Brand New Snowden, Greenwald: Snowden Docs Reveal British Spies Snooped on YouTube and Facebook

by | Jan 27, 2014 |

The latest from the Snowden documents: The British government can tap into the cables carrying the world’s web traffic at will and spy on what people are doing on some of the world’s most popular social media sites, including YouTube, all without the knowledge or consent of the companies. Documents taken from the National Security Agency by Edward Snowden and obtained by NBC News detail how British cyber spies demonstrated a pilot program to their U.S. partners in 2012 in which they were able...

A Clean Break: A New Strategy for Securing the Realm by David Wurmser 1996

by | Jan 27, 2014 |

[Having recently received a 404 error at the IASPS site's version of this piece, I figured it better be saved from the Google cache before it's gone forever. -Scott] Companion piece "Coping With Crumbling States" here. Following is a report prepared by The Institute for Advanced Strategic and Political Studies' "Study Group on a New Israeli Strategy Toward 2000." The main substantive ideas in this paper emerge from a discussion in which prominent opinion makers, including Richard Perle, James...

Coping with Crumbling States: A Western and Israeli Balance of Power Strategy for the Levant by David Wurmser 1996

by | Jan 27, 2014 |

[Having recently received a 404 error at the IASPS site's version of this piece, I figured it better be saved from the Google cache before it's gone forever. -Scott] Companion piece "A Clean Break" is here. Related reading: "Balance of Power," by Richard Perle, Wall Street Journal - Europe, July 10, 1996 "Just as Saddam's Power is Under Assault," by David Wurmser, Wall Street Journal - Europe, September 11, 1996 "Ultimate 'peace process' prize," by Robert J. Loewenberg, Washington Times,...

01/27/14 – Stephen Zunes – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 27, 2014 |

Stephen Zunes, a Professor of International Studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses the left-right political alignment on war and civil liberties; the US role in Iraq's upsurge in violence; and why Iraq's sectarian strife isn't derived from unavoidable religious differences.

01/27/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 27, 2014 |

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses how the mayhem in Kiev, Ukraine is stirring up conflict between Europe, Russia and the US; the Saudi's successful influence-buying game in Washington; and second thoughts on regime change policy in Syria.

01/24/14 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 24, 2014 |

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses Lieutenant Colonel Danny Davis's whistleblowing on senior Army officials lying about progress in Afghanistan; why the Afghan army would rather make deals with the Taliban than fight them; and the 2007 Iraq "surge" - David Petraeus's dubious claim to fame.

01/24/14 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 24, 2014 |

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the leftist hack-job on Edward Snowden, Julian Assange and Glenn Greenwald in The New Republic; why Democrats are afraid of young people turning to libertarianism; and the anti-authoritarian common ground that's uniting people from across the political spectrum.