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The Stress Blog
A Running List of What We Know the NSA Can Do. So Far.
The Brian Lehrer Show: It can track the numbers of both parties on a phone call, as well location, time and duration. (More) It can hack Chinese phones and text messages. (More) It can set up fake internet cafes. (More) It can spy on foreign leaders' cell phones....
Intel Community Makes Peace(?)
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi, Deep Background in the American Conservative: Secret parallel negotiations with Iran that led up to the recent agreement over that nation’s nuclear program included an unusual and highly interactive role for the intelligence...
Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
6/15/23 Kevin Gosztola on Assange’s Latest Legal Setback
Scott is joined by journalist Kevin Gosztola to discuss the UK High Court’s latest ruling in the government’s effort to extradite Julian Assange. They examine the ruling, reflect on the establishment’s hypocrisy about Assange and discuss how the CIA spied on American citizens who visited Assange in London.
Discussed on the show:
- “Justice Severely Delayed and Denied: UK High Court Rejects Assange’s Request For Appeal After Nearly A Year” (The Dissenter)
- Eric Brakey’s speech
- Ithaka (IMDb)
Kevin Gosztola is the managing editor of Shadowproof. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, “Unauthorized Disclosure.” He is the author of Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange. Follow him on Twitter @kgosztola.
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Recommended reading
01/29/15 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show
Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the government’s persecution of CIA whistleblower Jeffrey Sterling, who faces 80 years in prison on unproven, circumstantial evidence under the Espionage Act, related to his communication with journalist James Risen about the CIA’s Merlin operation against Iran.
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01/27/15 – Mitchell Prothero – The Scott Horton Show
Mitchell Prothero, a McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist, discusses the Islamic State’s apparent overreach in Kobani (Syria) where Kurdish fighters backed by US airstrikes forced their retreat.
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01/27/15 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses the Obama administration’s change of heart on Syria policy, where they are no longer entertaining the fantasy that “moderates” will depose President Assad and defeat the radical Islamists also.
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01/26/15 – Gabriel Schivone – The Scott Horton Show
Gabriel Schivone, a writer and humanitarian volunteer in Tucson, discusses his article “Gaza in Arizona: How Israeli High-Tech Firms Will Up-Armor the U.S.-Mexican Border.”
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01/26/15 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Morrow, a Cairo-based journalist with IPS News, discusses the Egyptian government’s violent crackdown on protests commemorating the 2011 uprising that ousted Hosni Mubarak; and the beginnings of another revolution against Egypt’s new military dictatorship.
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01/23/15 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Charlie Hebdo and the free speech double standard; French President Hollande’s popularity-gaining (and blowback-generating) invasions all over the Muslim world; and what comes after the death of Saudi King Abdullah.
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01/23/15 – Jim Lobe – The Scott Horton Show
Jim Lobe, chief of the Washington bureau of IPS News, discusses Republican House Speaker John Boehner’s protocol-breaching invitation for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address a joint session of Congress – conveniently timed to bolster Netanyahu’s reelection chances and sabotage an Iranian nuclear deal.
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01/22/15 – Peter Van Buren – The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well and a frequent TomDispatch contributor, discusses how the US military-industrial complex profits from resupplying Iraq’s army with equipment that is too expensive to maintain and of little operational utility – essentially corporate welfare for General Dynamics, producer of M1 tanks.
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