Dave DeCampe was back on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the war in Gaza. He and Scott talk about the latest developments and examine how Americans are reacting.

Discussed on the show:

“Majority of Americans Disapprove of Israel’s Military Actions in Gaza” (Antiwar.com)
“Collateral Murder 2.0” (Libertarian Institute)
“Trump Says Israel Has To ‘Finish the War’ Because It’s ‘Losing a Lot of Support’” (Antiwar.com)
“IDF Officer: ‘We Are Demolishing Everything Before Entering’” (Libertarian Institute)

Dave DeCamp is the news editor of Antiwar.com and the host of Antiwar News with Dave DeCamp. Follow him on Twitter @decampdave

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5/11/18 Grant Smith on Black Cube, the Iran Deal, and who stands to gain

Grant Smith returns to the show to discuss The Black Cube, a private intelligence firm for hire. Smith and Scott discuss who might be behind the Black Cube investigations into prominent supporters of the Iran Deal, including friend of the show Trita Parsi. Smith then shares the details of the Free Trade Agreement and discusses NEWMEC, which began in the 1960s when Israel stole weapon’s-grade uranium from the United States. Finally the two discuss the reality of Israel’s nuclear weapons and “qualitative military edge” in the Middle East.

Grant F. Smith is the author of a number of books including “Big Israel: How Israel’s Lobby Moves America” and “Divert!”. He is director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C.

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5/11/18 John Feffer on Trump’s diplomatic approach to North Korea

Editor of FPIF.org John Feffer returns to the show to discuss his latest articles “A Nobel For Donald Trump Over Korea?” and “The Banality of Haspel.” Feffer begins by explaining why, even if Trump negotiates peace in the Korean Peninsula he would not be deserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. Feffer and Scott discuss the many different nuances of the peace process in North Korea and what it will take for the various sides to strike a deal. They then turn to Gina Haspel’s likely appointment as the new director of the CIA—and who might have replaced her if she was rejected. Scott then asks Feffer what his prediction is for the future of U.S. engagement in Syria.

John Feffer is the co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus and author of the dystopian novel Splinterlands. Follow Feffer on Twitter @JohnFeffer.

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5/11/18 Shireen Al-Adeimi on presence of Green Berets fighting in Yemen

Shireen Al-Adeimi joins the show to discuss her article for In These Times, “What the Deployment of Green Berets to the Saudi-Yemen Border Tells Us About America’s Dirty War.” Al-Adeimi speculates on the role that the green berets and the U.S. army are playing in Southern Yemen and in the aerial bombing campaign. The two then discuss the possibility that the new revelation that there are American boots on the ground could bring the question of the War Powers Resolution back to the forefront in Congress.

Shireen Al-Adeimi is a doctoral candidate at Harvard researching language and literacy. Follow her on Twitter @shireen818.

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5/11/18 Ray McGovern on his arrest protesting Gina Haspel’s confirmation hearing

Ray McGovern, co-founder of VIPS, joins Scott on the show to talk about his recent arrest for protesting Gina Haspel’s CIA confirmation hearing. McGovern begins by sharing what he got up and said during his protest and what he saw and heard before being removed from Haspel’s hearing. McGovern then discusses Haspel’s record of torture and how she has escaped any accountability for her actions. McGovern’s latest article is “Will A Torturer Become CIA Director?” You can read all of his work at original.antiwar.com/mcgovern.

Ray McGovern is the co-creator of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity and the former chief of the CIA’s Soviet analysts division. Read all of his work at his website: raymcgovern.com.

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5/9/18 Jon Schwarz on the new AUMF, indefinite detention of Americans, and Syria

The Intercept’s Jon Schwarz returns to the show to discuss his article latest work for the Intercept about the new AUMF, the Trump administration’s strikes on Syria, and indefinite detainment of U.S. citizens. Schwarz makes the case that the new AUMF, meant to cure the ills of the old AUMF, is actually an even graver threat and has codified permanent war. Schwarz then describes the twisted logic used by the Trump administration to apply the AUMF to the strikes against Assad. Schwarz says that anyone who remembers the political climate in 2001 should be very frightened by the developments under the Trump administration.

Jon Schwarz is a writer for The Intercept. Previously he worked for documentary film maker Michael Moore and his blog Tiny Revolution. Follow him on Twitter @schwarz.

Discussed on the show:

“Cure Worse Than Disease: Bill to Restrict Trump’s War Powers Would Actually ‘Endorse a Worldwide War on Terror’,” by Jon Schwarz (The Intercept)
“New Bipartisan Bill Could Give any President the Power to Imprison U.S. Citizens in Military Detention Forever,” by Jon Schwarz (The Intercept)
“Donald Trump Ordered Syria Strike Based on a Secret Legal Justification Even Congress Can’t See,” by Jon Schwarz (The Intercept)

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5/9/18 Karen Greenberg on the history of the U.S. torture program and Gina Haspel’s involvement

Fordham University law professor Karen Greenberg joins Scott to discuss the history of the United States torture program. Greenberg makes the case that Haspel was just one cog in the wheel of the U.S. torture program and that a whole torture network was held completely unaccountable. She describes the earliest days of the U.S. torture program in the aftermath of 9/11 and how it exploded into the spotlight in the wake of the Abu Ghraib scandal. Read her latest article, “The hearings for Trump’s CIA pick should prompt a reckoning with torture.”

Karen Greenberg is the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University. She is the author of The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo’s First 100 Days and Rogue Justice:The Making of the Security State. Follow her on Twitter @KarenGreenberg3.

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5/6/18 Gareth Porter Debunks Netanyahu’s ‘New’ Old Accusations Against Iran

Gareth Porter joins Scott to discuss the recent accusations made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about Iran’s alleged nuclear program. The accusations purport to show that the Iranians lied about past work towards a nuclear weapons program before 2003; but in fact, the new accusations appear to rest on evidence and documents that had already been made available in the past. Thus, many critics of the Netanyahu’s claims said he was just repeating old news.

Gareth and Scott take this debunking one step further and argue that underlying evidence cited by Netanyahu was actually a fabrication in the first place. They discuss the various reasons for doubting the authenticity of this information and the various allegations made against the Iranian program that have fallen apart over the years.

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4/27/18 Gareth Porter on the Latest Dodgy British Dossier

Gareth Porter returns to the show discuss his latest article for Consortium News, “Another Dodgy British Dossier: the Skripal Case.” Porter details the different possible explanations for the supposed poisoning of the ex-Russian spy. Scott the makes the case that Russiagate 2018 is the second coming of the Iraq War. Porter then touches on the developments on the Korean Peninsula and why he’s in fact not surprised about the progress towards peace—and teases his upcoming piece about how John Bolton is working to sabotage a peace agreement with Kim Jung Un.

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