11/19/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses the glaring deficiencies in David Petraeus’ professional career; why history will remember Petraeus as the first general to wage a full scale PR campaign on the media and public opinion; Gareth’s upcoming series...

10/30/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses his article “Pentagon Nixed 1998 U.S. Nuclear Scientists’ Probe of Iranian Programme;” how successive US administrations have blocked or ignored information that disproves the “Iran is making nuclear...

10/17/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses “How the U.S. Quietly Lost the IED War in Afghanistan;” President Obama’s rhetorical style of chest-thumping warmongering; how every (incredibly expensive) US countermeasure against IED’s is defeated...

09/28/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses Benjamin Netanyahu’s crazy UN speech; why Iran can’t make a nuclear weapon without the whole world knowing about it first; foreign policy fallout from the Iraq War disaster; and why the Obama administration...

09/21/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses the epidemic of “insider attacks” committed by Afghan Army troops against their NATO trainers; the Taliban’s mostly-successful military and political strategy in the face of overwhelming opposition; pipe...

09/03/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses his article “IAEA Report Shows Iran Reduced Its Breakout Capacity;” the typical misleading news headlines on Iran’s uranium enrichment program; how sanctions – designed to kill and injure civilians...

08/31/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses his 3-part series on the investigation of the February bombing of an Israeli embassy car in Delhi; delays and errors in the Indian police investigation of Iran-linked suspects; how Israeli officials are trying to portray...

08/20/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses the US government’s coverup of civilians killed by drone strikes in Pakistan; the drone war’s false billing as a precise and effective tactic against terrorism; why the Obama administration won’t admit the...

08/16/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Journalist Gareth Porter discusses why Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are bluffing when they threaten a unilateral attack on Iran; how the Bush administration’s hawkish Iran policy advanced – rather than hindered...

07/24/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter discusses Benjamin Netanyahu’s attempt to pin the Burgas bombing on Hezbollah (to get them on the EU’s terrorist group list); why al Qaeda is more likely to conduct suicide bombings against Jewish targets abroad than Hezbollah; and how...

07/23/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter discusses the false accusations that Iran was behind the 1994 bombing of a Buenos Aires Jewish center (and therefore must be responsible for the Bulgaria bus bombing 18 years later); and why the 1994 bombing was most likely committed by anti-Semitic...

06/25/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, discusses why the Obama administration is leaking their diplomatic strategy to the media prior to commencing Iran talks; how Obama’s hard-line on Iran sanctions allows...

06/06/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, discusses his article “US Rejected 2005 Iranian Offer Ensuring No Nuclear Weapons;” the Bush administration’s hardline stance against even a single Iranian centrifuge;...

05/25/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, discusses his article “US Hard Line in Failed Iran Talks Driven by Israel;” the deal-breaking US positions on sanctions relief and Iran’s Fordow enrichment facility;...

05/24/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, discusses his article “Was Afghan Massacre Linked to IED Attack;” the confusing events and timeline during Sgt. Robert Bales’s alleged massacre; the Special Forces...

05/10/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

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...

05/04/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, investigative historian and journalist specializing in U.S. national security policy, discusses his article “The Truth Behind the Official Story of Finding Bin Laden;” Pakistani Brig. Gen. (retired) Shaukat Qadir’s new book Operation Geronimo: the...