Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses how the Freedom of the Press Foundation provides a fundraising medium for investigative journalism projects and controversial media organizations like WikiLeaks; the opposition to police surveillance drones in the US; the ominous Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) bill; and Google's record on information sharing and privacy.
02/26/13 – Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett – The Scott Horton Show
Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran, discuss the obstacles to successful P5+1 talks; why the US still refuses to accept the Iranian government's legitimacy - even after 33+ years; why the Obama administration's Iran "containment" policy isn't sustainable; how Iran's "participatory Islamist" style of government and defiant foreign policy are inspiring people across the Middle East - and scaring...
02/25/13 – Yousaf Butt – The Scott Horton Show
Yousaf Butt, Research Professor and Scientist-in-residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation, discusses his article "Iran centrifuge magnet story technically questionable;" why the mainstream media continues to publish David Albright's false and misleading anti-Iran stories; the IAEA's duty to help - not obstruct - Iran with technical challenges in the production of civilian nuclear energy; and why countries that refuse to give up their nuclear programs (N. Korea) fare better...
The Pentagon Made F-35 Performance Tests Easier
Because "it's too heavy and slow." Via Laurence M. Vance: "The Pentagon's pursuit of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jet has been a heartbreaking one. If you're a tax payer, the program's estimated $1 trillion price tag probably breaks your heart a little bit. If you're an aviation enthusiast, the constant whittling away of the do-it-all aircraft's features, which in many cases actually amounts to adding weight and taking away maneuverability, must hurt a little bit, too. "If you're...
‘Moral Injury’ in the Terror War
Apparently "Kill! Kill! Kill! Blood Makes the Grass Grow!" is not working well enough anymore at destroying the consciences of young American G.I.s Well I guess we need to find a better way to help normal people deal with the psychopathic acts the government hired them to commit. You know, or stop getting into evil imperial wars all the time.
Poor Babies
NYT: Drone Pilots Are Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do "In the first study of its kind, researchers with the Defense Department have found that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan." More.
Ron Paul Takes On Education
This ought to be good.
The Heroic Spirit of Business
Lew Rockwell talks to John Mackey, founder of Whole Foods.
Antiwar Radio 2/22/13
Tonight on Antiwar Radio: Patrick Cockburn on Iraq, 10 years later. 6:30 to 7:00 90.7 FM KPFK in L.A. http://kpfk.org
Israel OKs Cheney Firm to Drill in Occupied Golan
Well they better, right? After all he's done for them.
Jeremy Hammond speaks out from solitary confinement
Jeremy Hammond is the accused Anonymous hacker facing life in prison for hacking Stratfor. Life. Though the presiding judge's husband was compromised in the hack, she refuses to recuse herself from the case. Also, Hammond has released a statement from solitary confinement. On Thursday morning, the judge overseeing Jeremy Hammond's trial for his alleged involvement in the famed LulzSec Stratfor hack refused to step down from presiding over the case, despite a reported conflict of interest....
02/22/13 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, journalist with The Independent, discusses how the civil war in Syria is inspiring Iraq's restive Sunni population; why Baghdad still has nonfunctional sewers and electricity even though billions of dollars have been spent; the Sunni protestors who are denied government representation and jobs; and the scant media coverage on Iraq after the US withdrawal.
02/22/13 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the US's very low standards for kidnapping and torturing suspects in the War on Terror; the continuing "colossal miscarriages of justice" for innocent victims; the Spanish courts taking action after the US failed to hold anyone accountable; the political cowardice preventing the release of Guantanamo prisoners cleared by Obama's task force; and why indefinite detention without trial is the hallmark of dictatorships, not democracies.
02/22/13 – Christian Stork – The Scott Horton Show
Christian Stork, a journalist with WhoWhatWhy, discusses his article "The Saga of Barrett Brown: Inside Anonymous And The War On Secrecy;" the federal criminal charges against Brown (who has been jailed since September 2012) that could amount to a life sentence; Brown's research effort (ProjectPM) to crowdsource the 75,000+ Anonymous-procured emails from private security/intelligence contractor HBGary; and the law firms and front groups paid to damage the reputations of activists and...
02/22/13 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Mondoweiss blogger Philip Weiss discusses the outcome of Israel's election; Netanyahu's strange coalition of centrists and right-wingers; the liberal American Zionists who have faith that Obama and/or the EU can make Israel's government more moderate; why apartheid means the end of the Jewish Israeli state; the mainstream media's newfound ability to question and criticize Israel; and how Chuck Hagel's confirmation hearings have drawn needed attention to the Israel lobby.
