Coleen Rowley, retired FBI agent and 9/11 whistleblower, discusses the myth that FISA restrictions (and not incompetence at FBI and CIA headquarters) prevented critical intelligence sharing prior to 9/11, CIA Director George Tenet’s August 2001 'Islamic Extremist Learns to Fly' powerpoint briefing about Zacarias Moussaoui and why the creation of the DHS and increased centralization of intelligence organizations did nothing to fix 9/11 failures.
03/12/10 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the four major political coalitions vying for power in Iraq, why sectarian conflicts (despite what most Iraqi's say) remain the basis for Iraq's political disputes, the multitude of forces working against a US presence in Iraq beyond 2011 and how the Marjah offensive marks a return to propagandized embedded journalism.
03/12/10 – Christina Tobin – The Scott Horton Show
Christina Tobin, CEO of the ballot access consulting firm Free and Equal, Inc., discusses the onerous ballot access procedures that marginalize third-party candidates and enforce the two-party duopoly and how 'top-two' primary reforms only make things worse.
03/12/10 – Jeff Frazee and Brian Beyer – The Scott Horton Show
This interview was jointly conducted by Scott Horton and Antiwar Radio producer Angela Keaton. Jeff Frazee and Brian Beyer of Young Americans for Liberty discuss the current state of the youth antiwar movement, the establishment of YAL chapters in high schools and colleges across the country and the March 16 'moneybomb' fundraising event.
Antiwar Radio 3/11/10: Larisa Alexandrovna, Dahr Jamail, Raed Jarrar
Iraq, news, old rap 1-3 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
03/11/10 – Raed Jarrar – The Scott Horton Show
Raed Jarrar, Iraq consultant for the American Friends Service Committee, discusses the Iraqi political landscape in the wake of recent elections, the reemergence of former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi in a popular non-sectarian nationalist coalition, how the US occupation has distorted Iraqi politics and prevented the formation of functional government, unfounded fears that a US withdrawal will incite a civil war and why Iraq’s 'sectarian' strife is better understood as a political struggle...
03/11/10 – Larisa Alexandrovna – The Scott Horton Show
Larisa Alexandrovna, Managing Editor of investigative news for RawStory, discusses the lies told about the US push for war with Iraq in Karl Rove’s new book, how the Bush administration 'fixed the facts' around their Iraq policy, US bellicosity on Iran that is meant to assuage Israel’s fears of a competing regional power, Russian geopolitical successes against lightweight US strategists, why purple fingers are not necessarily indicative of democracy, the media’s obsession with 'balance' at the...
At Least He Tried
House Afghan withdrawal resolution defeated
65-356.
Ron Paul: US Out of Afghanistan!
Ron Paul: Against National ID
Antiwar Radio 3/10/10: Nate Cardozo
Plus a Ron Paul speech, some news and some metal. 1-3 Texas time 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
Liz Cheney’s Cheney
Her father, Dick. And she is the future of the Republican Party.
03/10/10 – Nate Cardozo – The Scott Horton Show
Nate Cardozo, the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s (EFF) Open Government Legal Fellow, discusses the military’s illegal spying on Americans revealed in Department of Defense documents obtained through FOIA requests, EFF’s attempt to challenge the constitutionality of telecom immunity, the Obama administration’s use of 'state secrets privilege' to stymie politically embarrassing lawsuits, the NSA’s massive and unaccountable electronic data-mining capability and the common practice of cops...
Antiwar Radio 3/09/10: Gareth Porter, Meyrl Nass, David Henderson
Afghanistan, Anthrax, Realignment against the empire. Tune in 1-3 pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
