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As we hit the twenty-fourth anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay “detention center,” Scott brings Andy Worthington on the show to discuss the history of this illegal prison and the status of the men still being held there.

Discussed on the show:

• The Guantanamo Files by Andy Worthington
• Guantánamo Diary by Mohamedou Ould Slahi
• Don’t Forget Us Here by Mansoor Adayfi
• Outside The Law: Stories from Guantánamo
• Scott’s interview with Sterling Thomas

Andy Worthington is the author of Guantanamo Files and the director of “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantanamo.” Read his work at the Future of Freedom Foundation and AndyWorthington.co.uk and follow him on Twitter @GuantanamoAndy.

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Scott is joined by Mike Benz of the Foundation for Freedom Online. They discuss Benz’s background and how he came to become an expert in the federal government’s efforts to censor and control the internet. They then go through some of the more pressing censorship threats from the establishment playing out right now.

Discussed on the show:

• Foundation for Freedom Online
• Tucker Carlson Interviews Mike Benz
• Surveillance Valley: The Secret Military History of the Internet by Yasha Levine
• A Good American (IMDb)

Mike Benz is the founder of the Foundation for Freedom Online. He formerly worked for the State Department. Follow him on Twitter @MikeBenzCyber

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Dave DeCamp returned to Antiwar Radio this week to discuss what’s happening in Gaza and Ukraine. They start with the breaking news about an apparent IDF massacre of Gazans rushing a convoy of aid trucks. They also talk about what we know of the scale of the death and destruction that’s been forced on Gaza so far. They finish with a discussion of Ukraine and the report about the CIA’s activities in the country before Russia invaded.

Discussed on the show:

• DeCamp won an award
• “‘A mass assassination factory’: Inside Israel’s calculated bombing of Gaza” (+972 Magazine)
• “US Airman Sets Himself on Fire in Front of Israeli Embassy to Protest Gaza Genocide” (Antiwar.com)
• “The Spy War: How the C.I.A. Secretly Helps Ukraine Fight Putin” (New York Times)
• “Ukrainian spies with deep ties to CIA wage shadow war against Russia” (Washington Post)

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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Ted Snider is back on the show to talk about the death of Alexei Navalny. Snider wrote a piece recently criticizing President Biden for acting like he knows for certain that Putin had Navalny killed. He and Scott talk about what’s known about the man’s death, what’s probable, who he really was and what he actually stood for. They finish with a quick discussion about the Ukrainian’s devastating defeat at the city of Avdiivka.

Discussed on the show:

• “Biden Knows Putin Killed Alexei Navalny” (Antiwar.com)
• “Selecting Syrsky: The Untold Half of the Zaluzhny Story” (Antiwar.com)

Ted Snider has a graduate degree in philosophy and writes on analyzing patterns in U.S. foreign policy and history. He is a regular writer for Truthout, MondoWeiss and antiwar.com. To support Ted’s work, you can make a PayPal contribution at tedsnider14@gmail.com.

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Scott talks with journalist Mohamed Elmaazi about the latest Assange hearing before the UK High Court. The hearing, which took place on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week, saw the Assange team requesting the ability to make an appeal on the order extraditing the Wikileaks founder to the United States. Elmaazi, who attended the trial, explains the arguments each side is using at this stage. He and Scott also take a step back and talk about how ridiculous this case against Assange is, bringing up and shooting down all the common myths used to smear this heroic journalist.

Discussed on the show:

• “Assange Is No ‘Ordinary Journalist’: US Opposes Request For Appeal” (The Dissenter)
• “UK High Court Finally Hears Assange’s Request For An Appeal” (The Dissenter)

Mohamed Elmaazi is a journalist who has covered all of Julian Assange’s hearings. His work has appeared in The Dissenter, Consortium News, Jacobite and Electronic Intifada. He is the new editor-in-chief of Truth Defence.

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Kyle Anzalone was on Antiwar Radio this week to talk about the news coming out of the Middle East. They discuss the coming assault on Rafah in southern Gaza, developments at the ICJ, the conduct of IDF soldiers when raiding Palestinian homes, the broader regional violence and more.

Discussed on the show:

• “Israel Intensifies Airstrikes in Rafah as Invasion Looms” (Antiwar.com)

• “US Tells UN Court Israel Must Be Allowed to Continue Occupation of Palestine” (Libertarian Institute)
• “Israeli forces fired on food convoy in Gaza” (CNN)
• “Israeli Airstrikes Kill a Woman and Child in Southern Lebanon” (Antiwar.com)

Kyle Anzalone is news editor of the Libertarian Institute, opinion editor of Antiwar.com and co-host of Conflicts of Interest with Will Porter and Connor Freeman. Follow him on Twitter @KyleAnzalone_

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Scott talks with Matt Taibbi about a new series of articles he published on the origins of Russiagate. Specifically, Taibbi has been working with journalists Michael Shellenberger and Alex Gutentag to report on the role of Western intelligence agencies in spying on Trump’s team and constructing the narrative that the former president was compromised by the Russian government.

Discussed on the show:

• “CIA Had Foreign Allies Spy On Trump Team, Triggering Russia Collusion Hoax, Sources Say” (Public)
• “Our Man in Cambridge” (Racket)
• “The press versus the president” (Columbia Journalism Review)
• Spooked: The Trump Dossier, Black Cube, and the Rise of Private Spies by Barry Meier 
• “Why Even Democrats Should Care About the ‘Cooked Intelligence’ Russiagate Scandal” (Racket)

Matt Taibbi is a journalist, author and political commentator. Subscribe to his Substack publication: Racket News and follow him on Twitter @mtaibbi.

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Scott is joined by Peter St Onge to talk about how the government uses the Federal Reserve to enrich the politically connected at the expense of everyday people. St Onge explains how we arrived at this crazy economic moment and draws comparisons to the stagflation of the 1970s. He and Scott also talk about the destructiveness of recessions, debunk common myths about inflation and discuss what’s happening in China.

Discussed on the show:

• St Onge’s Youtube Channel
• The Case Against the Fed by Murray Rothbard
• Secrets of the Temple: How the Federal Reserve Runs the Country by William Greider

Peter St Onge is an economist at the Heritage Foundation and a fellow with the Mises Institute. He makes daily videos breaking down economic news. Follow him on Twitter @profstonge

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Scott is joined by Leonard Goodman, an attorney for the Uhuru Movement. The Uhuru Movement, or Uhuru 3, is a group of American black socialist activists who are currently being charged for spreading Russian propaganda and disinformation about the war in Ukraine. Scott and Goodman dig into the details and talk about how flimsy and dangerous the government’s case is.

Discussed on the show:

• Glenn Greenwald’s video about the case

Leonard Goodman is a criminal defense lawyer, a columnist and an Adjunct Professor of Law at DePaul. Follow him on Twitter @GoodmanLen

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