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10/10/13 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, a journalist with The Independent, discusses why the media doesn't cover the chaos and violence in post-Gaddafi Libya; how Libyan sovereignty has been degraded by the abduction of terrorist suspect Anas al-Liby in a US commando raid; and the cascading failures of US foreign policy in the Middle East since the Iraq War.
10/10/13 – Mark Thornton – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses Ron Paul's plan for an instant $1.6 trillion reduction in the national debt; why we need to lower, not raise, the debt ceiling; the dangers of a depreciating dollar; why the NSA's spy data is more useful for blackmail than fighting terrorism; the Fed's money creation shell game; and why empire is a money-losing proposition.
10/9/13 Full Show
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10/09/13 – Jim Lobe – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Lobe, chief of the Washington bureau of Inter Press Service, discusses the neoconservative ideology and its prominent practitioners; the opposition to US-Iran detente; and Obama's weak-kneed consensus-building approach to bitter policy disputes.
10/09/13 – Jason Leopold – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Leopold, a writer for Al Jazeera, discusses the human rights groups criticizing Obama's failure to close Guantanamo prison; the just-released documents on prisoner genital searches that the DOJ claimed could help Al Qaeda attack Guantanamo; and the media's failure to cover the still-ongoing hunger strike.
10/8/13 Full Show
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10/08/13 – Jeffrey Phillips – The Scott Horton Show
Jeffrey Phillips, director for ADAM VS THE MAN, discusses why libertarian activist Adam Kokesh is still in jail and how you can help support his legal defense.
10/7/13 Full Show
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10/07/13 – Michael Swanson – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Swanson is the author of The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963. This is the first interview in a series of in-depth discussions about the book.
10/06/13 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Iran's unwelcome peace offerings; John Kerry and Hillary Clinton's political maneuvering ahead of the 2016 election; the Syria debacle that has embarrassed Obama and boosted Putin's international standing; and Israel's likely involvement in the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist.