09/30/16 – David Noriega – The Scott Horton Show

David Noriega, reporter for Buzzfeed News, talks about Act for America and Brigitte Gabriel, and his new article: “Meet the Charming, Terrifying Face of the the Anti-Islam Lobby”. David talks about Gabriel and Act for America’s organization efforts in communities to spread Islamophobia. Brigitte Gabriel’s biography as a refugee from the Lebanese Civil War is also discussed, as well as her efforts to paint that war as a Holy War against Christianity by Islam, which is patently false . David...

09/30/16 – Trevor Timm – The Scott Horton Show

“The Washington Post is Wrong”, but Scott asks: about what this time? Trevor Timm, The Guardian writer, lawyer, and Executive Director of Freedom.press, talks about his new article subtitled “Edward Snowden Should be Pardoned”. PardonSnowden.org, Snowden’s exaggerated leaks, what he really exposed, why he’s stuck in Russia, how a foreign government got everything from the NSA’s spying on the American people, and how this info is used to kill human beings is all deconstructed along with all of...

09/30/16 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show

Veteran journalist and UN correspondent Joe Lauria updates Scott on the latest from Syria and Iraq. The attack on Mosul is likely to begin in mid October, and Islamic state may have deserted large portions of the city. If true, it could mean less civilian casualties due to US aerial bombardment of the city during the Iraqi and Peshmerga operation. Lauria discusses the possibility that the ISIL fighters from Mosul may have left and gone to Syria, where they are fighting the Assad regime. Russia...

09/30/16 – Daniel Lazare – The Scott Horton Show

Daniel Lazare at consortiumnews.com and author of “The Frozen Republic” talks about Hillary Clinton’s new ISIS fighting scheme with Scott. Daniel talks about Clinton’s nondescript and undefined “intelligence surge” and her desire to kill al-Baghdadi in the new plan.  Daniel talks about what could happen to ISIS and it’s organizational direction after al-Baghdadi’s death, including a renewed focus on Persian Gulf terrorism, especially with regard to Saudi Arabia. The Saudi role in Syria and in...

09/28/16 – Raeford Davis – The Scott Horton Show

Raeford Davis, a former police officer in South Carolina and member of LEAP (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition), discusses the murder of Levonia Riggins by a Tampa, Florida SWAT team armed to the teeth for a drug raid that ultimately uncovered 2 grams of marijuana - enough for one joint.

09/26/16 – Grant F. Smith – The Scott Horton Show

Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and author of Big Israel: How Israel’s Lobby Moves America, discusses the poll showing Americans think the US's $38 billion military aid package to Israel would be better spent elsewhere, and IRMEP's lawsuit claiming aid to Israel is downright illegal.

09/25/16 – Nasser Arrabyee – The Scott Horton Show

Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses the US Senate's rejection of Rand Paul's joint resolution to block a billion dollar arms deal to Saudi Arabia, and why the US feels the need to placate the Saudis over the Iran nuclear deal - even though the destruction of Yemen helps Al Qaeda and ISIS gain power.

09/21/16 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show

Joe Lauria, an independent journalist covering international affairs, discusses the possibility of an "October surprise" assault on the Islamic State's stronghold in Mosul before US elections; the beginnings of a Turkish land-grab in Syria; and Obama's curious Eisenhower-like UN farewell address, revealing the president he might have been without "Deep State" interference.

09/19/16 – Trevor Thrall – The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Thrall, a senior fellow for the Cato Institute's Defense and Foreign Policy Department, discusses the "restraint constituency" of Americans who are generally non-interventionist in foreign policy, and how they can rein in the interventionist tendencies of America's political leaders.

09/16/16 – Stanley L. Cohen – The Scott Horton Show

Stanley L. Cohen, a lawyer and human rights activist who has done extensive work in the Middle East and Africa, discuses why the US government sabotaged his negotiations with the Islamic State to free humanitarian aid worker Peter Kassig, who was executed in 2014; and why a Hillary Clinton presidency would be bad news for Palestinians.

09/16/16 – Yakov Hirsch – The Scott Horton Show

Yakov Hirsch, a professional poker player and writer at Mondoweiss.net, discusses preeminent American Jewish journalist/activist Jeffrey Goldberg's strange silence on Israel's recent negative news coverage; and how Netanyahu's shameless antisemitism propaganda is poisoning Israeli society.