Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the legal maneuvers that prevented a Supreme Court ruling on enemy combatants, the difference between regular and extraordinary rendition, how the U.S. asserts the right to detain anyone in the world indefinitely and how the mission of the CIA is incompatible with a free society.
05/07/09 – Lew Rockwell – The Scott Horton Show
Lew Rockwell, president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, defends libertarianism from the Devil's advocate.
05/07/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the many internal factions rebelling against the Pakistani government, Hillary Clinton's unfounded fears of a Taliban takeover of Pakistan, the geography and significance of Pakistan's provinces and how the U.S. risks creating more events akin to the Iranian Revolution.
05/07/09 – Sibel Edmonds – The Scott Horton Show
Sibel Edmonds, founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition, discusses the hypocrisy of free speech invocations in defense of Rosen/Weissman while whistle-blowers endure gag orders, the numerous cover-ups of unspecified Congressional misdeeds caught on wiretaps, the dedication of rank-and-file FBI agents to investigate crimes despite political implications and how she is ready to tell her story to a publisher willing to fight government censorship.
The Liberty Stickers
05/06/09 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the necessity of prosecuting the handful of real 9-11 conspirators even though they were tortured, the unsupported claim that numerous released Guantanamo prisoners 'returned to the battlefield,' the ill-advised revival of Cheney/Addington military commissions and how the U.S. Bagram air base remains outside the scope of Obama’s 'reforms.'
05/06/09 – David Bromwich – The Scott Horton Show
David Bromwich, professor of literature at Yale University, discusses the standard Israeli practice of making incongruous conditional demands to avoid serious discussion of a Palestinian state, the propaganda and fundraising boon Ahmadinejad has been to AIPAC, the radicalizing effect recent Russian immigrants have had on Israeli politics and how the Iranian nuclear scaremongering may be designed for American consumption.
Antiwar Radio: 5/5/09: Marjorie Cohn
Plus a ton of new, and your calls. 1-3 central KAOS Radio, 95.9 in Austin, or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
05/05/09 – Marjorie Cohn – The Scott Horton Show
Marjorie Cohn, president of the National Lawyers Guild, discusses the illegality of the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the use of torture to extract false confessions linking Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda, the embarrassment of Spain investigating U.S. war crimes while Obama sidesteps the issue and Condi Rice's comeuppance at Stanford.
Republicans: The Party of Limited Constitutional Government
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Antiwar Radio 5/01/09: Greg Mitchell
Plus the news and your calls. Listen live on 95.9 FM in Austin from 1-3 Central time, or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
05/01/09 – Greg Mitchell – The Scott Horton Show
Greg Mitchell, editor of Editor and Publisher, discusses the sixth year anniversary of Bush’s 'Mission Accomplished' stunt, the spread of revisionist history claiming that everyone was for the Iraq war when it started, the abject failure of mainstream media on the biggest issues of the day and how online resources are challenging traditional media’s stranglehold on the truth.
