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The Stress Blog
Gettin back in the habit
Bob Dreyfuss has an interesting piece running at The Diplomat today about a possible opening by the Iranians toward more nuclear talks. I think I'll try to get him on the show... See also this hilarity.
RT Interview on Obama, Israel, Iran
Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
9/23/22 Chip Gibbons on the CIA’s War on Assange
Scott talks with journalist Chip Gibbons about an article he wrote for Jacobin that details the CIA’s 2019 plots to surveil, kidnap and even poison Julian Assange. First, Scott and Gibbons reflect on the impact of Assange and Wikileaks. They then discuss the CIA’s 2019 activities and the pair of protests happening next weekend in London and DC against the illegal prosecution of Assange.
Discussed on the show:
- “Secret Documents Have Exposed the CIA’s Julian Assange Obsession” (Jacobin)
- The WikiLeaks Files: The World According to US Empire
- Wikileaks.org
- “What Happened to America’s Civil Libertarians?” (TK News) [paywall]
- October 8th Hands Off Assange Rally
Chip Gibbons is a journalist whose work has been featured in In These Times and the Nation. He is also the policy director of Defending Rights and Dissent, where he authored the report “Still Spying on Dissent: The Enduring Legacy of FBI First Amendment Abuse.” Follow him on Twitter @ChipGibbons89.
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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08/15/12 – Deborah Robinet – The Scott Horton Show
Deborah Robinet discusses the P.A.U.L. Festival (People Awakening and Uniting for Liberty) to pay tribute to Ron Paul in Tampa, Florida on August 24-26; the guest speakers and bands scheduled to play; and the official Paul presidential campaign’s strange tactics.
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08/15/12 – Flynt Leverett – The Scott Horton Show
Former State Department, CIA and NSC official Flynt Leverett discusses US policy on Syria and Iran; why most Syrians don’t support the radical Islamic rebellion; how US interference prevents a power sharing agreement and an end to violence; the Obama administration’s ideological blinders; delusions of post-Cold War American hegemony in the Middle East; why secular liberal governments rarely come to power after regime changes; and Bibi Netanyahu’s game of brinksmanship on war with Iran.
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08/14/12 – Chase Madar – The Scott Horton Show
Chase Madar, author of The Passion of Bradley Manning, discusses Manning’s defense lawyer David Coombs’ motion to dismiss – based on Bradley’s mistreatment in pretrial custody; the brave psychiatrists at the Quantico brig who protested Manning’s treatment, even though they were pressured by a general; and why similar treatment of other prisoners is all too “cruel and usual” in the US prison system.
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08/14/12 – Alfred McCoy – The Scott Horton Show
History professor Alfred McCoy discusses how the Bush and Obama administrations have created a torture regime with “impunity at home, rendition abroad;” Bush’s policy change after the Iraq Abu Ghraib embarrassment, when Iraqis and Afghans took over torture duty and American soldiers kept their mouths shut about it; the pathology of impunity that’s endemic among high government officials; the torture debate between FBI agent Ali Soufan and Dick Cheney/CIA; and how universal jurisdiction could reign in US lawlessness.
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08/14/12 – Marjorie Cohn – The Scott Horton Show
Law professor Marjorie Cohn discusses the legacy of Agent Orange on millions of Vietnamese civilians and American soldiers; the lawsuits and cleanup efforts still underway (or just beginning); and why you should pressure Congress to pass HR 2634 – The Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2011.
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08/14/12 – Daniel Larison – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Larison of The American Conservative discusses Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan’s terrible foreign policy views; the bipartisan consensus on worldwide interventionism and American exceptionalism; and the prospects for war and peace in a Romney administration.
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08/13/12 – Nick Pinto – The Scott Horton Show
Nick Pinto, reporter for the Village Voice, discusses Chris Hedges, Dan Ellsberg, et al.’s lawsuit asking the court to enjoin the president from exercising the powers in the National Defense Authorization Act to detain Americans indefinitely with military power, the judges defiant tone toward the government’s position and preliminary temporary injunction, Obama’s argument that a simple Boumediene habeus hearing will be good enough for you, the Milligan case after the Civil War, and the lack of media coverage.
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08/13/12 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Weiss of the MondoWeiss blog discusses his recent trip to Israel and Palestine where he spoke with Sheldon Adelson, Romney’s bomb at the King David Hotel, the spectacle of American presidential candidates bowing and scraping before the leaders of a foreign state, the martial law atmosphere in East Jerusalem, the impossibility of a two-state solution now, and the leading “intellectuals” like Thomas Friedman and David Brooks who were never held accountable for their role in the Iraq slaughter.
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