Isaac Luria, Director of Communications and New Media for J Street, discusses a primary J Street goal: changing what it means to be pro-Israel, why a one-state solution is really a one-state delusion, how Avigdor Lieberman undermines Israel's status as a democracy and natural ally of the U.S., indications Bibi Netanyahu will concede part of E. Jerusalem and the short 6-12 month window of opportunity for serious Palestinian/Israeli negotiations.
07/30/10 – Aaron Glantz – The Scott Horton Show
This recording is excerpted from the KPFK Beneath The Surface with Suzi Weissman program of July 30th. The complete recording can be heard here. Aaron Glantz, author of The War Comes Home: Washington's Battle against America's Veterans, discusses the lawsuit against Prudential Insurance Co. of America for stealing the interest earned from veterans' life insurance policies, the increasing expense and lowered expectations required to meet military recruitment goals, the long history of...
07/30/10 – Mike Gogulski – The Scott Horton Show
This recording is excerpted from the KPFK Beneath The Surface with Suzi Weissman program of July 30th. The complete recording can be heard here. Mike Gogulski, founder of the Help Bradley Manning website, discusses Manning's brig transfer from Kuwait to Virginia and his status on suicide watch, the involvement of Courage to Resist in fundraising efforts for Manning's legal defense and how sympathizers can donate or volunteer to help Bradley Manning.
07/29/10 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show
James Bovard, author of Attention Deficit Democracy, discusses the FBI's flagrant abuse of national security letters that apparently entitles them to even more eavesdropping power, the lawsuits and sabotage efforts likely heading WikiLeaks' way, how media sycophancy enables the know-nothing Congress and why Bob Barr's 2008 Presidential Committee needs help paying its bills.
07/28/10 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the supplanting of the traditional press (Fourth Estate) by borderless internet journalism (the 'Fifth Estate'), the New York Times‘ 'attaboy' reward from the White House for its deference to government authority, the media’s new discovery that other countries sometimes have different priorities than the U.S., the plethora of information in the Afghan War Diary that will aid Iran war boosters and why the Taliban seem to be waging a very...
07/28/10 – Daniel Ellsberg – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who leaked the Pentagon Papers, discusses the myriad official reasons why the Afghan War Diary is endangering soldiers and/or completely irrelevant, how WikiLeaks has changed the face of journalism and government transparency, the scapegoating of Pakistan for the failing Afghanistan War effort and why now is the time for other whistleblowers/leakers to come forward.
07/28/10 – Julian Assange – The Scott Horton Show
Julian Assange, co-founder and spokesperson for WikiLeaks, discusses the 15 thousand unreleased intelligence reports from Afghanistan, efforts to get the WikiLeaks Garani massacre video ready for public release, the warning from Seymour Hersh that government officials were ready to ignore the rule of law to silence him (Assange), indications that the supposedly leaked 260,000 diplomatic cables never made it to WikiLeaks, the secret rendition program from Somalia to Kenya and how Bradley...
07/27/10 – Muhammad Sahimi – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the differences between the two Jundallah terrorist groups, the easily exploited tensions between Iran's government and ethnic and religious minorities, the lack of support for Jundallah (Iran) even within the Baluchi community, the post-9/11 U.S. rejection of Iran's cooperation that crippled the moderate government and put hardliners in charge, why the U.S. won't...
07/27/10 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show
Charles Goyette, former Antiwar Radio co-contributor and author of The Dollar Meltdown : Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, discusses the sacrifice of social programs to preserve the sacrosanct Pentagon budget, how American insularity breeds ignorance, the worthless 2300-page financial reform bill passed by Congress, how alternate systems of money and commerce will bypass Fed control and why oil and gold will hold their value against a...
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07/26/10 – Mike Gogulski – The Scott Horton Show
Mike Gogulski, founder of the Help Bradley Manning website, discusses 'Collateral Murder' leaker Bradley Manning’s bravery and risk of an effective lifelong prison sentence, media smears and misrepresentations of Manning, the Obama administration’s record-setting whistleblower prosecutions and how you can donate to Manning’s legal defense fund.
07/26/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the notable early discoveries within the huge cache of leaked documents from WikiLeaks, the impressive Afghanistan 'War Logs' spread set up by the Guardian, the leak’s effect on public opinion and Congressional war funding, roaming U.S. assassination squads in southern Afghanistan and evidence that IED attacks are as deadly and unstoppable as ever.
07/26/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the biggest intelligence leak in history courtesy WikiLeaks and (probably) Bradley Manning, the much higher Afghan civilian casualties than publicly acknowledged, much ado about Pakistan’s 'betrayal' of the U.S. by supporting the Taliban, how WikiLeaks endangers politicians but not soldiers in the field and why the Taliban’s acquisition of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles would lead to a victory over NATO forces.
07/26/10 – Michael Flynn – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Flynn, project director of IPS Right Web, discusses his website's devotion to profiling individuals who promote militarist U.S. foreign and defense policies, William Kristol's Emergency Committee for Israel advocacy group, the unrelenting push for war with Iran and the close family relationships between the (relatively few) neocon true believers
07/26/10 – James Bamford – The Scott Horton Show
James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, discusses the huge advances in NSA technology and invasiveness since the Church Committee‘s 1975-76 investigation of illegal intelligence gathering, the NSA’s ominously-titled 'Perfect Citizen' cyber assault monitoring program, technology and free speech activists who fight internet censorship and how the major telecom hubs provide the NSA with enough information to fill enormous data...
