Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's public call for all Muslims to join his cause; how institutional corruption has destroyed the Iraqi army's effectiveness; and why the US can't conduct drone strikes in Iraq without serious risk of counterattack - either in the Middle East or back home.
07/03/14 – Jodie Evans – The Scott Horton Show
Jodie Evans, co-founder and co-director of CODEPINK, discusses what her organization and other progressive groups are doing to stop Congress and the Obama administration from starting more unnecessary wars.
07/03/14 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses the risk of a Ukraine bloodbath while the US supports Kiev's military attacks and Europe's leaders hold peace talks without John Kerry. Transcript: Hey y'all welcome back to the show, I'm Scott Horton, this is my show, The Scott Horton Show. Next up is Ray McGovern, Veteran Intelligence Professional for Sanity, formerly with the CIA for 27 years as an analyst, now a peacenik, he travels around giving speeches about peace...
07/03/14 – Adam Morrow – The Scott Horton Show
Adam Morrow, a Cairo-based journalist with IPS News, discusses the one year anniversary of Egypt's counterrevolution/coup against Mohamed Morsi and the Muslim Brotherhood.
07/02/14 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author, discusses Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's fight for his political and physical life, and the intervention of US and Iranian forces.
07/02/14 – Elizabeth Goitein – The Scott Horton Show
Elizabeth Goitein, co-director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, discusses the bipartisan privacy board's endorsement of NSA internet spying as both legal and effective.
07/02/14 – Max Blumenthal – The Scott Horton Show
Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, discusses how the Israeli government purposefully withheld information about the three dead Israeli teenagers in order to whip the public into a frenzy and turn what should have been a limited police action into a military reprisal against Hamas.
07/01/14 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, discusses Israel's collective punishment of Palestinians who may or may not have been responsible for the death of three Israeli teenagers.
07/01/14 – David Stockman – The Scott Horton Show
David Stockman, author of The Great Deformation: The Corruption of Capitalism in America, discusses his articles "Sarajevo Is The Fulcrum Of Modern History: The Great War And Its Terrible Aftermath" and "Keynesian Myths, Monetary Central Planning and The Triumph of The Warfare State."
07/01/14 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist and historian, discusses why the US is demanding Iran reduce its number of centrifuges, and the Iranian desire to shake off sanctions and join the world economy.
07/01/14 – Gene Healy – The Scott Horton Show
Gene Healy, vice president at the Cato Institute, discusses how the "successful" first Gulf War in 1991 led to the ongoing crisis in Iraq today.
07/01/14 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show
Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the "no refusal" sobriety checkpoints for the Fourth of July weekend in Oregon, where motorists who refuse a Breathalyzer test will forcibly have their blood removed for testing.
07/01/14 – Conn Hallinan – The Scott Horton Show
Conn Hallinan, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the imperial divide-and-conquer strategy at play in the Middle East, from the Ottoman empire's dissolution to the present ISIS-led civil war in Iraq.
06/30/14 – Jonathan Landay – The Scott Horton Show
McClatchy journalist Jonathan Landay discusses the huge risk ISIS took by declaring a caliphate in Iraq-Syria and demanding allegiance from all Muslims.
06/30/14 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses Obama's $500 million aid package for "moderate" Syrian rebels; whether ISIS is a threat to the US and, if so, what we should do about it; and the neocons crossing their fingers for another 9/11 attack.















