John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses the US drone strike assassination of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour in Pakistan; and how the US's increasingly-bold program is bound to provoke blowback, drone proliferation, and challenges to international law.
05/27/16 – Jim Lobe – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Lobe, founder of the foreign policy website LobeLog.com, discusses the converging foreign policy views of liberal interventionists and neoconservatives as noted in a new report titled "Extending American Power: Strategies to Expand U.S. Engagement in a Competitive World Order;" and what this consensus would mean if Hillary Clinton were elected president.
05/27/16 – Nasser Arrabyee – The Scott Horton Show
Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist and film-maker, discusses why the UN-mediated peace talks aren't stopping Saudi Arabia's airstrikes on Yemeni civilians; and how Saudi cash and US weapons are helping Al Qaeda carve out a mini-state in Yemen.
05/26/16 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss, founder of Mondoweiss.net, discusses the March 24th execution of a wounded Palestinian man by an Israeli medic at a military checkpoint in Hebron; and former Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon's warning that "Extremist and dangerous elements have taken over Israel."
05/26/16 – Will Saetren – The Scott Horton Show
Will Saetren, author of Ghosts of the Cold War: Rethinking the Need for a New Cruise Missile, discusses why the planned new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons (Long Range Standoff Weapon[s]) are actually more dangerous than the city-killing bombs from the Cold War era.
05/24/16 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses ISIS's military setbacks in Syria and Iraq as government forces and Shia militias converge on Fallujah - an ISIS stronghold only 40 miles from Baghdad that was captured in 2014.
05/20/16 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the prominent role uber-hawk and Ukraine regime-changer Victoria Nuland will play in a Hillary Clinton administration, and why Nuland's relatives should be collectively labeled the "First Family of Military Interventionists."
05/20/16 – Vincent Ward – The Scott Horton Show
Vincent Ward, an attorney representing Chelsea Manning, discusses the appeal filed on Manning's behalf, seeking a reversal and dismissal of all charges - or at least a reduced sentence for the heroic Army whistleblower who was wrongly charged under the Espionage Act.
05/20/16 – Sut Jhally – The Scott Horton Show
Sut Jhally, founder of the Media Education Foundation, discusses his documentary (he is executive producer) The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War In The United States.
05/19/16 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses why The Panama Papers will lead to a crackdown on private US citizens trying to shield assets from taxation, while government institutions like the IMF and World Bank are allowed to carry on their work of propping up corrupt dictators and stripping countries of their wealth.
05/19/16 – Jay Stanley – The Scott Horton Show
Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, discusses how the feds are helping local police with spying technology like "Stingray" cell phone tower simulators and then keeping it secret from the public - routinely denying FOIA requests by citing non-disclosure agreements.
05/19/16 – Mark Perry – The Scott Horton Show
Journalist Mark Perry discusses his Politico article about the disagreement among the Army's top brass on budget priorities and how to confront Russia; and Mark's suggestions for how US military spending could be put to better use.
05/12/16 – Rupert Stone – The Scott Horton Show
Rupert Stone, an independent journalist working on national security and counter-terrorism issues, discusses the scientific proof that torture doesn't work for interrogators seeking to learn the truth from prisoners - however it is quite effective at extracting false confessions.
05/12/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses his Truthout article "Obama Broke Pledge to Demand Syrian Opposition's Separation From Nusra Front."
05/09/16 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the wars in Libya and Yemen in far more detail than can be found in the mainstream media.