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3/13/20 Kelley Vlahos on the Release of Chelsea Manning

by Scott Horton | Mar 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott is joined by Kelley Vlahos, executive editor at The American Conservative, to talk about the release, at long last, of Chelsea Manning, who was being held in federal jail for refusing to testify in the Julian Assange case. After a year in jail and a suicide attempt, a judge finally said that Manning's testimony isn't really necessary anymore and ordered her release. She will still be responsible for the hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines for her refusal to testify. Vlahos also discusses her recent articles about the U.S. military presence in Africa, which many Americans don't...

The Evil Benjamin Netanyahu Finally Deposed?

by Scott Horton | Mar 15, 2020 | Blog

New York Times: Benny Gantz, With Thin Majority, Wins Chance to Form an Israeli Government

3/13/20 Pat McGeehan on the Defend the Guard Act

by Scott Horton | Mar 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Pat McGeehan recounts his experience in the most recent West Virginia state legislative session trying to pass his "Defend the Guard" legistlation. He describes the many battles involved in introducing a bill like this, waged both behind the scenes in the form of threats and bullying, and publicly in the form of media coverage. McGeehan's opponents claim that the bill could cause West Virginia to lose federal funding, which he says is untrue, or at least greatly exaggerated. More brazenly, they argue that it's unconstitutional, citing a supreme court case from the 1990s (that doesn't...

3/13/20 Dave DeCamp on Douma, Yemen and Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | Mar 14, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Dave DeCamp about the latest news in the OPCW whistleblower saga, in which yet another whistleblower has now come forward, bringing the total to four. The employees, mostly anonymous, have claimed that their assessments of the alleged chemical attack in Douma in 2018 pointed to a false flag designed to incur U.S. intervention, rather than to a real attack by Assad on his own people—but these findings were ultimately disregarded. The mainstream media continues to devote almost no coverage to this topic, despite what should be obvious interest and very high stakes. Discussed...