James Ridgeway, DC bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine, discusses his new article, 'In Search of John Doe No. 2: The Story the Feds Never Told About the Oklahoma City Bombing;' the ordeal of Utah attorney Jesse Trentadue and his brother Kenneth, who was tortured and murdered by government agents in his Oklahoma prison cell in a case of mistaken identity — they thought he was Richard Guthrie (likely one of the many neo-Nazi 'John Does' involved in the Oklahoma City bombing), the Treasury and...
08/03/07 – Bruce Fein – The Scott Horton Show
Bruce Fein, former Assistant Deputy Attorney General in the Reagan administration and co-founder of the American Freedom Agenda, explains the broad powers over Americans’ property claimed by George Bush in his new executive order, 'Blocking Property of Certain Persons Who Threaten Stabilization Efforts in Iraq.' Fein says that Senator Hillary Clinton’s property could be seized under this order for 'undermining the Iraqi government' by asking the Pentagon if they have a plan for withdrawal,...
Inside Track: More Surveillance, More Often
by Philip Giraldi in the National Interest. It seems they lie in order to destroy liberty. Or something like that...
The Oklahoma City Bombing in Mother Jones
In Search of John Doe No. 2: The Story the Feds Never Told About the Oklahoma City Bombing by James Ridgeway In Search of John Doe No. 2: Primary Sources (!!!) The Complicated Defense of Timothy McVeigh Interview of McVeigh lawyer Robert Nigh By Celia Perry Ridgeway will be on Antiwar Radio Friday.
The Show
for today: J.D. Cash RIP, News, Sheldon Richman. Listen live here 11-1pm Texas time. Mp3 here.
08/02/07 – Sheldon Richman – The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman, editor of The Freeman, discusses the history of American imperialism and the growth of domestic government since America lost the Spanish-American war, the roots of Anti-American terrorism (Bush I and Bill Clinton), laissez faire economics, libertarianism and social Darwinism.
Do you lean Communist?
Read this. Via Mike Tennant.
The Show
for today: Robert Parry. Listen here, 11-1.
08/01/07 – Robert Parry – The Scott Horton Show
Investigative reporter Robert Parry explains why just about everything the government says about U.S. policy in the Middle East is a damned lie and what the truth is instead.
Robert Novak Endorses Ron Paul
Read all about it.
John DerbyShire on Ron Paul in the National Review
"With the positions he has, it’s easy to see why he’s not ahead with the media or the polls, but why isn’t he leading the pack among conservatives? "I doubt it’s his anti-war stand. Outside a dwindling band of administration loyalists in the wagons circled around George W. Bush, I can’t detect much enthusiasm for the Iraq war among conservative commentators and e-mailers. ‘We gave the Iraqis a fair shot, now let’s leave them to it and concentrate on chasing down worldwide terrorism,’ is the...
The Show
for today: Andy Worthington, The Plot to Seize the White House. Listen live here from 11am to 1pm Central. Update: David Beito writes: "Been listing to the FDR plot stuff. My sense is that it was much ado about little but could be wrong. The show was not very objective or fair and related a lot of suppositions and guilt by association. "Interestingly, it is now KGB files now completely confirm that Rep. Samuel Dickstein, the chair of the committee that investigated the alleged plot, was a...
07/31/07 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show
British historian Andy Worthington discusses the plight of over 700 so-called 'enemy combatants' at the Guantanamo Bay prison, who’ve been kept illegally, often times on bogus evidence with no defense.
Antiwar Radio: Max Blumenthal
Max Blumenthal discusses the theology and politics of John Hagee's Christians United for Israel as he documented for the Huffington Post.
Tex MacRae
I am so happy that Tex is blogging again. And I thank Tex for this:
