Today's show: Mark Thornton, Susannah George, Jason Ditz 12-2 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
12/18/14 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the brouhaha over the Sony Pictures movie "The Interview" about an attempted assassination of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un; the FBI's assertion that North Korean hackers are to blame for hacking Sony's computer systems in retaliation; and Sony's cowardly response of completely canceling the movie's release for fear of terrorism reprisals.
12/18/14 – Susannah George – The Scott Horton Show
Susannah George, a radio and print journalist for NPR and Public Radio International, discusses her article "America is building a Sunni army in Iraq to take on the Islamic State."
12/18/14 – Mark Thornton – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses the 100 year anniversary of the War on Drugs, its firm foundation in racism and bigotry, and how it has been taxed, regulated, and legislated into a multi-billion dollar government enterprise of destruction.
12/17/14 Full Show
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Today’s show: Grant F. Smith, Bob McCarty, Eric Margolis 12-2 eastern
Today's show: Grant F. Smith, Bob McCarty, Eric Margolis 12-2 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
12/17/14 – Bob McCarty – The Scott Horton Show
Bob McCarty, author of The Clapper Memo, discusses the strange developments in Salt Lake City attorney Jesse Trentadue's lawsuit against the FBI, based on their refusal of his FOIA requests for videotapes and documents relating to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.
12/17/14 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show
Grant F. Smith, founder of the Institute for Research, Middle Eastern Policy (IRMEP), discusses his involvement in the April 10, 2015 conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC: "The Israel Lobby: Is it Good For the US?"
12/17/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the Pakistani Taliban's mass-killing of kids in Peshawar; the history of Pakistan's restive northwest territories from the days of British empire; why the US still won't leave Afghanistan; and the possibility of normalized relations with Cuba.
12/16/14 Full Show
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Douglas Lucas Interview Transcript re Barrett Brown #FreeBB
Hey y'all I'm Scott Horton, this is my show the Scott Horton Show. Douglas Lucas from douglaslucas.com and he writes at riseup.net, is that right? Welcome, how are you doing Douglas? SH: riseup.net, I didn't get a chance to look, is that where you write? DL: That's my email address, I'm a freelancer and I writer for whowhatwhy.com, dailydot ....lots of different places SH: Okay, yeah I know Christian Stork over there. DL: Yeah, yeah, he's great SH: Okay good deal, and he's great on this...
Today: Matthew Hoh, Douglas Lucas 12-2 eastern
Today: Matthew Hoh, Douglas Lucas 12-2 eastern time <a href="http://lrn.fm">http://lrn.fm</a> <a href="http://scotthorton.org/chat">http://scotthorton.org/chat</a>
12/16/14 – Douglas Lucas – The Scott Horton Show
Douglas Lucas, a writer, researcher, and journalist based in Texas, discusses "hactivist" writer Barrett Brown's sentencing hearing in a Dallas federal court, where he faces up to 8.5 years in prison on a plea deal. He was arrested in September 2012 after posting YouTube videos threatening an FBI agent, and a litany of charges was then added by prosecutors who accused Brown of colluding with the Anonymous hacker collective in criminal acts, rather than just covering their findings as a...
12/16/14 – Matthew Hoh – The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Hoh, a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, discusses the Pakistani Taliban's killing of over 130 children in an attack in Peshawar, and how the US drone war upset relations between Pakistan's military and the northwest tribal regions - ultimately leading to the Peshawar attack.
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