Joe Lauria, freelance reporter and co-author with former senator Mike Gravel of the new book A Political Odyssey, discusses his article 'The Personification of the Military-Industrial Racket,' McCain foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann’s long, diabolical history as a chief neocon and war-salesman, McCain’s side-jobs as a foreign asset first for Iran and now Georgia and how luring Russia to retaliate against Georgia may have been instigated to strengthen McCain’s campaign and ratchet up...
08/15/08 – Pat Buchanan – The Scott Horton Show
Pat Buchanan, conservative commentator and author, most recently of Churchill, Hitler and the Unnecessary War, discusses the crisis in Georgia, why he thinks the Russian action on behalf of South Ossetia was justified, comparisons between Russian moves in the Caucasus to interwar Germany and Britain, the stupidity of the war guarantees and new missile defense systems going into Eastern Europe, the limits of American imperial power and the question of whether the administration gave Saakashvili...
08/15/08 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern, discusses his new open letter to Colin Powell, he and Powell's similar backgrounds growing up in the Bronx and time spent working together in the White House in the 1980s, the withholding of the Sabri and Habbush no-WMD intelligence before the Iraq war from Powell and other leading figures in the Bush cabinet, the necessity of a Congressional investigation and a Powell's testimony about what really happened, Rep. John Conyers duty as chair of the judiciary...
The Show: Eric Margolis
Listen here sonny. Eric Margolis will be on the show today (second hour). 11-1 Texas time.
08/14/08 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, foreign correspondent for Canada's Sun National Media and author of War at the Top of the World, discusses the complicated politics of the Caucasus region, U.S. and Israeli arming and training of Georgian troops, the Ossetia fiasco, McCain's foreign policy handler Randy Scheunemann and his relationship with the Saakashvili regime, the fight within the military industrial pentagon complex over whether to focus on imperial occupations or preparing for war with great powers, the...
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08/12/08 – Brendan O’Neill – The Scott Horton Show
Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked Online, discusses the conflict between Georgia and Russia over Ossetia, including the blame due the U.S. for supporting and arming Georgia, the hypocrisy of western leaders and media for condemning Russia while they sow catastrophe in the Balkans and Iraq, Russia’s motivation, U.S. infiltration of the region under the guise of the 'War on Terror,' and the bankruptcy of the American-Anglo empire’s claim of moral authority. MP3 Here.
08/11/08 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for the Independent, discusses the slightly less violent, yet still horrific, conditions in Iraq, the fear and violence that dominates daily life there, the various factions influencing Maliki, the Sunni 'Awakening' movement and the volatile tensions in Kurdistan. MP3 Here.
Suskind Posts the Transcript
It's time (again) to remove Bush/Cheney.
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The Show: Joe Lauria
Today on Antiwar Radio Joe Lauria from the Sunday Times will be discussing the Sibel Edmonds case. 11-1pm central on KAOSRadioAustin.org.
08/08/08 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show
Investigative reporter Joe Lauria discusses the series he co-wrote for the London Times about the Sibel Edmonds case, including the 30 year Washington connection to the A.Q. Kahn nuclear black-market operation, the difficulty in corroborating stories about such a secretive subject, the inability of American mainstream media to diverge from the status quo, how the Tinner family fits into the story and the history of the military-industrial-congressional complex as told in the new book he's...
08/08/08 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses his recent article 'How Tenet Betrayed the CIA on WMD in Iraq,' the revelations in Ron Suskind’s book, the systemic cherry-picking of intelligence to justify the decision to invade Iraq, George Tenet’s priorities, Doug Feith’s possible involvement in the forgeries and the schism between America’s imperial intentions and outcomes. MP3 Here.
