Chapter 1. The Tonkin Gulf: August 1964 Daniel Ellsberg. Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers. Penguin, 2003. On Tuesday morning, August 4, 1964, my first full day on my new job in the Pentagon, a courier came into the outer office with an urgent cable for my boss. He'd been running. The secretaries told him Assistant Secretary John McNaughton was out of the office; he was down the hall with Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara. They pointed him to me, his new special...
Sir! No, Sir!
Sir! No Sir! - GI opposition to vietnam by jasonmacs
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The Most Dangerous Man In America
Fog Of War
Hearts and Minds (1974)
Bombies: America’s Secret War on Laos
08/02/13 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, a journalist for The Independent, discusses the increasing violence in Iraq; Kurdistan's progress towards independence; the lesser-evilism of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki; why the US continues to aid the floundering Syrian rebels; and what really happened during the Libyan and Egyptian regime changes.
08/02/13 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his decidedly not-boring article "Frédéric Bastiat and Subjective Marginal Utility;" why economics is really all about human interaction; and why the minimum wage argument misses the point.
08/02/13 – Reza Marashi – The Scott Horton Show
Reza Marashi, Research Director for the National Iranian American Council, discusses the latest inflammatory mistranslation of an Iranian president's comments about Israel; how moderate Hassan Rouhani could help mend Iran's relations with the West; and the Obama administration's bad-faith negotiating style.
08/01/13 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the Feds raiding ordinary Americans doing web searches for pressure cookers and backpacks; sabotaging a US-Iran deal on Iran's nuclear program; why government is a racket; why Bradley Manning did the right thing but deserves (some) prison time anyway; and his latest article "Spinning Yarns in the Mainstream Media."
08/01/13 – Alexa O’Brien – The Scott Horton Show
Alexa O'Brien, the unofficial transscriptionist of Bradley Manning's trial, discusses the sentencing phase after Manning's conviction on 20 charges; the government's three classified damage assessments being used against him; the appearance that Judge Lind (who was promoted during the trial) works for the prosecution; and the controversy on just who leaked the Garani airstrike video, and when.
07/31/13 – George Donnelly – The Scott Horton Show
Libertarian activist George Donnelly discusses how his company Shield Mutual is defending customer Adam Kokesh's reputation following his over-the-top arrest by a SWAT team for victimless crimes, and how you can show Judge Frederick Sullivan that Adam Kokesh is not "a very dangerous man" by posting a video clip at myfriendAdam.org.
07/31/13 – Arlo Pignotti – The Scott Horton Show
Arlo Pignotti, creator of QR code Commodity Discs, discusses how his silver and copper medallions can be used as an alternative currency to US dollars, and how you can get a free silver medallion by donating $100 to the Scott Horton Show.
