06/03/09 – Greg Palast – The Scott Horton Show

Greg Palast, author of Armed Madhouse, discusses the deliberate de-industrialisation of the U.S., big bank paydays in the GM bankruptcy while shareholders and pensioners bleed, the game of international hot-potato being played w/ increasinlgy worthless U.S. dollars, the looting of U.S. by billionaires before the collapse and a look forward to Brazilian model of extreme social and economic disparity.

06/03/09 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show

Will Grigg, writer of the blog Pro-Libertate, discusses rampant police brutality across America, the clear line emerging between civilians and law enforcement that identifies with the military, the change in doctrine from minimal to overwhelming force and the media's role as apologists for state power.

06/03/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the new developments in the 'smoking laptop' story and the strongest evidence yet that Israeli intelligence, using the MEK as a front, created the laptop forgery to frame Iran for pursuing nuclear weapons.

06/02/09 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, author of War at the Top of the World, discusses the dangerous situation created by excessive U.S. and N. Korean bluster, the military-industrial complex's anticipation of profits from a conventional weapons buildup, the limited U.S. military options against N. Korea and the foreign aid extortion game played by North and South Korea, the U.S. and Japan.

06/02/09 – Isacc Luria – The Scott Horton Show

Isaac Luria, Campaigns Director for J Street, discusses his organization's attempt to represent the majority opinion of American Jews on Israel policy, Obama's limited time to leverage his political capital and push for a 2-state solution, why a second Israel lobby is good news for progressive U.S. politicians and how evenhanded U.S. diplomacy lessens the influence of radicals in Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas.

05/29/09 – Jim Lobe – The Scott Horton Show

Jim Lobe, Washington Bureau Chief for Inter Press Service, discusses Hillary Clinton's emphatic rejection of any kind of Israeli settlement growth, the Obama administration's (first in a generation) hard-line on Israel, the low probability of a Palestine/Israel 2-state solution even with a settlement freeze and allegations that Netanyahu sees Iran as Amalek - eternal biblical persecutor of Jews.

05/28/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

  Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service News Agency, discusses Stanley McChrystal's role in extralegal assassinations and the Bagram prison torture program, Rumsfeld's attempt to divert covert special operations from the somewhat accountable CIA to the Pentagon, the mixed messages in U.S. personnel and strategy changes in Afghanistan and how the U.S. continues to create enemies to justify staying in Iraq.

05/28/09 – Larisa Alexandrovna – The Scott Horton Show

Larisa Alexandrovna, managing investigative news editor for Rawstory.com, discusses the possible treason in Valerie Plame's outing, the subsequent loss of CIA covert contacts with the A.Q. Kahn network (that may have supplied al-Qaeda with weapons), evidence of the U.S. scheming to start a war with Iran as early as December 2001 and what living in a police state really looks like.

05/27/09 – Jonathan Hafetz – The Scott Horton Show

Jonathan Hafetz, staff attorney in the ACLU's National Security Project, discusses Obama's refusal to end military commissions, the U.S. government's gaming of the courts to avoid an adverse Supreme Court ruling on indefinite detentions, some details on Ali Saleh Kahlah Al Marri's military detention and the excessive deference given to presidential authority.