The Colbert Report

Daniel Klaidman

Season 8 • 06/20/2012

Daniel Klaidman talks Barack Obama, counterterrorism and the future of Guantanamo Bay.

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07:01

Olivia Wilde
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Actress Olivia Wilde talks about campaigning for Barack Obama, competing in dressage, and joining Stephen on Maxim's Hot 100 list.
06/19/2012
04:42

Unscooped Dog Poop Crimes
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PooPrints uses forensic DNA testing to help communities take fecal matters into their own hands.
06/19/2012
00:12

Sign Off - Stephen's Dressage Dance
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Stephen emulates the Romneys' competition horse, Rafalca.
06/19/2012
02:43

John Kerry as Mitt Romney in Debate Prep
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Senator John Kerry will play Mitt Romney in Barack Obama's mock debates, even though Kerry and Romney hail from completely different pages of a thesaurus.
06/19/2012
03:27

Asian Immigration Threat
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Asian immigrants are the new Mexicans, and even a super awesome wall around China won't curb their invasion.
06/20/2012
03:05

Joe the Plumber's Controversial Gun Control Ad
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Ohio congressional hopeful Samuel Wurzelbacher, a.k.a. "Joe the Candidate the Plumber," releases a powerful gun control ad.
06/20/2012
02:58

Unraveling the Operation Fast & Furious Scandal
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The Fast and Furious gun-tracking program was an unconscionable waste of money to promote senseless acts of violence, just like the movies for which it was named.
06/20/2012
00:37

Intro - 6/20/12
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Scandal strikes the Department of Justice, Taco Bell launches a fast food novelty, and Daniel Klaidman shares his book "Kill or Capture."
06/20/2012
05:44

Thought for Food - Doritos Tacos & Flavorlopes
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Taco Bell creates a miracle product, and Flavorlopes replace bland envelope glue with five fruit flavors.
06/20/2012
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight
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Stephen says goodnight and shoots off a WristStrong bracelet.
06/20/2012
05:02

Daniel Klaidman
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Newsweek correspondent Daniel Klaidman discusses his book "Kill or Capture: The War on Terror and the Soul of the Obama Presidency."
06/20/2012
04:29

ThreatDown - Sicko Penguins, Stoner Babies & Terrorist Furniture
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Children look up to erotic flightless freaks, baby soaps contain THC, and America's furnishings partner with fundamentalists.
06/21/2012
00:09

Sign Off - "A Universe from Nothing"
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Stephen touts Lawrence Krauss' book, "A Universe from Nothing."
06/21/2012
07:20

Lawrence Krauss
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Cosmologist Lawrence Krauss discusses his book "A Universe from Nothing: Why There Is Something Rather than Nothing."
06/21/2012
03:21

Egypt's Presidential Election & Hosni Mubarak's Health
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No one knows who's in charge of Egypt, even after checking the Nile for babies in baskets.
06/21/2012
05:11

Operation Artificial Swedener - C'mon Sweden, Take a Chance on Stephen
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Only one obstacle stands between Stephen and the Swedish tweeting supremacy, so Stephen makes a poetic last appeal.
06/21/2012
00:33

Intro - 6/25/12
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The Romney campaign hopes for bad news, the latest on education comes out, and Frank Deford details his life in sports journalism.
06/25/2012
00:06

Sign Off - Five Finger Fillet
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Stephen stabs a dagger back and forth between his fingers.
06/25/2012
03:16

Colbert News Alert - Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling - Richard Mourdock's Responses
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Indiana GOP Senate candidate Richard Mourdock puts his balls on the felt and enjoys one of the briefest moments of celebration ever seen.
06/25/2012
02:00

Colbert News Alert - Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling
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Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney reports zero information on the Obamacare legal battle.
06/25/2012
05:54

Frank Deford
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Frank Deford talks about his long sports writing career, his face-off with the Harlem Globetrotters, and the establishment of Title IX.
06/25/2012
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