May 11 – Today on Antiwar Radio

by | May 11, 2011 | Featured, Stress Blog

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The “other” Scott Horton, Jason Ditz, Phil Giraldi, Andy Worthington

Today on Antiwar radio with Scott Horton

(Due to technical difficulties yesterday, Tuesday show guests were rescheduled for today)

Jason Ditz will be on to give a run-down of the latest in war news. See Antiwar.com.

Bio: Jason Ditz is the news editor for Antiwar.com. He is a frequent guest on RT TV and Press TV.

Andy Worthington will be on to talk about his latest piece, The Death Of Osama bin Laden And The Unjustifiable Defense Of Torture, Guantanamo.

Bio: Andy Worthington Is a British freelance investigative journalist, author and filmmaker, specializing in Guantánamo and the ‘War on Terror,’ but also covering revolutionary movements in the Middle East, and UK politics. He writes regularly for newspapers and websites including the Guardian, Truthout, Cageprisoners, and the Future of Freedom Foundation. He also write occasionally for the Daily Star, Lebanon, the Huffington Post, Antiwar.com, CounterPunch, AlterNet, and ZNet.

His website – http://www.andyworthington.co.uk/ – is one of the top 100 world politics blogs, was archived by the British Library in January 2011, and receives around 250,000 page views every month.

Philip Giraldi will be on to discuss Osama bin Laden from the perspective of the intel community.

Bio: Phil Giraldi Is a former “counter-terrorism” specialist and military intelligence officer of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and a columnist and television commentator who is the Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest, a group that advocates for more even handed policies by the U.S. government in the Middle East. Giraldi served the CIA for eighteen years in Turkey, Italy, Germany, and Spain and speaks those nations’ languages.

He has written columns on terrorism, intelligence, and security issues for The American Conservative magazine, Huffington Post, and Antiwar.com and op-ed pieces for the Hearst Newspaper chain. He has been interviewed by Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, MSNBC, FOX News, National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation, al-Jazeera, al-Arabiya and other outlets. During the 2008 presidential primaries, Giraldi served as a foreign policy adviser to Ron Paul.

The “other” Scott Horton will be on to discuss his work relating to the Gitmo “suicides.”

Background Reading:

Bio: Scott Horton is a Contributing Editor of Harper’s Magazine and writer of the No Comment blog. He is an attorney known for his work in emerging markets and international law, especially human rights law and the law of armed conflict. Mr. Horton also lectures at the Columbia University.

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