Nathaniel Raymond, Director of the Campaign Against Torture at Physicians for Human Rights, discusses his organization's investigation into the alleged massacre of Taliban prisoners in 2001, suspected war criminal Abdul Rashid Dostum's connections with the CIA and Hamid Karzai's government that shield him from accountability, three US government investigations into the alleged massacre that were impeded by Bush officials and why Obama needs to be pressured into hastening the massacre study he...
01/14/10 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Independent journalist Dahr Jamail discusses the Army’s imprisonment of a stop-lossed soldier who expressed his frustration through music composition, military family problems and low morale caused by repeated deployments, the 'psychological implosion' of many shell-shocked soldiers and the unprecedented military suicide rates that threaten to climb even higher.
01/13/10 – John Feffer – The Scott Horton Show
John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses the US influence in remaking the Japanese government after WWII, the enduring popularity of Japan's Peace Constitution, the Pentagon's recognition that US military bases eventually overstay their welcome even in allied countries, the continued symbolic significance of US gestures of regret for Hiroshima and Nagasaki and how Japanese foreign policy is influenced by antipathy toward N. Korea.
01/12/10 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show
Will Grigg, author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the current generation of physically and emotionally damaged veterans churned out by the war machine, why 'patriotism' no longer means adherence to the principles of the Declaration of Independence, the 'cannibalism' stage of US empire, lessons to be learned from illegal immigrants who survive in the informal economy, a vision of an alternate history without Woodrow Wilson and 20th century warfare and why the US 'synchronization' of...
01/12/10 – Elaine Brower – The Scott Horton Show
Elaine Brower, military mom and member of the National Steering Committee of World Can't Wait, discusses the popular reverence for the military that continues unabated, sanitized recruitment ads that give the impression military service is just paid job training, the debate over whether video game violence inspires real life violent acts and how military enlistment is portrayed as the only way to escape inner city poverty and unemployment.
01/12/10 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the rare outspoken exception to the subdued White House press corps, the Obama administration's refusal to explain the motivations of terrorists, the lack of contextual explanation in US media where history begins anew with each terrorist attack and how the US is fighting battles that Israel started.
Rep. Ron Paul M.D. on the One Party State
01/07/10 – Juan Cole – The Scott Horton Show
Juan Cole, author of Engaging the Muslim World, discusses the civil war in the Mandate for Palestine after the British Empire's dissolution in the late 1940s, Gaza's transformation into a blockaded prison, Israeli officials implicated in Gaza war crimes who risk arrest if they travel abroad, Egypt's complicity in detaining human rights activists bringing aid to the occupied territories, the lingering effects of WWII devastation that are evident in the geopolitical passivity of European...
01/07/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the Iran 'nuclear trigger' documents published in the Times of London that are only remade excerpts of an unknown original, how Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh went from university lecturer to purported head of Iran’s nuclear weapons program, loss of US interest in diplomacy with Iran while internal strife makes regime change possible and how Iran is purposefully creating uncertainty about its nuclear...
01/07/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
This interview is excerpted from Scott Horton’s January 7th guest host appearance on KPFK’s Daily Briefing radio show. The full show is here. Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the infighting between intelligence agencies trying to deflect blame for the Detroit 'underbomber,' the inordinate number of innocent civilians killed in predator drone missile strikes, the resonance of Osama bin Laden’s message with opponents of US imperialism and why the US would be wise to...
01/06/10 – Michael Scheuer – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Scheuer, author of Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq, discusses why he thinks the al Qaeda threat will continue to grow while the US occupies Muslim countries, why the Israel/Palestine dispute isn't worth sacrificing American blood or treasure for, how US disengagement from the Middle East will allow Muslims to concentrate on their own considerable internal problems, humanitarian warmongers on the Left who are pushing for intervention in Africa, al Qaeda's thorough...
01/06/10 – Karen Kwiatkowski – The Scott Horton Show
Karen Kwiatkowski, columnist at LewRockwell.com and retired USAF lieutenant colonel, discusses the dogged determination of Bush supporters who still believe the Iraq war lies, the laser-like neoconservative focus on Middle East policy, how several well-placed neocons hijacked the US government and started the war in Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld’s ultimate success at establishing military outpost 'lily pads' and how George W. Bush let loose the neocon 'crazies in the basement' his father warned about....
01/06/10 – Matthew Harwood – The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Harwood, author of the article 'New Year’s resolution for Guantanamo,' discusses some of the positive steps Obama has taken to restore constitutional government, the US public’s simultaneous distrust of the government and adoration of the military, the seldom discussed Military Commissions Act of 2009 and how the US culture of fear and paranoia is stoked by politicians and the media.
01/05/10 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the likely circumstances that allowed a Jordanian triple-agent to kill seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan, how the CIA's limited ability to overcome cultural and language barriers forces a dangerous reliance on foreign intelligence services, Hillary Clinton's declaration that Yemen is now a threat to the whole world, growing foreign and domestic opposition to the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, newly discovered problems with the...
01/04/10 – Sibel Edmonds – The Scott Horton Show
Former FBI contract translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds discusses the corruption of 'political termite' former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, the systemic rot indicated by the disappearance of accountability and oversight in all levels of US government, pervasive political self-dealing and foreign espionage based in Chicago, bribes and lucrative salaries given to current and former US politicians by Turkish operatives, ignorant or apathetic voters that keep voting...
