Investigative journalist Gareth Porter returns to the Scott Horton Show to discuss his latest article "How Cheney and his allies created the North Korea nuclear missile crisis." Porter explains how the North Koreans have historically used their nuclear program as a negotiation tool with the United States and how Dick Cheney and his allies in the Bush administrations sabotaged deals that would have reduced tension and also stalled development of North Korea's nuclear program. Porter then goes...
10/6/17 Greg Lovett on his documentary “Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers”
Gregory Lovett joins Scott to discuss his new documentary, "Delay, Deny, Hope You Die: How America Poisoned Its Soldiers" which opens Monday in Los Angeles and across the country over the next month. Buy tickets for an upcoming screening in your area here and watch the extended trailer. Lovett shares the backstory of the documentary, which he was inspired to make after reading Joseph Hickman's book "The Burn Pits." He explains why the United States military decided to burn the massive amounts...
The Antiwar Comic: The Last Letter
I was really moved by the plight of Tomas Young. I remember Bush's speech after 9/11 and all I could think was, "Crap, this is going to stir things up. Of all the shifty politicians to get so high and mighty--- This can't be good." I've tried to talk a few people out of joining the military. Was successful at least once. Anyhow, you have to admire a guy that goes through this and comes around. It's a shame he had to go through such pain. For more comics visit the Webcomic...
Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’
By Eric Black, MinnPost.com At a ‘Great Conversations’ event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an ‘executive assassination ring.’ Hersh spoke with great confidence about these findings from his current reporting, which he hasn’t written about yet. In an...
Covert Ops
U.S. Escalating Covert Operations Against Iran - report Here's the new Seymor Hersh piece for the New Yorker: [A] lesson was learned in the [speedboat] incident: The public had supported the idea of retaliation, and was even asking why the U.S. didn’t do more. The former official said that, a few weeks later, a meeting took place in the Vice-President’s office. ‘The subject was how to create a casus belli between Tehran and Washington,’ he said. Update: Israel: They'll nuke us within a year!...
Dick Cheney: They Hate Us for Our Foreign Policy
The first Meet the Press after 9/11: MR. RUSSERT: Why does he hate us so much? VICE PRES. CHENEY: It must have something to do with his background, his own upbringing. He's the son of a prominent Saudi family, successful business group with significant wealth. He went and served in Afghanistan with the mujahedeen during the war against the Russians, and he has, for whatever reason, developed this intense hatred of everything that relates to the United States. And his objective, obviously, is...
It is Past Time for Dick Cheney to be Impeached and Removed from Power
Get to work, John Conyers and Nancy Pelosi, you pathetic pieces of shit, you. HRES 333 IH 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. RES. 333 Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 24, 2007 Mr. KUCINICH submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary RESOLUTION Impeaching Richard B. Cheney, Vice President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors....
