02/25/14 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Feb 25, 2014 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent journalist and historian, discusses the newest US (and Israeli) demands that could halt an Iran nuclear deal; the Iranian equivalent of Iraq’s war-enabling “curveball” informant; and the media’s failure to provide...

02/06/14 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Feb 6, 2014 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the faulty assumptions that led US intelligence analysts – starting in the early 1990s – to suspect Iran was secretly pursuing nuclear weapons, and the...

01/24/14 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jan 24, 2014 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses Lieutenant Colonel Danny Davis’s whistleblowing on senior Army officials lying about progress in Afghanistan; why the Afghan army would rather make deals with the Taliban than fight...

11/14/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Nov 14, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses why Iran nuclear talks failed and why they will get tougher; the lousy deal ultimately offered up to Iran – probably from Israeli pressure; and the overconfidence in the US’s...

11/08/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Nov 8, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses the apparently imminent deal on Iran’s nuclear program; why Obama can’t avoid confronting Israel if he wants to make peace with Iran; and the CIA’s vengeful drone strike...

10/03/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Oct 3, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses the Obama administration’s duplicitous and reactionary Iran policy; why even Netanyahu’s biggest fans are getting tired of his inflammatory rhetoric; and the great opportunity...

09/22/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Sep 22, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses the possibility of an Obama-Rouhani meeting and a diplomatic breakthrough in US-Iran relations; why the Israel lobby’s defeat on Syria doesn’t mean their hold on Congress has...

09/08/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Sep 8, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his evidence that the Obama administration passed off its own intelligence assessment of the Syria gas attack as a CIA analysis; the CIA’s observation that no materials have been...

09/04/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Sep 4, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his article “How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria;” the suspicious language used in the summary document on the chemical weapons attack; why the...

08/22/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Aug 22, 2013 | Interviews

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his article taking issue with ProPublica journalist Sebastian Rotella’s report on the alleged 2008 Iranian bomb plot against the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan; Gareth’s...

07/12/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Jul 12, 2013 | Interviews

Historian and journalist Gareth Porter discusses FBI director nominee James Comey’s political decision to prosecute Iranian-backed Hezbollah instead of Al Qaeda for the 1996 Khobar Towers attack; how bureaucratic self-interest trumps national security...

03/19/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 19, 2013 | Interviews

Independent historian and journalist Gareth Porter discusses the limits of America’s awesome military might when it comes to fighting insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan; Iraq’s brutal sectarian civil war in 2006-2007; how the US helped increase Iranian...

03/12/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 12, 2013 | Interviews

Investigative journalist Gareth Porter discusses the murderous rampage carried out by unknown Afghan forces (possibly CIA-backed) in Wardak province; Afghan President Karzai’s belief that the US is backing the Taliban and intentionally creating “security...

02/20/13 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Feb 20, 2013 | Interviews

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses his upcoming book Manufactured Crisis: A History of the Iranian Nuclear Scare; his article on the investigation of the July 2012 Israeli tourist bus bombing, “Bulgarian Revelations Explode Hezbollah Bombing...