Antiwar Radio: Robert Murphy

Last week I twice spoke with Robert Murphy of the Free Advice blog and author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Capitalism. The archive of both interviews has finally arrived. Here.

03/12/09 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show

Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses the ebb and flow of neoconservative influence in the White House, how the scuttled Charles Freeman appointment weakens U.S. leverage with Israel, the incredible influence still exerted by Steven J. Rosen despite his indictment under the Espionage Act, the shortcomings of the mainstream media and how the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran prevented a disastrous war.

Run-of-the-Mill American Imperialists No Match for Israeli Likud Party Fifth Column

Charles "Chas" Freeman [ironically] in the neocon-dominated Wall St. Journal upon being un-hired to what was to be his new position leading the National Intelligence Council - an effort thwarted by indicted Israeli spy Steve Rosen, Jeffery "I will never ever be able to regain any of my honor for the rest of my life after helping to get a million Iraqis killed" Goldberg and the axis of Peretz over at Morgan's Own┞¢ The New Republic: To all who supported me or gave me words of encouragement...

Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’

By Eric Black, MinnPost.com At a ‘Great Conversations’ event at the University of Minnesota last night, legendary investigative reporter Seymour Hersh may have made a little more news than he intended by talking about new alleged instances of domestic spying by the CIA, and about an ongoing covert military operation that he called an ‘executive assassination ring.’ Hersh spoke with great confidence about these findings from his current reporting, which he hasn’t written about yet. In an...

03/11/09 – Tom Engelhardt – The Scott Horton Show

Tom Engelhardt, founder and editor of TomDispatch.com, discusses the mainstream media's reverence of error-prone hawkish pundits, the over-reliance on force in U.S. foreign policy, the large numbers of dead or displaced Iraqis and the Obama administration's disdain for the historical success rate of foreign intervention in Afghanistan.

03/11/09 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show

Doug Bandow, senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses the recent Chinese naval conflict with the U.S., the increase in China's regional stature and popular nationalism, the broad spectrum of U.S. interest groups that have grievances with China and why open relations are preferable to military confrontation.

Obama Government to Bail Out Madoff Scam ‘Victims’?

Lew Rockwell says the pressure is building... Fact: Anyone who invested with Madoff believed that they were profiting from criminal insider advantage over regular investors, hence their consistently high returns. They are (at least wannabe) criminals themselves. Now they want a taxpayer bailout? I say let them starve.

03/09/09 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses his forthcoming documentary film Outside the Law, the developing story of Binyam Mohamed, the innocence of the vast majority of those held at Guantanamo over the years, the still-standing court ruling which upheld the 'enemy combatant' power of the president and the continuing lack of process for those held in various U.S. dungeons in Afghanistan.