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Scott talks with journalist Matt Taibbi about a number of articles and videos posted recently at his substack publication TK News. First, they talk about the misleading journalism behind stories of Russia granting whistleblower Edward Snowden citizenship. They also talk about the abundance of former intelligence officials and agents who have taken jobs at major media outlets and the quiet tyranny of a de-ranking approach to censorship. 

Discussed on the show:

• “The Washington Post Dabbles in Orwell” (TK News)
• “Snowden Didn’t Flee to Russia: Obama Trapped Him There” (Stark Realities)
• “The News is Just Guesswork Now” (TK News)
• Hate Inc. by Matt Taibbi
• “The Election Was Hacked” Video TK News
• “The Justice Department Was Dangerous Before Trump. It’s Out of Control Now” (TK News)

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

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot.

Investigative journalist Roger G. Charles is the coauthor of Oklahoma City: What the Investigation Missed–and Why It Still Matters. In this 2+ hour interview, Roger Charles discusses his book and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing in detail. This interview is a must-listen for those who have only heard the government’s version of the story.

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Journalist James North discusses his article “Washington’s Role in the Renewed Violence in DR Congo;” the five million deaths attributable to war in the DRC since 1998; US-sponsored Rwanda’s role in Congo’s so-called civil war; how big banks and the IMF help corrupt African dictators loot their countries; and why UN peacekeepers are essentially worthless.

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Thomas Hedges from the Center for Study of Responsive Law discusses the three whistleblowers (John Kiriakou, Kirk Wiebe and William Binney) who were persecuted by the Obama administration for outing torture, waste and corruption at the NSA and CIA.

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David Enders, a Special Correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses the al Qaeda-linked group Jabhat al Nusra’s critical role in the Syrian rebellion’s military successes; the composition of Syria’s rebel fighters and what they are fighting for; why the Assad government might be on its last legs; and talk of a “war after the war” in which rebel factions fight each other for control of the country.

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Eric Margolis, journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Palestine’s overwhelming victory in its bid for non-member observer state status at the UN (with the US in lonely opposition); how influential pro-Israel lobbies have paralyzed US Mideast policy; Canada’s own religious right movement; the Israeli government’s fear of Palestine’s new-found access to the International Criminal Court; the double standard on terrorist/freedom-fighter bombers in Kabul and Damascus, respectively; and whether Egypt’s President Morsi is eliminating the remnants of Mubarak’s dictatorship – or establishing his own.

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Jeff Paterson of Courage to Resist discusses Bradley Manning’s conditional guilty plea and testimony in his own defense; the bogus justification for Manning’s extended “suicide watch” detention at Quantico; how Manning’s sentence (if the judge finds him guilty) will show if the military is accountable for torturing its own soldiers or not; and Julian Assange’s retrospective on Manning and Cablegate.

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Alan Boswell, Africa correspondent for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses how the current rebellion in northern Mali got started after Gaddafi’s fall in Libya; whether the rebels are al-Qaeda, “gangster Jihadis,” or some combination thereof; the long delay in getting boots on the ground in Mali (and these will be African proxy forces, not US military); how US policy is tending toward “let Africa solve it’s own problems;” and why the media is suddenly interested in Congo’s decades-long war.

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Kevin Zeese, Co-Chair of Come Home America, discusses Bradley Manning’s pretrial hearing at Fort Meade; evidence that Manning’s mistreatment at Quantico was orchestrated by Pentagon brass; lawyer David Coombs’ careful and effective questioning of witnesses; and the news updates at BradleyManning.org.

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