Harman, AIPAC, NSA: What did I Know, and When Did I Know It?

Jeff Stein April 21, 2009 2:20 AM The tremendous interest in my story yesterday about a 2005 NSA wiretap picking up California Democratic Rep. Jane Harman conversing with a suspected Israeli agent took me by surprise, frankly. It’s always gratifying to find so many people paying attention to things like this when Carrie Prejean is only a click away. The first thing I want to dispel, though, is the apparently widespread notion that the timing of my story Monday was somehow related to: (1) the...

Antiwar Radio: Jeff Stein and Michael Hastings

Jeff Stein and Michael Hastings will be the featured guest on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio on Friday, April 21st. Stein will discuss the major scandal involving Rep. Jane Harman, Alberto Gonzales and AIPAC at 2:00PM Eastern and Hastings will discuss his recent article from GQ Magazine, "Obama's War" at 2:30PM Eastern. Jeff Stein is the National Security Editor and SpyTalk columnist for Congressional Quarterly and Michael Hastings is a correspondent for Newsweek and author of I Lost...

04/21/09 – Sauvik Chakraverti – The Scott Horton Show

Sauvik Chakraverti, author of Antidote: Essays Against The Socialist Indian State, discusses the upcoming Indian elections, the fascist tendencies of the Hindu BJP party, the growing influence of libertarian thought in India and how the Mumbai terrorist attack could have been prevented if Indians had the right to bear arms.

04/21/09 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show

Michael Hastings, author of the article 'Obama’s War' in GQ Magazine, discusses the skepticism among some high-ranking military officers about the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, the inevitability of diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban, the permeation of Afghan society by the drug trade and the frightening talk about a 25 year U.S. committment to Afghanistan and the broader region.

04/21/09 – Jeff Stein – The Scott Horton Show

Jeff Stein, Spy Talk columnist for Congressional Quarterly, discusses his breaking news story about the alleged NSA wiretap recording of Rep. Jane Harmon agreeing to intervene on behalf of two AIPAC employees accused of espionage in exchange for help getting appointed chair of the House Intelligence Committee and why then-Attorney General Gonzales intervened to close the case before it could really begin.

Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC

By Jeff Stein | CQ Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington. Harman was recorded saying she would 'waddle into' the AIPAC case 'if you think it’ll make a difference,'...

Fox news Vs Matthew Alexander.

Fox news hosts and guests claim Bush's torture program kept the US safe from attack, so i stole thinkprogress' montage of fox celebrities making the claim and put a clip of former Iraqi interrogator Matthew Alexanders interview with scott at the end of it.

Antiwar Radio: Ivan Eland and Harper Magazine’s Scott Horton

Ivan Eland and Harper Magazine's Scott Horton will be the featured guest on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio on Friday, April 17th. Eland will be on at 2:30PM Eastern and Horton at 3:30PM Eastern. Ivan Eland is Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Peace & Liberty at The Independent Institute in Oakland, California and is the author of several books, his most recent being Partitioning for Peace. His weekly column can be found at Antiwar.com/eland. The other Scott Horton is an...

04/17/09 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show

The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine, discusses the torture memos [.pdf] released at Obama's behest, delays in the Spanish war crimes case against Bush administration lawyers, the Orwellian torture procedures revealed in the memos and the legal precedents for prosecuting crime-enabling lawyers.

04/17/09 – Ivan Eland – The Scott Horton Show

Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute, discusses the China fear-mongering used to fend off U.S. defense budget cuts, the future of artificial intelligence warfare, the seeming normalcy of U.S. interventionist foreign policy and how Woodrow Wilson ruined the 20th century for everyone.