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For his first Antiwar Radio show in the new Thursday afternoon timeslot, Scott interviews Kyle Anzalone about the latest foreign policy news and then Kevin Gosztola about Julian Assange. First, he talks with Anzalone about the historic level of defense spending that was authorized by the newest NDAA. They then dig into the latest developments concerning the war in Ukraine. Lastly, they touch on the recent escalation in tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Scott then brings Kevin Gosztola on to debunk some of the common myths about Julian Assange. They end by talking about the letter some major media outlets, such as the New York Times, published urging the U.S. to drop the charges against Assange. 

Discussed on the show:

• “Latvian Foreign Minister: NATO ‘Should Not Fear’ Moscow’s Response To Strikes Inside Russia” (Libertarian Institute)
• “Major News Outlets Urge U.S. to Drop Its Charges Against Assange” (New York Times)

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_

Kevin Gosztola is the managing editor of Shadowproof. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, “Unauthorized Disclosure.” Follow him on Twitter @kgosztola.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot.

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Thomas C. Mountain, an independent journalist based in Eritrea, discusses the fake democracies and bogus elections throughout Africa; the UN-approved president of Liberia who won a Nobel Prize while failing to provide running water or electricity in the nation’s capital; the curious correlation between Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s death and the end of piracy in the Horn of Africa; the billions in foreign aid going to Ethiopia; shortcomings in Jeremy Scahill’s reporting on Africa; and the possible motives behind the lies that started NATO intervention in Libya.

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Sheldon Richman, vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his article “Motives Aside, the NSA Should Not Spy on Us;” why patriotic zealots are more dangerous than self-dealing crooks; the NSA’s justification for its spying programs; and the inter-agency rift between CIA-NSA that the centralizing Department of Homeland Security was supposed to fix.

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Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses “moderate conservative” Hassan Rouhani’s victory in Iran’s presidential election and the golden opportunity for a US-Iran deal on nuclear enrichment and sanctions.

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Ezekiel Edwards, director and former staff attorney at the ACLU, discusses the Supreme Court’s ruling that Maryland police can extract DNA samples from those arrested (not convicted) for “serious crimes;” Justice Scalia’s impressive dissent; the racial disparity of marijuana possession arrests; and the 5th Amendment-shredding SCOTUS decision in Salinas v. Texas.

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Greg Mitchell, daily blogger for The Nation, discusses the new edition of his book on whistleblower hero Bradley Manning; the biggest revelations in the Wikileaks Iraq and Afghan war logs; how Manning’s leaks helped speed up US withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan; and how the Arab spring revolutions were inspired in part by the leaked State Department cables.

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Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses the Obama administration’s decision to directly arm Syrian rebels; the “old colonial lusts” of Britain and France; disagreement on whether the Syrian government or the rebels used chemical weapons; and Obama’s rather arbitrary “red line.”

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Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the NSA’s massive spying campaign against Americans; empty promises from government officials that they are only trying to protect us; further US involvement in the Syrian quagmire; why Saudi Arabia keeps getting away with exporting fundamentalist Islamic movements; and George W. Bush’s incredible failure in Iraq.

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Nathan Fuller of the Bradley Manning Support Network discusses the ongoing Manning court martial; how the prosecution’s opening statement claims are being undermined by their own witnesses; and the evidence that Manning was being completely truthful in his admission of guilt to lesser charges.

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