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Gareth Porter returns to the show to discuss the war in Gaza. First, Porter explains the project that has been keeping him from his typical daily journalism. He and Scott then dig into the story that has brought him back—the Israeli propaganda campaign to label al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City as Hamas’ headquarters. 

Discussed on the show:

• “Israeli Deceit & the Ongoing Battle of Shifa Hospital” (Consortium News)
• “IDF Knew Real Hamas HQ While Lying About al-Shifa” (Consortium News)

Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on the national security state. He is the author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare and, with John Kiriakou, The CIA Insider’s Guide to the Iran Crisis. Follow him on Twitter @GarethPorter and listen to Gareth’s previous appearances on the Scott Horton Show.

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Doug Bandow, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses why the US and Europe aren’t going to rescue Ukraine from becoming a failed state; and Donald Trump’s reasoning for disbanding NATO.

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Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the tangled web of intrigue still surrounding the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and its aftermath, involving current Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland, DOJ attorney and accused rapist Richard Roberts, and Jesse Trentadue – a justice-seeking trial lawyer trying to uncover the truth about the OKC bombing and his brother’s 1995 murder in federal custody.

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FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley discusses why Hillary Clinton is a neoconservative, and why most of her supporters would be horrified if they knew her terrible foreign policy positions that make the US a target for terrorism.

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Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the ties between US-armed Syrian “moderates” and the al-Qaeda linked Al Nusra Front, and why the mainstream media is doing their best to ignore the connection.

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