Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the new developments in the 'smoking laptop' story and the strongest evidence yet that Israeli intelligence, using the MEK as a front, created the laptop forgery to frame Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons.
Antiwar Radio 6/02/09: Issac Luria and Eric Margolis
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A couple things
Okay, so ever since I posted my interview of Ron Paul on my site where I keep em all (including the ones too far off topic for Antiwar.com like this one), I've lost a bunch of subscribers to the podcast feed. Antiwar lefties who hate economics? Ron Paulians who can't stand hearing someone ask him a good question? What gives? Gardner Goldsmith interviews me. That fascist Glenn Beck is right, Obama is a fascist. Greg Palast on the looting of GM's pension fund by JP Morgan-Chase. Chris Hedges...
06/02/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of War at the Top of the World, discusses the dangerous situation created by excessive U.S. and N. Korean bluster, the military-industrial complex's anticipation of profits from a conventional weapons buildup, the limited U.S. military options against N. Korea and the foreign aid extortion game played by North and South Korea, the U.S. and Japan.
06/02/09 – Isacc Luria – The Scott Horton Show
Isaac Luria, Campaigns Director for J Street, discusses his organization's attempt to represent the majority opinion of American Jews on Israel policy, Obama's limited time to leverage his political capital and push for a 2-state solution, why a second Israel lobby is good news for progressive U.S. politicians and how evenhanded U.S. diplomacy lessens the influence of radicals in Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas.
Antiwar Radio: Rep. Ron Paul
Rep. Ron Paul discusses his view of the causes of the economic crisis and what should and shouldn’t be done about it.
Antiwar Radio 5/29/09: Jim Lobe and Ron Paul
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05/29/09 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul discusses his view of the causes of the economic crisis and what should and shouldn't be done about it.
05/29/09 – Jim Lobe – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief for Inter Press Service, discusses Hillary Clinton's emphatic rejection of any kind of Israeli settlement growth, the Obama administration's (first in a generation) hard-line on Israel, the low probability of a Palestine/Israel 2-state solution even with a settlement freeze and allegations that Netanyahu sees Iran as Amalek - eternal biblical persecutor of Jews.
Antiwar Radio 5/28/09: Gareth Porter and Larisa Alexandrovna
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05/28/09 – Larisa Alexandrovna – The Scott Horton Show
Larisa Alexandrovna, managing investigative news editor for Rawstory.com, discusses the possible treason in Valerie Plame's outing, the subsequent loss of CIA covert contacts with the A.Q. Kahn network (that may have supplied al-Qaeda with weapons), evidence of the U.S. scheming to start a war with Iran as early as December 2001 and what living in a police state really looks like.
05/28/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
 Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service News Agency, discusses Stanley McChrystal's role in extralegal assassinations and the Bagram prison torture program, Rumsfeld's attempt to divert covert special operations from the somewhat accountable CIA to the Pentagon, the mixed messages in U.S. personnel and strategy changes in Afghanistan and how the U.S. continues to create enemies to justify staying in Iraq.
05/27/09 – Jonathan Hafetz – The Scott Horton Show
Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney in the ACLU's National Security Project, discusses Obama's refusal to end military commissions, the U.S. government's gaming of the courts to avoid an adverse Supreme Court ruling on indefinite detentions, some details on Ali Saleh Kahlah Al Marri's military detention and the excessive deference given to presidential authority.
05/27/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the U.S. pressure behind Pakistan army attacks in the northwest tribal region, the exaggerated threat of global terrorism, British and U.S. efforts to thwart a European competitor to NATO and U.S. threats to Canada of a trade embargo if it didn't contribute troops to Iraq or Afghanistan.
Hold the Torturers Accountable
Or else we'll all be held accountable by Rep. Ron Paul, May 26, 2009 While Congress is sidetracked by who said what to whom and when, our nation finds itself at a crossroads on the issue of torture. We are at a point where we must decide if torture is something that is now going to be considered justifiable and reasonable under certain circumstances, or is America better than that? "Enhanced interrogation" as some prefer to call it, has been used throughout history, usually by despotic...
