09/30/13 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the New York Times article verifying the claims of NSA whistleblower William Binney; how the NSA achieved Total Information Awareness through multi-sourced metadata; the tightly-woven webs of information that get ordinary Americans caught up in foreign intelligence investigations; why the NSA can't or won't tell Senator Ron Wyden how many Americans have been spied on; and the good and bad aspects of Obamacare.

09/30/13 – M.J. Rosenberg – The Scott Horton Show

M.J. Rosenberg, Special Correspondent for The Washington Spectator, discusses AIPAC's attempt to stop Obama from making a deal with Iran; the Democratic Party's heavy reliance on pro-Israel contributors; Israel's tone-deaf public relations strategies; why Republicans are too distracted to thwart an Iran deal; and the recently revealed evidence that Nixon and Kissinger aided genocide in Pakistan/Bangladesh.

09/30/13 – Alan Butler – The Scott Horton Show

Alan Butler, host of the talk radio show Butler on Business, discusses the debt ceiling debate circus in Congress; the cruelty of the inflation tax; why the real unemployment rate isn't represented by official BLS numbers; evidence that the economy continues to get worse despite talk of recovery; and why GDP isn't a good measure of a nation's economic health.

09/29/13 – Nima Shirazi – The Scott Horton Show

Nima Shirazi, a contributing writer for Mondoweiss, discusses the surprisingly rapid progress toward a US-Iran deal; why the US must recognize Iran's inalienable right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy; Obama's precedent-setting phone call to Rouhani - the first direct presidential contact since 1979; and why US airstrikes on Syria appear to be off the table.

Obama, Rouhani Talk on Phone, ‘Deal Possible’

By Jason Ditz News.Antiwar.com First Confirmed Direct Talks Since 1979 For the first time since 1979, US and Iranian presidents have confirmed a direct conversation, coming in the form of a telephone call. The two discussed the ongoing P5+1 talks with Iran, and ended with Obama echoing Rouhani’s comments that a deal is 'possible.' Rouhani’s official confirmation said that the two sides agreed to 'rapidly solve' the ongoing dispute over Iran’s civilian nuclear program, though President Obama...

09/27/13 – John Knefel – The Scott Horton Show

John Knefel, co-host of Radio Dispatch and freelance writer, discusses the FBI's out-of-control domestic spying; the "Domain Management" mapping software used to find all the Muslim communities in America; and how the FBI manufactures terrorist plots and entraps stooges to justify their budget.

09/27/13 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show

Joe Lauria, a New York-based independent foreign affairs correspondent, discusses Iranian President Rouhani's press conference at the UN; the nearly-completed agreement on destroying Syria's chemical weapons stocks; Iran's eagerness to make a deal on their nuclear program to remedy the crippling effects of sanctions on their economy; and the Saudi and Israeli opposition to US-Iran rapprochement.

U.S. Government to Blame for Somalia’s Misery

Due to the recent headlines regarding the al Shabaab attack on the mall in Nairobi, Kenya, the Future of Freedom Foundation has published my subscription-only Future of Freedom article, "U.S. Government to Blame for Somalia's Misery" online for all. Please do subscribe to The Future of Freedom anyway. It's awesome. At the beginning of May the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET), a U.S.- and U.K.-government-financed organization that monitors various food crises around the world,...

09/26/13 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses why the mainstream media won't cover the NSA's habit of passing raw intelligence on Americans to Israel; a cost-benefit analysis of the US-Israel "special relationship;" the few barriers to making a deal on Iran's nuclear program; and why Rand Paul is just an empty suit.

09/26/13 – John Glaser – The Scott Horton Show

John Glaser, a writer for Antiwar.com and The Huffington Post, discusses why Obama shouldn't delay making a deal with Iran; the US's clear support for Al Qaeda in Syria - no matter how much John Kerry claims otherwise; John McCain's brain-damaged lunacy; Israel's latest house-demolishing war crimes in the occupied territories; and why no Israel-Palestine peace talks can end illegal Jewish settlements or find a two-state solution.

09/25/13 – Ali Gharib – The Scott Horton Show

Ali Gharib, a journalist with Al Jazeera and The Daily Beast, discusses his article "US and Iran: The art of the nuclear deal;" the legitimacy (or not) of UN Security Council resolutions condemning Iran's nuclear program; disagreements about Iran's actual obligations/violations under the NPT; and why Bibi Netanyahu fears good US-Iran relations more than Iranian nukes.