09/11/15 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses how ISIS gained control of half of Syria's territory; rumors that Russia is building a military presence to support Assad; and why war will continue in Iraq and Syria for the foreseeable future.

09/10/15 – Jason Leopold – The Scott Horton Show

Jason Leopold, a writer for Vice News and author of News Junkie, discusses how the CIA shaped the screenplay and essentially co-produced Zero Dark Thirty - a movie that helped launch the CIA's public relations campaign that torture led to the capture and killing of Osama bin Laden.

Tonight: Eye on the Empire

Tonight at 9 Eastern Jeffrey Tucker and I host Eye on the Empire for Liberty.me. We'll be talking about Joseph Shumpeter and Imperialism and the other kind of Creative Destruction too.