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04/23/09 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine and regular contributor to Antiwar.com, discusses the confirmed existence of an incriminating Jane Harman wiretapped conversation, the appearance that Harman is effectively an asset of a covert Israeli intelligence operation, the perception among some U.S. politicians that the road to higher office runs through AIPAC and the increasingly apparent near-total corruption in U.S. government.
04/23/09 – Anthony Gregory – The Scott Horton Show
Anthony Gregory, writer for FFF, LRC, the Independent Institute, etc., discusses Left, Right and the prospects for liberty.
Rep. Ron Paul vs. Hillary Clinton
As Dr. Paul mentioned on the show today, she tried to agree with him. Now put your actions where your big mouth is, lady. Via Lew Rockwell.
Source: Wiretap Caught Harman Discussing Pelosi Fundraising Flap
By Jeff Stein CQ Politics April 22, 2009 California Democrat Jane Harman, battling a controversy over her interactions with a suspected Israeli spy, was overheard on a 2005 wiretap discussing a failed fundraising ploy designed to get her named chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, according to a former national security official who has read the transcript. Harman was heard lamenting to the suspected Israeli agent how the tactics of a major Jewish fundraiser to use the threat of...
Antiwar Radio 4/22/09: Rep. Ron Paul, Jesse Walker
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04/22/09 – Rep. Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show
Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the lack of change in Afghanistan and Iraq policy despite the Obama administration's rhetoric, how a single high U.S.-casualty incident abroad could garner the support of Americans for more military intervention, the unwillingness of Democrats or Republicans to cut the Pentagon's budget, the expansive new powers over the economy being exercised by the government and why he favors the prosecution of the previous administration for war crimes.
04/22/09 – Jesse Walker – The Scott Horton Show
Jesse Walker, managing editor of Reason magazine, discusses the problem of Somalia-based piracy, the impracticality of a military defense against quick-attack pirates along a 2000 mile coastline, the disastrous history of international aid endeavors in Somalia and how market forces may prompt shippers to use alternate routes or private armed security.
Rep. Jane Harman: Hoisted on Her Own Petard
The Great Glenn Greenwald has his fun.
Harman, AIPAC, NSA: What did I Know, and When Did I Know It?
Jeff Stein April 21, 2009 2:20 AM The tremendous interest in my story yesterday about a 2005 NSA wiretap picking up California Democratic Rep. Jane Harman conversing with a suspected Israeli agent took me by surprise, frankly. It’s always gratifying to find so many people paying attention to things like this when Carrie Prejean is only a click away. The first thing I want to dispel, though, is the apparently widespread notion that the timing of my story Monday was somehow related to: (1) the...
Antiwar Radio 4/21/09: Jeff Stein, Michael Hastings, Sauvik Chakraverti
On Harman and Gonzales's obstruction of justice, what the war in Afghanistan is really like, and the elections in India. Plus a ton of news and your calls. Tune in to KAOS 95.9 FM in Austin or stream live from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio from 1-3 PM Texas time.
04/21/09 – Sauvik Chakraverti – The Scott Horton Show
Sauvik Chakraverti, author of Antidote: Essays Against The Socialist Indian State, discusses the upcoming Indian elections, the fascist tendencies of the Hindu BJP party, the growing influence of libertarian thought in India and how the Mumbai terrorist attack could have been prevented if Indians had the right to bear arms.
04/21/09 – Michael Hastings – The Scott Horton Show
Michael Hastings, author of the article 'Obama’s War' in GQ Magazine, discusses the skepticism among some high-ranking military officers about the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, the inevitability of diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban, the permeation of Afghan society by the drug trade and the frightening talk about a 25 year U.S. committment to Afghanistan and the broader region.
04/21/09 – Jeff Stein – The Scott Horton Show
Jeff Stein, Spy Talk columnist for Congressional Quarterly, discusses his breaking news story about the alleged NSA wiretap recording of Rep. Jane Harmon agreeing to intervene on behalf of two AIPAC employees accused of espionage in exchange for help getting appointed chair of the House Intelligence Committee and why then-Attorney General Gonzales intervened to close the case before it could really begin.
Sources: Wiretap Recorded Rep. Harman Promising to Intervene for AIPAC
By Jeff Stein | CQ Rep. Jane Harman, the California Democrat with a longtime involvement in intelligence issues, was overheard on an NSA wiretap telling a suspected Israeli agent that she would lobby the Justice Department to reduce espionage-related charges against two officials of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel organization in Washington. Harman was recorded saying she would 'waddle into' the AIPAC case 'if you think it’ll make a difference,'...
