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...
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.
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.
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 – 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...
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.
04/09/10 – Scott Bullock – The Scott Horton Show
Scott Bullock, senior attorney at the Institute for Justice, discusses the "Policing for Profit" report that documents civil asset forfeiture abuse, state backlash against the SCOTUS Kelo ruling that broadens eminent domain applications and the economic windfall for police and prosecutors from the War on Drugs.
04/09/10 – Daphne Eviatar – The Scott Horton Show
Daphne Eviatar, Senior Associate in Law and Security for Human Rights First, discusses the inefficient and bizarre proceedings of Guantanamo's military commissions, the steady erosion of Constitutional protections for foreigners and US citizens alike, the few indications that Obama has improved on Bush administration torture practices and the revelation from Lawrence Wilkerson (former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell) that Bush knew many Gitmo inmates were innocent.
04/07/10 – Dahr Jamail – The Scott Horton Show
Independent journalist Dahr Jamail discusses the common occurrence of unprovoked US military violence like the incident revealed by Wikileaks, Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s two-month window to eliminate the competition and stay in power, the inability of Americans to parse through media nonsense to get the real story on Iraq, 'atrocity producing' situations in Iraq fed by dehumanization and arbitrary rules of engagement and why it’s difficult to turn off the boot camp-indoctrinated...
04/07/10 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Internationally syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses US displeasure with 'puppet' Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s recent intransigence, the solid representation of former Afghan Communist Party members in the current government and security forces, how the US broke up peace talks between Karzai and the Taliban, the difficulty of getting the straight story on 9/11 and why the micromanaging of Afghanistan’s politics is the height of arrogance and stupidity.
04/02/10 – Robert Pape – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Pape, author of Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, discusses the new comprehensive online database of suicide attacks, how US occupations help al-Qaeda recruitment efforts, the overwhelming evidence that suicide attacks are motivated by nationalism and not Islamic fundamentalism and the upcoming CPOST book After Iraq: Stopping the Rise of Anti-American Suicide Terrorism Around the World.
