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Scott interviews William Van Wagenen about what he’s been seeing in southern Lebanon as the fighting between Hezbollah and the IDF drags on. They also discuss the Western-backed bin Ladinite regime in Syria.

Discussed on the show:

• Creative Chaos: Inside the CIA’s Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government by William Van Wagenen

William Van Wagenen is the author of Creative Chaos: Inside the CIA’s Covert War to Topple the Syrian Government. He has a BA in German literature From Brigham Young University and an MA in Theological Studies from Harvard Divinity School. You can read his other writings on Syria for the Libertarian Institute here. Follow him on Twitter @wvanwagenen 

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Glenn Greenwald joins Scott to discuss the Edward Snowden leaks and the broader fight to protect civil liberties. They start with a discussion of Greenwald’s remarkable consistency amid the dramatic evolution of America’s political dynamics. They then talk about the Snowden leaks, and Greenwald fills in some details about what happened with the documents after the initial bombshell stories had been published. At the end, the talk about the situation facing Julian Assange.

Discussed on the show:

• “Confessions of a Right-Wing Liberal” (Mises.org)
• NSA Primary Sources at EFF

Glenn Greenwald is an American journalist, author, and former lawyer. He hosts the show System Update every weeknight on Rumble. Follow him on Twitter @ggreenwald

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Discussed on the show:

• “Screams without proof: questions for NYT about shoddy ‘Hamas mass rape’ report” (The Grayzone)
• “Israeli army gassed my son ‘like Auschwitz,’ mother of slain Israeli soldier says” (The Grayzone)

Director and writer of “Killing Gaza,” Max Blumenthal is a senior editor of the Grayzone Project and the author Goliath, Republican Gomorrah and The 51 Day War. Follow him on Twitter @MaxBlumenthal.

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Tim Shorrock joined Scott on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss North Korea. Although the news has been dominated by Israel and Ukraine, tensions have been rising on the Korean peninsula as well — especially as Biden has worked towards remilitarizing Japan. Shorrock and Scott discuss what’s happening, look at how close we got to a deal under Trump and revisit why this is all George W. Bush’s fault.

Discussed on the show:

• “An Open Letter to Independent Lens about ‘Beyond Utopia’” (Medium)

Tim Shorrock is the author of Spies For Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing and a regular contributor to The Nation and the Korea Center for Investigative Reporting. Follow him on Twitter @TimothyS.

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Scott interviews Keith Knight about his new book Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism. They go through a number of insights, all cited in the book, that convinced Knight that those with compassion for the world’s poor ought to embrace nonaggression and free markets.

Discussed on the show:

• Domestic Imperialism by Keith Knight

Keith Knight is Managing Editor of the Libertarian Institute, host of the Don’t Tread on Anyone podcast, and the author of Domestic Imperialism: Nine Reasons I Left Progressivism and organizer of the Voluntaryist Handbook. Follow him on Twitter @an_capitalist

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Scott is joined by Nebojsa Malic to discuss the U.S. flying F-16s over Bosnia and Herzegovina in a threat to the Bosnian Serbs. Malic lays out the historical context before he and Scott dig into what’s happening now.

Discussed on the show:

• “US Flies F-16 Fighter Jets Over Bosnia in Threat to Serbs Who Want Secession” (Antiwar.com)

Nebojsa Malic is a Serbian-American journalist, blogger and translator, who wrote a regular column for Antiwar.com from 2000 to 2015, and is now senior writer at RT. Follow him on Telegram @TheNebulator and on Twitter @NebojsaMalic

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Alan MacLeod of Mintpress News joined Scott to talk about how he and several other prominent critics of Israel’s war in Gaza had their X accounts banned last week without notice. The accounts have since been restored, with Elon Musk promising to investigate, but Scott and MacLeod point out that the suppression of voices critical of Washington’s preferred geopolitical narrative is nothing new.

Discussed on the show:

• Alan MacLeod
• Ken Klippenstein
• Rob Rousseau
• True Anon Podcast
• @Zei_Squrill
• “Several Large Accounts That Criticized Israel and Musk Banned from X” (Libertarian Institute)

Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. Follow him on Twitter @AlanRMacLeod.

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Kyle Anzalone was on Antiwar Radio this week to discuss developments in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. They discuss the war crimes case against Israel, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, the risk of a wider war in the Middle East, the status of the war in Ukraine and more.

Discussed on the show:

• “Blinken Warns of Expanding War in the Middle East, But Restates Full Support for Israel” (Libertarian Institute)
• “Media amplified US, Israeli narrative on Palestinian deaths” (Responsible Statecraft)
• “Inside Israel’s torture camp for Gaza detainees” (+972 Magazine)
• “Israel Choking Aid Deliveries into Gaza” (Libertarian Institute)
• “An American Appeals to Taiwan: Don’t Vote To Be Ukraine 2.0” (Antiwar.com)
• “RFK Jr.’s ‘unconditional’ support for Israel is costing his campaign for president” (Orange County Register)

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 journalist and author Trevor Aaronson about an article he published recently at The Intercept. The piece tells the story of Jason Fong, a young Chinese American who was targeted online by some undercover law enforcement officers and federal informants who attempted to persuade him to commit violent acts to further his beliefs. Aaronson lays out the details of Fong’s story and argues that it is another example of federal law enforcement working to create and entrap violent extremists. He and Scott then talk about the FBI’s long history of carrying out these schemes. 

Discussed on the show:

• “Catfished by Cops: The Hamas Terrorist Who Wasn’t” (The Intercept)
• The Terror Factory by Trevor Aaronson

Trevor Aaronson is a contributing writer for The Intercept and executive director of the nonprofit Florida Center for Investigative Reporting. He is the author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI’s Manufactured War on Terrorism. Find him on Twitter @trevoraaronson.

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