by Scott | Mar 1, 2017 | Interviews
Daniel McCarthy, editor-at-large of The American Conservative, discusses the poor showing of libertarian politicians in 2016, despite Ron and Rand Paul’s national prominence and two strongly disliked presidential candidates in Clinton and Trump; and how “virtue...
by Scott | Jul 6, 2016 | Interviews
Jim Hale, the former media relations director for the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq, discusses why he had a complete change of heart about the righteousness of the pro-war neoconservative cause that lied us into the 2003 Iraq War, and his conversion to a...
by Scott | Aug 14, 2015 | Fair Use Articles
Iranian Involvement in Iraq by Philip Giraldi (Originally written back in 2008) Introduction: The United States government has been arguing since 2005 that Iran is “interfering” in neighboring Iraq. At a political level, the interference is alleged to involve...
by Scott | Aug 11, 2014 | Fair Use Articles
The road to war in Iraq led through many unlikely places. One of them was a chic hotel nestled among the strip bars and brothels that cater to foreigners in the town of Pattaya, on the Gulf of Thailand. On December 17th, 2001, in a small room within the sound of the...
by Scott | May 15, 2014 | Interviews
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses why Israel is serious about spying but not about peace; John Kerry’s almost-frank admission that Israel sabotaged the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks; and anger within the US intelligence community about 60 years of...
by Scott | Mar 24, 2014 | Interviews
Gareth Porter is an award-winning independent journalist and historian. This is the eighth part in a series of interviews on Porter’s new book Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare. Porter discusses the CIA’s flawed assessment of...
by Scott | Mar 11, 2014 | Interviews
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...
by Scott | Mar 10, 2014 | Interviews
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...
by Scott | Mar 5, 2014 | Interviews
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...
by Scott | Jan 16, 2014 | Fair Use Articles
by Richard Cummings, Playboy.com January 16th, 2007 In November of 2002, Stephen J. Hadley, deputy national security advisor, asked Bruce Jackson to meet with him in the White House. They met in Hadley’s office on the ground floor of the West Wing, not far from...
by Scott | Apr 3, 2013 | Interviews
Andrew Bacevich, professor of international relations at Boston University, discusses his open letter to Iraq War architect Paul Wolfowitz; the long overdue accounting of the Bush administration’s real reasons for waging an unnecessary war in Iraq; the dumb...
by Scott | Mar 6, 2013 | Interviews
Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses Attorney General Eric Holder’s claim that the president can kill Americans on US soil with a drone if he so chooses – and Congress can’t stop him; Rand Paul’s filibuster of John Brennan’s CIA director...
by Scott | Feb 18, 2013 | Interviews
Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses new details on the DOJ “white paper” justifying the extrajudicial assassination of American citizens abroad; judge Colleen McMahon’s below-the-radar observation that Anwar al-Awlaki’s killing was illegal;...
by Scott | Jan 9, 2013 | Stress Blog
Ha. Yall see this one? Butler Shaffer: “It has been some 3-4 years since I last held my classic “election” on the first day of class in our law school. (The students – 2nd and 3rd year - don’t know who I am, and I hand out the ballots...
by Scott | Nov 26, 2012 | Interviews
Washington, D.C.-based freelance reporter Kelley B. Vlahos discusses her article “Another Thanksgiving in Afghanistan;” why the David Petraeus/Paula Broadwell scandal really matters; the US-trained Afghan thugs who will take over if and when the US ever...
by Scott | Aug 14, 2012 | Stress Blog
Today on The Scott Horton Show – Listen Live – Professor Alfred McCoy will be on to discuss America’s policy of torture and rendition. Legal scholar Marjorie Cohn will be on to talk about the use of chemical weapons by the U.S. in Vietnam....
by Scott | Aug 2, 2012 | Stress Blog
Today on The Scott Horton Show – http://lrn.fm/- The Cato Institute’s Doug Bandow will be on to discuss tensions between the Pentagon and China; Michael Boldin – of the 10th Amendment Center – will be on to talk about Paul Krugman and...
by Scott | Jul 5, 2012 | Stress Blog
Well folks, I’m no longer with Antiwar.com. I’ll still be doing the radio show for the Liberty Radio Network, RonPaulRadio.com and Anomaly Radio Monday-Friday from 12-3 eastern time, KPFK Friday nights in L.A. and KUCR in Riverside on Sundays. All the...
by Scott | May 10, 2012 | Interviews
Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, discusses his article “US Treasury Claim of Iran-al-Qaeda ‘Secret Deal’ Is Discredited;” how former intelligence officer Paul Pillar and the recently-released bin...
by Scott | Dec 21, 2011 | Interviews
Barbara Slavin, author of Bitter Friends, Bosom Enemies: Iran, the U.S. and the Twisted Path to Confrontation, discusses her article “Mass Tragedy Feared as Closure of MEK Camp Looms;” how MEK leader Maryam Rajavi is using the camp residents as pawns while pressuring...
