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2/21/20 Marjorie Cohn on Julian Assange’s Extradition

by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Marjorie Cohn discusses the attempted extradition of Julian Assange from Britain to the United States so that he can stand trial for alleged violations of America's Espionage Act. Cohn outlines the two main grounds on which she believes the British judge should refuse to go along with the extradition: that Assange is being charged with a political crime, and that he is likely to face torture at the hands of the American authorities, much like he has been facing for years now in the form of solitary confinement and the refusal of medical care. Scott and Cohn also talk about Chelsea Manning,...

2/21/20 Nasser Arrabyee with an Update on the War in Yemen

by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Nasser Arrabyee about the latest on the war in Yemen. The humanitarian situation there is still desperate, with the UN finally updating its estimates to over 200,000 dead—many of these women and young children. But Arrabyee sees reasons for hope. For one thing, the war is very unpopular, both among Americans and for Prince Mohammad Bin Salman, so neither country looks very good for their participation. Arrabyee says that airports may also start to be opened to humanitarian aid soon, helping to alleviate the thousands of deaths from deprivation and preventable disease. Nasser...

Cops Are Criminals

by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog

Drug wars just make them worse.

Where the Police Wear Masks, and the Bodies Pile Up Fast

by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog

New York Times finally takes on the role of American SWAT Teams. Nah, they're criticizing Brazil (which is pretty bad).

Bloomberg and Bernie Fight Over Which Communist Dictatorship Is the Least Evil

by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2020 | Blog

Democrats.

2/21/20 Dave DeCamp on the OPCW’s Efforts to Discredit Douma Whistleblowers

by Scott Horton | Feb 25, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Dave DeCamp about the OPCW's efforts to discredit a pair of whistleblowers, both of whom are former employees who claim their findings were expunged from the organization's official reports on the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma in 2018. The OPCW concluded that there was clear evidence of the Assad government attacking its own civilians with chemical weapons, which was used as justification for the U.S. to launch a retaliatory strike. But these two former employees are adamant that the evidence did not point to such a conclusion—evidence that the OPCW intentionally...

You Love Government So Much

by Scott Horton | Feb 25, 2020 | Blog

You even give them your children to care for and educate. What are you, stupid? Update: If the cops will all work together to torture one of their own boys to death, what do you think they'll do to you?