Freelance journalist Petra Bartosiewicz discusses her MotherJones article 'A Thousand Little Gitmos,' the low barrier of material support to terrorism charges, secret evidence used by government prosecutors and FBI sting operations that create crimes out of thin air.
08/20/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses how Afghan election violence is a portent of things to come, Hamid Karzai’s lead in the 'vote for me or I’ll burn down your house' category, Afghan warlords preparing to stuff ballot boxes and how U.S. claims that Iran is supplying arms to Iraq ignore the vibrant Middle East black market.
08/19/09 – Anthony Gregory – The Scott Horton Show
Anthony Gregory, research analyst at the Independent Institute, discusses the definition and history of habeas corpus, the unfortunate fact most Americans are either pro-Obama or pro-war, the Obama administration's fight to deny habeas rights to Bagram prisoners and the continuing trend of presidents who embrace total executive authority.
08/19/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses Mike Huckabee's opinion that there are no Palestinians, the financial-military-industrial complex, the exclusion of occupation opponents from the Afghan elections and how the U.S. is pushing for independent Kurdish and South Sudanese states.
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08/18/09 – Thomas E. Woods – The Scott Horton Show
Thomas E. Woods, author of Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse, discusses the debt some progressive causes owe to states' rights, vintage 1812 war propaganda that sounds alarmingly like the run-up to the war in Iraq, state nullification of unconstitutional federal laws and the undue respect given to the Supremacy Clause.
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08/13/09 – Chris Floyd – The Scott Horton Show
Chris Floyd, author of Empire Burlesque — High Crimes and Low Comedy in the Bush Imperium, discusses U.S. drug interdiction in Afghanistan that is more about playing favorites than eradication, how Obama is following the game plan of the worst president in recent history, the background behind Somalia's humanitarian disaster and the U.S. gift of 80 tons of weapons to Somalia's black market.
08/12/09 – Robert Higgs – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Higgs, senior fellow at the Independent Institute and author of Depression, War and Cold War, discusses the archaic concept of demobilizing the military after a war, the end of staunch U.S. anti-interventionism, how the Korean War budget was partly diverted to a general cold-war buildup and the resemblance of U.S. defense spending to a politically untouchable welfare program.
08/12/09 – Justin Raimondo – The Scott Horton Show
Justin Raimondo, editorial director of Antiwar.com, discusses the Democratic antiwar activists who rolled over for Obama, the insanity of the 'clear, hold, build' strategy in Afghanistan, the rise of neoliberal think-tanks, the dependence of foreign policy on domestic constituencies, the U.S. pursuit of Central Asian oil routes and how a viable pro-peace, pro-liberty movement is decades away from fruition.
Richard Pryor – Star Wars Bar
08/11/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the disputed U.S. claims that Iran is using 'special groups' to destabilize Iraq, the 2007 kidnapping of a British group that threatened to expose (by financial tracking) Iraqi governmental embezzlement, the Obama administration’s revival of accusations that Iran is aiding the Taliban and the domestic political calculus behind seemingly illogical Israeli hostility toward Iran.
08/11/09 – Daphne Eviatar – The Scott Horton Show
Lawyer and freelance journalist Daphne Eviatar discusses Guantanamo detainee Mohamed Jawad’s legal limbo, the DOJ/U.S. military payment to prosecution witnesses in Afghanistan, the political peril in releasing the 'worst of the worst' from custody and how even a limited torture investigation could potentially climb up the chain of command.
Sheldon Richman interview
Sheldon Richman on Obombya's healthcare scam.
08/07/09 – Daniel Ellsberg – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Ellsberg, author of the article 'Hiroshima Day: America Has Been Asleep at the Wheel for 64 Years,' discusses the 64 year cover-up of the destructive power of nuclear weapons, how the A-bomb is a mere trigger for the 1000X stronger H-bomb, the massive loss of civilian life in the allied fire-bombing of German and Japanese cities, the U.S. president’s free hand to commit atrocities in wartime and the need for government whistleblowers to step up and prevent the next false pretext for...
