Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, discusses the lack of compelling evidence so far against the Hutaree militia members, the distinction between tough talk and actual criminal conspiracy, how most militias are formed for defensive action against government abuses and why unique personal grievances tend to make anti-government violence the domain of individuals acting alone.
05/11/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the unusually pessimistic Pentagon report on US progress in Afghanistan, pre-announced military offensives that prevent major confrontations with the Taliban, Hillary Clinton's heavy-handed approach to diplomacy with Pakistan, NY Times writer David Sanger's sudden realization that US foreign policy does indeed have consequences and why Israel is hesitant to violate US-controlled Iraqi airspace to strike Iran.
05/11/10 – Will Potter – The Scott Horton Show
Will Potter, founder of the GreenIsTheNewRed blog, discusses the prison-within-a-prison Communications Management Units (CMUs) designed to silence non-violent activist prisoners, limited oversight and questionable legal authority for CMUs, the tendency of governments to criminalize dissent from the left and right and why the erosion of individual rights (even of prisoners) negatively effects the whole society.
05/07/10 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show
Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses Brazil's possible role as mediator (replacing hostile EU nations and the US) between Iran and the UN, the interplay of oil politics and full-spectrum dominance in US foreign policy, why the 1953 CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh is still fresh in the minds of Iranians, speculation on the whereabouts and mortality of Osama bin Laden, the philosophical divide between the Taliban and al Qaeda and the psychology of the Times Square...
05/07/10 – Muhammad Sahimi – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the consistently wrong warnings from Western and Israeli sources about an imminent Iranian nuclear weapon, the lack of outcry over the Shah's nuclear ambitions in the 1970s, clarification of Iran's obligations under the NPT and additional protocol/subsidiary agreements and how persistent lies about Iran's nuclear program overwhelm the efforts to debunk them.
The Time’s Square Car Bomb was Not a WMD
President Obama's US Attorney General Eric Holder has declared that the botched car bomb that fizzled in Times Square was a Weapon of Mass Destruction (WMD). The problem is that a case was made that the existence of WMD's in a country halfway across the world led by a crazed dictator with a score to settle with the US, created a clear and present danger to the safety of Americans, and thus warranted unprecedented proactive military invasion, occupation, and removal of that leader at near...
Antiwar Radio 5/6/10
Noah Shachtman 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org.
05/06/10 – Daphne Eviatar – The Scott Horton Show
Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate in Law and Security for Human Rights First, discusses the trial of Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, the unconstitutional retroactive application of the Military Commissions Act, the US government’s apparent loss of faith in the civilian criminal court system, why the most radical of legal proposals come from supposed political 'moderates' like Joe Lieberman, the sparse US mainstream media presence at Khadr’s hearings and the individual frustrations of those...
05/06/10 – Noah Shachtman – The Scott Horton Show
Noah Shachtman, contributing editor at WIRED magazine, discusses evidence that Army spy planes were tracking the communications of Times Square bomber suspect Faisal Shahzad, Pentagon discussions on equipping ICBMs with conventional warheads for rapid global-strike capability, Chinese missile technology that may overwhelm the Aegis ship defense system and Predator drone attacks that have gone from targeting specific terrorist suspects to generalized killing.
Antiwar Radio 5/5/10
Today on Antiwar Radio: Jack Hunter, the Southern Avenger 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
05/05/10 – Jack Hunter – The Scott Horton Show
Jack Hunter, talk radio host and newspaper columnist, discusses the Barry Goldwater foundation of the modern American conservative movement, why Sean Hannity is too stupid to realize he's a neocon, how Obama's election has made conservatives easier to talk to about foreign policy and how neocons are losing their tightly held grip on Republican talking points.
05/05/10 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the cloak-and-dagger media spectacle of a former CIA agent claiming to have knowledge of secret Iranian weapons, the possibility of an Israeli air strike on Iran this summer, how Israel sabotages US relations with Mideast rival countries, why it has become politically impossible for the US to rein in Israel and how the cost of maintaining US empire is the constant threat of blowback.
05/04/10 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show
Independent investigative journalist Joe Lauria discusses the ongoing U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation, the Obama administration's attempt to propose a nuclear-free Middle East without acknowledging Israel's nuclear weapons, Hillary Clinton's pronounced lack of diplomatic acumen, why South African-style nuclear disarmament might be in Israel's future and how US foreign policy encourages nuclear proliferation.
