonds ready to fight
[0:04] back. How the defense plans to put the
[0:07] government on trial.
[0:08] >> They won't be able to hide from their
[0:12] unethical misconduct.
[0:14] >> I'm Katie Kurrick. Also tonight,
[0:16] deserting the army. American soldiers
[0:19] are deserting at the highest rate in
[0:21] more than a quarter century.
[0:23] Farm subsidies. Why are some of your tax
[0:26] dollars going to millionaires? We'll
[0:28] follow the money.
[0:30] And as Simon America, Steve Hartman
[0:32] proves, nothing beats two of a kind.
[0:35] >> We've always been real close.
[0:43] >> This is the CBS Evening News with Katie
[0:46] Kurrick.
[0:49] Good evening, everyone. Baseball
[0:51] superstar Barry Bonds is facing the
[0:53] toughest challenge of his life tonight.
[0:55] not from a 100 mph fast, but from the
[0:59] federal indictment accusing him of
[1:00] perjury and obstruction of justice that
[1:03] could put him away for 30 years. But his
[1:05] defense team is coming out swinging. Our
[1:07] chief investigative correspondent, Arma
[1:09] Cayan has more about the bond strategy.
[1:13] >> Morning, Mr. Bonds. CBS News has learned
[1:16] defense lawyers for Barry Bond's plan to
[1:18] turn the tables by accusing the
[1:20] government of misconduct, specifically
[1:22] leaking confidential information and
[1:24] falsifying documents.
[1:25] >> Every American should worry about a
[1:28] justice department that can't tell the
[1:31] difference between prosecution on the
[1:34] one hand and persecution on the other.
[1:39] >> The defense has targeted in particular
[1:40] the actions of special agent Jeff
[1:42] Nitzki. CBS News has also learned that
[1:45] in 2004, the government conducted an
[1:47] investigation into whether the a