A family separated, the Iraqi spy who infiltrated ISIS, and don’t toss out that coffee cup

A family separated, the Iraqi spy who infiltrated ISIS, and don’t toss out that coffee cup

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The Iraqi spy who infiltrated ISIS — Capt. Harith al-Sudani, a member of an Iraqi counterterrorism unit — spent months posing as an ISIS militant. The New York Times Baghdad bureau chief Margaret Coker tells host Carol Hills about Sudani and the intelligence unit he worked for. Also, we learn about the US government’s history of separating children from their parents. Plus, what does a German biergarten have to do with recycling coffee cups?