12/28/12 – Joey King – The Scott Horton Show

Joey King of Veterans for Peace discusses upcoming VFP protests against the deployment of US troops to 35 African nations; the Pentagon's interest in staying "globally engaged;" foreign policy and blowback; and the insanity of drone warfare.

12/28/12 – Thomas C. Mountain – The Scott Horton Show

Thomas C. Mountain, an independent journalist based in Eritrea, discusses the UN's "murder and mayhem" in Africa; how US-friendly governments in Uganda and Rwanda are making matters worse in Darfur and Mogadishu; why Africa's so-called economic miracles and democratic elections are more fiction than fact; Saudi funding for radical Wahabbis in Mali; how Al-Qaeda is both an ally and enemy of the US; and journalist Gary Webb's exposure of the CIA's drug running.

Happy New Year

Well, thanks for listening. I'll keeping complaining about, and interviewing reporters about, the news for another go around the sun if yall want. Scott

12/26/12 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses how the Council for the National Interest plans to counter the Israel Lobby and Islamophobia hucksters in 2013; Chuck Hagel's unlikely shot at Secretary of Defense; the 6000-page Senate Intelligence Committee report on CIA torture; and how the US is descending into national barbarism.

12/26/12 – Jonathan Landay – The Scott Horton Show

Jonathan Landay of McClatchy Newspapers discusses the Afghan government's draft peace plan; why the Taliban has no incentive to negotiate or make political concessions; the many factions vying for power in Afghanistan and within the Taliban itself; why there are no good outcomes possible - whether the US withdraws or not; and India's political and financial interests in Afghanistan.

12/19/12 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show

James Bovard, policy advisor to The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his new book Public Policy Hooligan; asserting individual rights in response to arbitrary authority; honing the craft of writing; doing journalism behind the Iron Curtain; US farm policy; the myth and reality of "fair trade" products; and investigations of Ruby Ridge and Waco.

12/18/12 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the Sandy Hook school massacre; Barack Obama's ability to shed tears for murdered schoolkids in Newtown while he authorizes drone strikes that kill children in Yemen, Afghanistan and Pakistan; and why most Americans think murder is moral when the government does it.

12/18/12 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn, journalist with The Independent, discusses Syria's "descent into Holy War;" why the Assad government isn't on the verge of collapse; the very few competent Western media figures reporting on Syria; the Al-Qaeda style public beheadings scaring minority Alawites and Christians; and how US-NATO support motivates the rebels to keep fighting and reject peaceful compromise.

12/12/12 – Jacob Hornberger – The Scott Horton Show

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses FFF's year-end fundraising drive; the history of US-Cuba relations (or lack thereof); why the US should get its own house in order instead of being "a force for freedom" abroad; and the neoconservatives who believe all those ungrateful Vietnamese, Iraqis and Afghans should pay up for their "liberation."

12/12/12 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses how CNI counters the pro-Israel lobby's endless propaganda; Obama's declaration that Syria's rebels are the legitimate representatives of the Syrian people; the consequences facing the US for toppling Middle Eastern secular governments; and why the neoconservative super-couple Kim and Fred Kagan think the US should occupy Afghanistan forever.

12/11/12 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show

Charles Goyette, author of The Dollar Meltdown and Red and Blue and Broke All Over, discusses the government's fiscal cliff; why the proposed "austerity" budget cuts are ludicrously small; how Republicans conveniently forget their own history of profligate spending; the Freedom & Prosperity newsletter; the synchronous decline of all the world's fiat currencies; why a US economic recovery (if it ever happens) will be accompanied by serious price inflation; and the remarkable resilience of...

12/11/12 – John Knefel – The Scott Horton Show

John Knefel, radio host and political writer, discusses his article "They Can Do That?! 10 Outrageous Tactics Cops Get Away With;" America's descent into an authoritarian police state; why the courts can't be counted on to protect our Constitutional rights; and how the War on Drugs allows the cops to do just about anything they want.