07/08/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism, discusses President Obama’s proposed cooperation with Russia in a combined air campaign against the Al Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front jihadist forces in...

06/21/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses why the Obama administration is favoring al-Qaeda’s main Syrian ally Ahrar al-Sham, and refusing to defy regional...

04/04/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist and historian, discusses why the US, EU, and UN still threaten sanctions against Iran even though they are fulfilling their obligations under the nuclear agreement. Podcast: Play in new window |...

03/23/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the ties between US-armed Syrian “moderates” and the al-Qaeda linked Al Nusra Front, and why the mainstream...

03/14/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses Secretary of State John Kerry’s plan to use cruise missile strikes to force Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, and Obama’s refusal to allow it. Podcast: Play in new...

03/02/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist, discusses why the Syrian ceasefire is going better than he expected, and why the US doesn’t have any reasonable military options to support anti-Assad forces and change the situation on the ground....

02/18/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent investigative journalist, discusses why the Obama administration continues to pretend the al-Qaeda affiliated Nusra Front qualifies as one of the “legitimate opposition groups” in Syria that should be exempted...

01/19/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses Iran’s fulfillment of its obligations under the nuclear agreement (JCPOA), and why it won’t blunt the US’s belligerent Middle East foreign policy....

01/04/16 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist, discusses the US military’s disagreement with Hillary Clinton and the Obama administration’s policy of regime change in Syria and Libya; and Seymour Hersh’s article on the subject. Podcast:...

12/17/15 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist and historian, discusses the IAEA’s “final assessment” on the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program; and how the agency has served as the US’s political tool for...