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Bush Plans “Authoritarian” History
Plagiarized entirely from Jim Bovard: Former President George W. Bush announced in Calgary yesterday that he is planning to write a memoir ‘so when the history of this administration is written at least there’s an authoritarian voice saying exactly what happened.’...
A Real New Global Currency?
This Telegraph article is not entirely clear. What is this "super-currency"? Is it backed by something other than U.S. debt? Which countries have agreed to treat it as legitimate? Is this bullshit for real or what? Thanks to David Kramer. Update: Why bother when...
Recent Episodes of the Scott Horton Show
10/15/21 Barrett Brown Returns
Scott interviews journalist and investigator Barrett Brown. Since his last appearance on the show in 2011, Brown spent four years in prison and he is currently seeking asylum from the United States. He tells Scott the story of those tumultuous ten years. Brown also gives background and updates on his fellow journalists and activists working to expose the cyber-industrial complex. Finally, he gives advice for listeners who may be interested in getting involved in activism.
Discussed on the show:
- The Internet’s Own Boy — Full Movie
- The Operators by Michael Hastings
- Brown’s pinned tweet
- “The Return of Anonymous” (The Atlantic)
- The Terror Factory by Trevor Aaronson
Barrett Brown is the founder of Project PM. Follow him on Twitter @BarrettB.
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; EasyShip; Dröm; Free Range Feeder; Thc Hemp Spot; Green Mill Supercritical; Bug-A-Salt; Lorenzotti Coffee and Listen and Think Audio.
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06/09/09 – Shane Bauer – The Scott Horton Show
Shane Bauer, freelance journalist and Arabic speaker living in the Middle East, discusses civilian abuse claims against the Iraq Special Operations Forces (ISOF), the actual Salvadoran paramilitary trainers in Iraq that made the ‘Salvador option’ more than analogy, the plight of Iraqi refugees abroad and how Maliki is using the ISOF – which is accountable only to him – to consolidate his power.
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06/09/09 – Howard Jones – The Scott Horton Show
Howard Jones, history professor at the University of Alabama, discusses the lesson of blowback not learned from the Bay of Pigs fiasco, how JFK’s attempt to maintain plausible deniability increased the invasion plan’s potential to fail, Castro’s post-invasion conversion to communism and alliance with the USSR and the tangled web of JFK assassination theories.
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06/05/09 – Will Potter – The Scott Horton Show
Award-winning reporter Will Potter discusses the new Communication Management Unit (CMU) prisons for domestic ‘second tier terrorists,’ the CMU restrictions designed to silence political prisoners and the shifting definition of ‘terrorism’ that is used to define certain political crimes but not others.
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06/04/09 – William Brand – The Scott Horton Show
William Brand, writer for the Krakow Post, discusses the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the end of the USSR, the 1989 Polish open elections where communist candidates were trounced, Gorbachev’s made-good promise to end military crackdowns and the flood of other Soviet bloc countries that followed Poland’s lead (some not so peacefully).
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06/04/09 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Giraldi, contributing editor at The American Conservative magazine and columnist for Antiwar.com, discusses the duplicitous U.S. practice of engaging in diplomacy with Iran while clandestinely destabilizing their government, the shortsighted U.S. policy of supporting terrorist groups if they oppose the U.S. enemy du jour, the good sense foreign policy of minding your own business and how Obama seems to have ruled out military action on Iran.
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06/04/09 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, former senior analyst at the CIA, discusses USS Liberty survivor Terry Halbardier’s belated Silver Star award, LBJ’s personal involvement in preventing military aid from reaching the besieged USS Liberty, two major theories explaining why Israel attacked the ship and Adm. Mike Mullen’s groundbreaking mention of the Liberty in an apparent attempt to dissuade Israel from attacking Iran.
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06/04/09 – Laurence M. Vance – The Scott Horton Show
Laurence M. Vance, author of Christianity and War and Other Essays Against the Warfare State, discusses the discouraging poll that correlates support for torture with practicing Christianity, the devotion to the military and the Republican Party that trumps religious faith, the bigotry that enables killing on a massive scale and why God doesn’t need U.S. help to protect Israel.
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06/03/09 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show
Will Grigg, writer of the blog Pro-Libertate, discusses rampant police brutality across America, the clear line emerging between civilians and law enforcement that identifies with the military, the change in doctrine from minimal to overwhelming force and the media’s role as apologists for state power.
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