Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses recent Mossad intelligence operations in America based out of the Israel mission to the U.N. in New York , the one-way street intelligence sharing between the CIA and Israel, why FBI and DOJ espionage investigations never go anywhere and the evidence that Israeli agents in America had foreknowledge of 9/11.
08/25/10 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the revival of al-Qaeda in Iraq (and its minimal relation to bin Laden's group), how the Sadrists are the only grass roots political movement in Iraq, how Prime Minister Maliki's grip on power is an impediment to a coalition government and why the decisive outcome of Iraq's civil war greatly decreases the chance of another major conflict
My interview on Press TV 08/21/2010
08/24/10 – Charles Featherstone – The Scott Horton Show
Charles Featherstone, regular writer at LewRockwell.com, discusses his article 'The Littlest Liberal Warmonger,' why Saudi Arabia isn’t nearly as repressed and despotic as most people think, how the mosque protests are as much about despair over failing wars as a Republican election year ploy to rally the base, why al Qaeda’s social agenda and use of violence is exceedingly unpopular in the Muslim world and author Frantz Fanon‘s definitive 1961 work on how violent resistance can defeat Western...
08/24/10 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Juan Cole, Professor of History and author of Engaging the Muslim World, discusses Rafic Hariri's rise to power and prominence in Lebanon before his 2005 assassination, initial suspicions cast on Syria due to its efforts in maintaining political dominance in Lebanon, how Hezbollah filled the political vacuum created by Syria's withdrawal — much to the chagrin of Israel and the Bush administration and why the current investigation's focus on Hezbollah could destabilize the fragile Lebanese...
08/24/10 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, Salon.com blogger and former constitutional lawyer, discusses the NYC anti-mosque/anti-Islam rally sponsored by neocon crazy Frank Gaffney (scroll down to update III), how the public's fear of an Islamic bogeyman must be constantly stoked to justify a U.S. foreign policy of war and aggression, how Israel benefits from increasing anti-Islam bigotry in the U.S. and the most suppressed truth in American political discourse: that U.S. policy and behavior generate grievances that...
08/23/10 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C., discusses the boon of documents released in a Senate investigation of Israel's covert lobbying and PR campaigns, threats to the continued freedom to practice (out of favor) religions in America, how neocons use their unchallenged talking points in mainstream media to push for war with Iran, The Atlantic magazine's history of shilling for Israel and how AIPAC wields power by withholding campaign...
08/23/10 – Trita Parsi – The Scott Horton Show
Trita Parsi, author of the Salon.com article 'A campaign for war with Iran begins,' discusses Israel’s preference for Iran’s Ahmedinejad instead of a moderate president, how Israel’s 'qualitative edge' over the sum total of Gulf states is slipping away, doubts about the practical utility of the U.S.-Israel special relationship and why a U.S. reconciliation with Iran would mean the end of sanctions and expanded Iranian regional influence at Israel’s expense.
08/23/10 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses The Amazing Disappearing and Reappearing CIA Torture Tapes, U.S. torture by proxy in Morocco, why mosques in NYC are too ordinary to even take notice of, bogus criminal accusations against Julian Assange — who was apparently warned about 'honey traps,' the vastly overstated 14 year prison sentence for bin Laden’s cook and Horton’s continuing work on the...
08/23/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, foreign correspondent and author of War at the Top of the World and American Raj, discusses the devastation caused by Pakistan's flood, U.S. monetary aid that props up Pakistan's economy and government, a likely return to military rule in Pakistan, Islamic aid groups providing care and scoring public relations points, longstanding pre-9/11 grievances against U.S. forces in Saudi Arabia and why anti-Islam bigotry appears to be rising to the pogrom level.
My interview on Russia Today Re: Iran 08/20/10
08/19/10 – Suhail Khan – The Scott Horton Show
Suhail Khan, Senior Fellow for Christian-Muslim Understanding at the Institute for Global Engagement, discusses the letter he co-signed with five other Muslim Republicans that takes his party to task for bashing the 'Ground Zero Mosque,' the popular anti-Muslim sentiment that turns traditional Conservatism on its head, why the terrorists win if we abandon the Bill of Rights, how religious bigotry adds credence to al Qaeda’s assertion that the U.S. is at war with Islam, the remarkably-ordinary...
08/19/10 – Chris Floyd – The Scott Horton Show
Chris Floyd, author of Empire Burlesque — High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium, discusses the addition of neocon Frederick Kagan to the U.S. anti-corruption team in Afghanistan, the minimal proof needed to convince the MSM that the 'surge' in Iraq or Afghanistan worked, the opportunity to really win hearts and minds by helping Pakistani flood victims (just kindly overlook those drone strikes in the north) and how a Democratic wartime president ends any meaningful opposition.
08/19/10 – Eli Clifton – The Scott Horton Show
Eli Clifton, writer on U.S. foreign policy at the Washington bureau of IPS News, discusses LobeLog's Daily Talking Points on Iran-U.S. relations, the designed-to-fail nature of sanctions meant to justify military action, why Israel isn't threatened or worried about Iran's nuclear program and why there's no law preventing Iran (as a sovereign nation) from withdrawing from the NPT and building nuclear weapons.
08/19/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the second fake U.S. withdrawal from Iraq, why the MSM doesn’t seem to notice the renaming of combat brigades to 'transitional troops,' the evidence of a substantial residual U.S. presence (air bases, Vatican-sized embassy, proposed State Department private army), the Obama administration’s attempt to broker a deal — any deal — to get Iraq’s government together and how Iraq’s escalating violence amid the political stalemate bodes ill...
