Michael Hastings, author of the article 'Obama’s War' in GQ Magazine, discusses the skepticism among some high-ranking military officers about the U.S. mission in Afghanistan, the inevitability of diplomatic negotiations with the Taliban, the permeation of Afghan society by the drug trade and the frightening talk about a 25 year U.S. committment to Afghanistan and the broader region.
04/21/09 – Jeff Stein – The Scott Horton Show
Jeff Stein, Spy Talk columnist for Congressional Quarterly, discusses his breaking news story about the alleged NSA wiretap recording of Rep. Jane Harmon agreeing to intervene on behalf of two AIPAC employees accused of espionage in exchange for help getting appointed chair of the House Intelligence Committee and why then-Attorney General Gonzales intervened to close the case before it could really begin.
Antiwar Radio 4/17/09: James Bamford, Ivan Eland and The Other Scott Horton
Plus Angela Keaton, the news and your calls. Listen live on 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio.
04/17/09 – Ivan Eland – The Scott Horton Show
Ivan Eland, Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute, discusses the China fear-mongering used to fend off U.S. defense budget cuts, the future of artificial intelligence warfare, the seeming normalcy of U.S. interventionist foreign policy and how Woodrow Wilson ruined the 20th century for everyone.
04/17/09 – James Bamford – The Scott Horton Show
James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory: The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America, discusses the NSA's excessive domestic spying, how all the necessary intelligence gathering tools were available pre-9-11, the second life of Total Information Awareness (TIA) in the NSA and the Israeli government-connected companies involved in U.S. intelligence gathering.
04/17/09 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton, international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper's magazine, discusses the torture memos [.pdf] released at Obama's behest, delays in the Spanish war crimes case against Bush administration lawyers, the Orwellian torture procedures revealed in the memos and the legal precedents for prosecuting crime-enabling lawyers.
Antiwar Radio 4/16/09: News
Lots of it. And your calls. Tune in to 95.9 FM in Austin or stream live online from 1-3 Texas time at KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio.
Antiwar Radio 4/15/09: Stephen Weber
Stephen Weber on American attitudes toward Cuba, tons of news, your calls. Listen live on KAOS 95.9 FM in Austin, or tune in 1-3 Texas time at KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio.
04/15/09 – Stephen Weber – The Scott Horton Show
Stephen Weber, Chief Operating Officer of the Program on International Policy Attitudes, discusses a new opinion poll that indicates Americans are ready for open relations with Cuba, the Obama administration's loosening of Cuba restrictions back to Clinton-era levels and the many areas of Democrat and Republican agreement on Cuba policy.
Antiwar Radio: 04/14/09: Gordon Prather, John Basil Utley, Dahr Jamail
And torture. Listen live on 95.9 FM KAOS Radio Austin from 1-3 PM Texas time, or KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio.
04/13/09 – Gordon Prather – The Scott Horton Show
Gordon Prather, former nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, discusses the broken deals that prompted Iran to establish an independent nuclear program, the near-impossibility of Iran making secret nuclear weapons under IAEA supervision, Carter-era restrictions on nuclear power generation and the Bush administration's attack on the international non-proliferation regime.
04/13/09 – John Basil Utley – The Scott Horton Show
John Basil Utley, associate publisher of The American Conservative, discusses the directly proportional relationship between lengthy congressional incumbency and pro-war attitudes, the left-right alliance needed to curb military spending, the military-industrial-congressional complex and the narrowing political divide in the U.S. (except the south).
04/13/09 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Dahr Jamail, writer for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the Iraqi government’s unwillingness to incorporate Sunni 'Awakening Councils' into the regular army, the walled-off autonomous conclaves within Baghdad, the decimation of Iraq’s health care system and forty years of U.S. meddling in Iraqi affairs.
Antiwar Radio: 4/10/09: Mark Almond, Glenn Greenwald
Today on Antiwar Radio, Mark Almond from the British Helsinki Human Rights Group will discuss events in Moldova and Georgia and Glenn Greenwald will discuss the Obama administrations' secrecy and immunity claims in regards to wiretapping and torture prosecutions. Tune in live 1-3PM Texas time on KAOS 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/Radio.
04/10/09 – Glenn Greenwald – The Scott Horton Show
Glenn Greenwald, former constitutional lawyer and current Salon.com blogger, discusses the nefarious origin of the state secrets privilege, the ways in which Obama has exceeded the Bush administration on secrecy invocations, the fight over releasing the few remaining Bush torture memos and the Obama administration's foot-dragging over prosecuting Bush-era crimes.
