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The Scott Horton Show 7/13/12
Listen Live 12-3 eastern at: http://lrn.fm/ - EFF's Trevor Timm will be on to discuss the NSA and warrantless wiretapping: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/10/nsa-warrantless-wiretapping-crime and John Glaser will be on talk about relations between the...
The Scott Horton Show 7/12/12
Former Ambassador to Laos, Doug Hartwick will be on to discuss clearing bombs from Laso (http://www.fpif.org/articles/a_bomb-free_future_for_laos); Grant F. Smith will be on to discuss newly declassified FBI documents about an Israeli nuclear smuggling ring in the US...
Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
10/16/22 Katie Halper on how Speaking the Truth Got Her Fired
Scott interviews journalist and political commentator Katie Halper who just got fired from The Hill for calling Israel an apartheid state. Halper walks Scott through the timeline of events that resulted in her termination as well as what she was fired for saying. Halper and Scott also discuss what they see as the most important things for Americans to understand about the Israeli occupation of Palestine.
Discussed on the show:
- This is What Got Katie Halper Censored & Canceled By The Hill
- “Left-Wing Journalist Katie Halper Has Been Fired for Calling Israel an Apartheid State” (Jacobin)
Katie Halper is a writer, podcast host and video correspondent. She hosts The Katie Halper Show, and co-hosts Useful Idiots with Matt Taibbi.
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.
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11/14/12 – Joey King – The Scott Horton Show
Joey King of Veterans for Peace discusses the School of the Americas protest this weekend (Nov. 16-18) at Fort Benning, GA; the 200-year history of interventionist US foreign policy in Latin America; and how the War on Drugs is giving the US military a foothold in Guatemala and elsewhere.
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11/14/12 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria, journalist for The Wall Street Journal, discusses the IDF’s assassination of Hamas military chief Ahmed Jaabari; the Palestinian bid for non-member observer state status at the UN, and the legal rights conferred if successful; the similar political timing of Israel’s current aggression and Operation Cast Lead in 2008; US ambassador Thomas Pickering’s threat to “bring down the entire UN” in 1989 when Palestine last sought observer state status; and why Israel’s government is perfectly happy with the status quo in the occupied territories.
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11/14/12 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show
Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses the credentials of Sheikh Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, the newly elected Syrian opposition leader; how non-vetted videos and news sources drive the mainsteam media’s coverage of Syria; talk of a Western-imposed no-fly zone and more weapons for Syria’s rebels; Kurdish autonomy movements that transcend national borders; and why a partial rebel victory/secession in Syria is really no victory at all.
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11/13/12 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show
Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses Israel’s opportunistic aggression in Gaza while the news cycle is fully occupied with other things; the Arab Spring counterrevolutions led by Persian Gulf monarchies; how the US could be weaned from Middle East oil (and politics) within ten years; and the ongoing developments in the Benghazi/CIA/Petraeus scandals.
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11/12/12 – Jeffrey Kaye – The Scott Horton Show
Jeffrey Kaye, a psychologist and regular writer for Truthout, discusses his article “The Forgotten History of David Petraeus;” the media’s fawning adoration of Petraeus despite his record of failure and links to torture and death squads; the legal system’s failure to constrain the US government from waging aggressive warfare and torturing at will; and indications that Petraeus was ousted by his own agency.
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11/12/12 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show
Emptywheel blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses how David Petraeus’ resignation scandal is related to the Sept. 11 Benghazi attack that killed the US ambassador; Paula Broadwell’s claim that the CIA was holding prisoners in Benghazi; numerous theories about who wanted Petraeus out, and why; and the US’s nation-building failures from Iraq to Libya.
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11/09/12 – Alfred W. McCoy – The Scott Horton Show
Alfred W. McCoy, author of Torture and Impunity, discusses his article “Beyond Bayonets and Battleships: Space Warfare and the Future of U.S. Global Power;” the integration of killer drones, cyber-surveillance and global biometric identification; and why the US continues to lose wars despite having enormous (yet unsustainable) military and technological advantages.
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11/09/12 – Anthony Gregory – The Scott Horton Show
Anthony Gregory of The Independent Institute discusses Murray Rothbard’s 1965 essay “Left and Right: The Prospects for Liberty;” why Libertarians have more in common historically with the Left than the Right; how the political spectrum has been redefined over time; and how government regulation helps big corporations and punishes potential competitors.
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