Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's public call for all Muslims to join his cause; how institutional corruption has destroyed the Iraqi army's effectiveness; and why the US can't conduct drone strikes in Iraq without serious risk of counterattack - either in the Middle East or back home.
07/03/14 Full Show
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Today: Ray McGovern, Adam Morrow 12-3 eastern
Today: Ray McGovern, Adam Morrow 12-3 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
07/03/14 – Jodie Evans – The Scott Horton Show
Jodie Evans, co-founder and co-director of CODEPINK, discusses what her organization and other progressive groups are doing to stop Congress and the Obama administration from starting more unnecessary wars.
07/03/14 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses the risk of a Ukraine bloodbath while the US supports Kiev's military attacks and Europe's leaders hold peace talks without John Kerry. Transcript: Hey y'all welcome back to the show, I'm Scott Horton, this is my show, The Scott Horton Show. Next up is Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity, formerly with the CIA for 27 years as an analyst, now a peacenik, he travels around giving speeches about peace...
07/03/14 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Morrow, a Cairo-based journalist with IPS News, discusses the one year anniversary of Egypt's counterrevolution/coup against Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
07/02/14 Full Show
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Today: Dahr Jamail, Elizabeth Goitein, Max Blumenthal
Today: Dahr Jamail, Elizabeth Goitein, Max Blumenthal 12-3 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
07/02/14 – Max Blumenthal – The Scott Horton Show
Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, discusses how the Israeli government purposefully withheld information about the three dead Israeli teenagers in order to whip the public into a frenzy and turn what should have been a limited police action into a military reprisal against Hamas.
07/02/14 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author, discusses Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's fight for his political and physical life, and the intervention of US and Iranian forces.
07/02/14 – Elizabeth Goitein – The Scott Horton Show
Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, discusses the bipartisan privacy board's endorsement of NSA internet spying as both legal and effective.
07/01/14 Full Show
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Tonight on LibertyChat: Will Grigg and Conn Hallinan 8 eastern
Tonight on LibertyChat: Will Grigg and Conn Hallinan 8 eastern Join up the chatroom and participate! http://www.libertychat.com/scott-horton-show/
Today: David Stockman, Gareth Porter 12-3 eastern
Today: David Stockman, Gareth Porter 12-3 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat And Gene Healy, and maybe Jason Ditz.
Americans’ confidence in government down as 7 percent now trust Congress
Sounds like the end of popular sovereignty to me, if such a thing ever existed. Since I don't like it, why don't you, the government, get the hell out of my country then? Update:Â Only 19% of Americans still have any trust or respect for the mainstream media, and all other U.S. institutions are being rejected as well. Update II: 44% not proud to be American. (This mostly reflects contempt for government rather than all of society, I'd bet.)
