James Ridgeway, Senior Washington Correspondent for Mother Jones, discusses his 2007 article 'In Search of John Doe No. 2: The Story the Feds Never Told About the Oklahoma City Bombing,' the neo-Nazi movement’s 1983 plot to blow up the Murrah Federal Building, frivolous criminal charges made against ATF agent Carol Howe that prevented her from testifying for the defense at McVeigh’s trial, how the OKC bombing continues to be used as a political club against anti-government groups and how the...
Antiwar Radio 4/16/10
Michael Lindey, Syed Saleem, Shahzad, Lew Rockwell 11-1pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/16/10 – Syed Saleem Shahzad – The Scott Horton Show
Syed Saleem Shahzad, Pakistan Bureau Chief for Asia Times Online, discusses the incorrect report of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed's death in a 2002 shootout in Pakistan, the two very different Jundullah organizations, how the neo-Taliban has closer links to al-Qaeda than the previous generation, al-Qaeda's attempt to instigate conflict between India and Pakistan to damage the US war effort in Afghanistan and why the Taliban will never be willing to turn over al-Qaeda members to the US.
04/16/10 – Lew Rockwell – The Scott Horton Show
Lew Rockwell, founder and Chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses Ron Paul's ability to explain and popularize libertarian ideas, the large number of Americans seething about the economy, how William F. Buckley, Jr. spearheaded the purging of antiwar rightists from the Conservative movement (and how Ron Paul is putting them back in) and how the hidden inflation tax allows the government to fund wars and avoid popular outrage.
Antiwar Radio 4/15/10
Robert Gard, Kelley Vlahos, Julian Assange 11-1pm 95.9 FM in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/15/10 – Julian Assange – The Scott Horton Show
Julian Assange, co-founder and spokesperson for WikiLeaks, discusses the chain of events shown on the 'Collateral Murder' WikiLeaks video, military rules of engagement that have enough flexibility to make them essentially unenforceable, how the Apache pilots exaggerated threats in order to obtain permission to open fire and why in Iraq — a country where nearly everyone owns an AK-47 — an Iraqi carrying a weapon is all the justification needed by the US military to kill everyone in the...
04/15/10 Lt. General Robert G. Gard: Loose Nukes and Iran’s Program
Lt. General Robert G. Gard, Jr., Chairman of the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, discusses the 'terrorists with nukes' rhetoric at the Nuclear Security Summit, unsecured fissile material in countries that are beyond the limited scope of Nunn-Lugar, the less-than-stellar security at many US and Russian nuclear sites and how getting the facts right on Iran’s nuclear program is difficult even for the well-informed.
04/15/10 – Kelley B. Vlahos – The Scott Horton Show
Featured Antiwar.com columnist Kelley B. Vlahos discusses the resurgence of Bacha Bazi and the sexual exploitation of boys in Afghanistan, Canadian soldiers who were rebuffed by superiors when reporting abuse by their Afghan comrades, US withdrawal from a long-held remote Afghan outpost and the increasingly obvious futility of US and NATO humanitarian efforts and the occupation in general.
Antiwar Radio 4/14/10
Roger Charles, The Other Scott Horton 11-1PM 95.9 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org or Antiwar.com/radio.
04/14/10 Grant F. Smith: Israeli Theft of U.S. Nuclear Material
Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy in Washington, D.C., discusses Israel's underwhelming representation at the Nuclear Security summit, the 1960s diversion of highly enriched uranium from Pennsylvania to Israel's nuclear weapons program,
04/14/10 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
The Other Scott Horton (no relation), international human rights lawyer, professor and contributing editor at Harper’s magazine, discusses the public grievances that motivated Kyrgyzstan’s second revolution in five years, Russian ambivalence about the US regional presence, the critical strategic importance of the US airbase at Manas, evidence of CIA intervention with Gitmo hunger-strikers at the infamous 'Camp No' and the ominous McCain/Lieberman detention bill.
04/14/10 – Roger Charles – The Scott Horton Show
Roger Charles, freelance journalist and investigator, discusses the challenge of sifting through the lies and disinformation to find the truth about the Oklahoma City bombing, the mysterious pickup truck that pulled over during McVeigh's well known traffic stop/arrest, McVeigh's likely involvement with a neo-Nazi group of bank robbers (including Richard Lee Guthrie) and the federal prosecutor's decision not to use witnesses to place McVeigh at the crime scene - for fear they would also ID John...
Antiwar Radio 4/13/10
Josh Stieber, news 11-1pm 95.9 in Austin or stream from KAOSRadioAustin.org.
04/13/10 – Josh Stieber – The Scott Horton Show
Josh Stieber, conscientious objector and former U.S. Army Specialist, discusses the all-too-ordinary events shown on the WikiLeaks 'Collateral Murder' video, the video’s failure to show the ground patrol units being protected by the helicopters, soldiers who are trained to shoot first and ask questions later and why criticism should be directed at the policy of occupation instead of the actions of individual soldiers.
04/13/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses Israel's persecution of Haaretz journalist Uri Blau, leaked documents that show the Israeli Defense Forces maintained a policy of assassinating Palestinians — in defiance of a court order — during the 2008 Gaza offensive and U.S. General Keith Dayton's little-known task of building a Palestinian army.
