Dahr Jamail, a Truthout staff reporter, discusses the Fallujah civilians being killed by Iraq's government; the events leading up to the 2004 killing of four Blackwater mercenaries and the subsequent US assault on Fallujah; the continuing consequences of Bush's disastrous Iraq war; and why Nuri al-Maliki is basically a Shiite Saddam Hussein. Transcript Welcome back to the show, I'm Scott Horton this is my show, The Scott Horton Show. This is going to be like a time warp back to ten years ago,...

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses evidence that the CIA is spying on its overseers in the Senate Intelligence Committee; why CIA torturers are allowed anonymity and freedom from prosecution; the direct connection between the torture program and the NSA's phone records dragnet; and Obama's coverup of the torture program's presidential authorization. Transcript Scott Horton (SH): Welcome back to the show Marcy, how are you doing? Marcy Wheeler(MW):_ Hey good to be back SH: Sorry to keep you on...

Grant F. Smith, director of IRMEP, discusses the successful National Summit to Reassess the U.S. - Israel "Special Relationship" in Washington last weekend. Transcript  Scott Horton (SH): _Welcome back to the show, I"m Scott Horton and it looks like I just missed Jonathan Landay, we'll see if we can get him on the show tomorrow. Our next guest is Grant F Smith for the Institute for Research Middle East Policy and he is the author of a great many books, including: Divert: Numec, Zalman...

Journalist Ted Snider discusses his article "Ukraine and Twenty-First Century Coups;" the formula for overthrowing elected governments with "democratic" street protests backed by Western powers; and the silent coups in Honduras, Paraguay, and (probably) Ukraine. Transcript All right welcome back to the show, I'm Scott Horton, this is my show. We're here from 3-5 Eastern time, Monday - Friday on the Liberty Express. Our next guest today is Ted Snider he's been writing lately...

Journalist M.J. Rosenberg discusses the AIPAC convention attendees converging on Capitol Hill to vigorously lobby Congress; Obama's surprising, repeated defiance of the Israel lobby; and how John McCain's longevity and temperament might be the death of us all. Transcript Our first guest up today is M.J Rosenberg, he's formerly, I know you hate it when I say this M.J but it's relevant, he's formerly a staffer with the American-Israel Public Affairs Committee, although that was a long, long time...

Grant F. Smith, director of IRMEP, discusses the national summit to reassess the U.S.-Israel "special relationship" in Washington on March 7; the topics and scheduled speakers (including Scott Horton); and why the individuals who commit crimes on Israel's behalf are too big to prosecute. Transcript Welcome back to the show, I'm Scott Horton Pat Buchanan is coming up in half an hour, find out what he thinks about this Ukraine thing. He's a good old fashioned cold warrior right? Well, we'll see...

Pat Buchanan, a syndicated columnist and former presidential candidate, discusses the national interests of Russia and the US in Ukraine; some deep background on Ukraine, the Soviet Union, and Cold War realpolitik; the competing bailout packages from Russia and the EU for Ukraine's basket-case economy; the lesser-known great crimes of WWII; and how "natural borders" are breaking down global institutions and nation states. Transcript Scott Horton: Our next guest is a former speech writer for...

Michael Hirsh, a writer for National Journal, discusses why Obama will never end the war on terror; using the AUMF to justify Guantanamo prison and intervention the world over; and the government's classification of who our actual enemies are - making the war on terror a secret war.

Adam Morrow, a Cairo-based reporter for IPS News, discusses the instability of Egypt's new quasi-democratic military dictatorship; increasing popular discontent about Egypt's terrible economy and the government's inability to fix it; and the Muslim Brotherhood's demotion to its familiar role as opposition party.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and aspiring voice impersonator, discusses Putin's response to the US-backed coup in Ukraine; NATO's provocative expansion to Russia's borders; and (Iraq War supporter) John Kerry's blatant hypocrisy on chastising Russia's invasion of Ukraine on false pretenses.

Brendan O'Neill, editor of Spiked-online, discusses why Ukraine's conflict is better described as regime change than revolution; the media's characterization of Russian "meddling" versus Western "mediation;" and the dangerous precedent of overturning democratic elections with protests by a Western-backed vocal minority.

Ashley Gorski, the Nadine Strossen Fellow in the ACLU's National Security Project, discusses how a New Jersey federal judge wrongly legitimatized NYPD discrimination against Muslims and why the NYPD's exaggerated record on preventing terrorism doesn't compensate for the loss of our Constitutional rights.

Ray McGovern, co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses Chelsea Manning's award for the Sam Adams Integrity Prize of 2014; the Russian response to the US-backed coup in Ukraine; incremental NATO incursion up to Russia's borders; and Obama's hollow warnings of "consequences" for Russian actions that have already occurred.

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the quick demise of the EU-brokered compromise deal for Ukraine; tracing Ukraine's civil conflicts back to WWII atrocities committed by the USSR and Germany; and Russia's so-far moderate response to the crisis.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses her work with the Greenwald/Scahill/Poitras media project The Intercept; the extent of NSA data mining, which tech firms/telecoms are cooperating, and the maze of legal justifications; and why, if a government agency must spy on everyone to no good effect, it might as well be the CIA instead of the NSA.