Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the consistently wrong warnings from Western and Israeli sources about an imminent Iranian nuclear weapon, the lack of outcry over the Shah's nuclear ambitions in the 1970s, clarification of Iran's obligations under the NPT and additional protocol/subsidiary agreements and how persistent lies about Iran's nuclear program overwhelm the efforts to debunk them.
05/07/10 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show
Asia Times columnist Pepe Escobar discusses Brazil's possible role as mediator (replacing hostile EU nations and the US) between Iran and the UN, the interplay of oil politics and full-spectrum dominance in US foreign policy, why the 1953 CIA-orchestrated overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh is still fresh in the minds of Iranians, speculation on the whereabouts and mortality of Osama bin Laden, the philosophical divide between the Taliban and al Qaeda and the psychology of the Times Square...
Antiwar Radio 5/6/10
Noah Shachtman 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org.
05/06/10 – Daphne Eviatar – The Scott Horton Show
Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate in Law and Security for Human Rights First, discusses the trial of Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, the unconstitutional retroactive application of the Military Commissions Act, the US government’s apparent loss of faith in the civilian criminal court system, why the most radical of legal proposals come from supposed political 'moderates' like Joe Lieberman, the sparse US mainstream media presence at Khadr’s hearings and the individual frustrations of those...
05/06/10 – Noah Shachtman – The Scott Horton Show
Noah Shachtman, contributing editor at WIRED magazine, discusses evidence that Army spy planes were tracking the communications of Times Square bomber suspect Faisal Shahzad, Pentagon discussions on equipping ICBMs with conventional warheads for rapid global-strike capability, Chinese missile technology that may overwhelm the Aegis ship defense system and Predator drone attacks that have gone from targeting specific terrorist suspects to generalized killing.
Antiwar Radio 5/5/10
Today on Antiwar Radio: Jack Hunter, the Southern Avenger 11-1 95.9 in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
05/05/10 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show
Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the cloak-and-dagger media spectacle of a former CIA agent claiming to have knowledge of secret Iranian weapons, the possibility of an Israeli air strike on Iran this summer, how Israel sabotages US relations with Mideast rival countries, why it has become politically impossible for the US to rein in Israel and how the cost of maintaining US empire is the constant threat of blowback.
05/05/10 – Jack Hunter – The Scott Horton Show
Jack Hunter, talk radio host and newspaper columnist, discusses the Barry Goldwater foundation of the modern American conservative movement, why Sean Hannity is too stupid to realize he's a neocon, how Obama's election has made conservatives easier to talk to about foreign policy and how neocons are losing their tightly held grip on Republican talking points.
05/04/10 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show
Independent investigative journalist Joe Lauria discusses the ongoing U.N. conference on nuclear nonproliferation, the Obama administration's attempt to propose a nuclear-free Middle East without acknowledging Israel's nuclear weapons, Hillary Clinton's pronounced lack of diplomatic acumen, why South African-style nuclear disarmament might be in Israel's future and how US foreign policy encourages nuclear proliferation.
Antiwar Radio 4/30/10: Peter Lance
11-1pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from http://kaosradioaustin.org
04/30/10 – David Paul Hammer – The Scott Horton Show
Death row inmate David Paul Hammer, author of Deadly Secrets: Timothy McVeigh and the Oklahoma City Bombing, discusses the mysterious 'Major' and 'Poindexter' characters that Timothy McVeigh claimed help instigate and advance the Oklahoma City bombing plot, Andreas Strassmeir’s role in leading the Aryan Republican Army’s military wing, why McVeigh believed that his execution would be faked — and therefore didn’t want an autopsy, Hammer’s claim that FBI agents offered him a life sentence in...
04/30/10 – Peter Lance – The Scott Horton Show
Peter Lance, author of Triple Cross: How bin Laden's Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI—and Why Patrick Fitzgerald Failed to Stop Him, discusses Ali Mohamad's infiltration of the U.S. government, the Egyptian core of al Qaeda, how the FBI could have prevented the 1993 WTC bombing, informant Emad Salem's heroic attempt to infiltrate the Blind Sheik's cell and later get him convicted of the bombing, FBI manager Carson Dunbar's unbelievable arrogance and incompetence,...
Antiwar Radio 4/29/10
Mark Ames, Lawrence Wittner 11-1pm 95.9 F 'em in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
04/29/10 – Lawrence Wittner – The Scott Horton Show
Lawrence Wittner, Professor of History at the State University of New York/Albany, discusses the upcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference at the United Nations, disagreements between nuclear and non-nuclear states, creeping complacency since the Cold War's end about the dangers of nuclear weapons, how even a small nuclear exchange (between India and Pakistan, for example) could bring about nuclear winter and drastically effect life on earth and why working for a nuclear...
04/29/10 – Mark Ames – The Scott Horton Show
Mark Ames, co-editor and writer for The eXiled, discusses the money-making business of war (for the politically connected few), why halfhearted government deregulation of the thoroughly rigged banking system does not create a free market, Alan Greenspan’s lucrative consulting business with the Paulson & Co. hedge fund and how the post-Cold War 'peace dividend' was scuttled by the neocon-inspired 'unipolar moment.'
