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Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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5/15/17 Ron Paul on the 10th anniversary of his faceoff with Rudy Giuliani in the South Carolina presidential debate

by Scott Horton | May 15, 2017

Former Congressman Ron Paul discusses his argument with Rudy Giuliani during the 2007 Republican presidential debates about the link between US foreign policy and 9/11 (Rudy denied there was such a thing). Paul was the only one of 10 candidates on stage who opposed...

5/12/17 Retired Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis on a new US troop ‘surge’ in Afghanistan

by Scott Horton | May 12, 2017

Retired Lt. Col. Daniel L Davis discusses why previous US troop increases didn't help win any battles for the hearts and minds of Afghans, and why this newest mini-surge being considered by the Trump administration won't either. Over 15 years after the US occupation...

5/12/17 Sonia Kennebeck on her documentary film National Bird about America’s drone wars

by Scott Horton | May 12, 2017

Sonia Kennebeck, an investigative journalist and filmmaker, discusses her film National Bird about the people most effected by America's legally and ethically questionable drone wars. The US-based operators and analysts who pick targets to kill with missiles from half...

5/8/17 Conn Hallinan: the New Nuclear Arms Race

by Scott Horton | May 9, 2017

Conn Hallinan, a Foreign Policy In Focus columnist, discusses how improvements in the accuracy of US submarine-based nuclear missiles are ending an era of mutually assured destruction (MAD) nuclear policy, and leading to a dangerous first-strike doctrine. Other...

5/8/17 John Kiriakou on the CIA’s illegal torture program and his time in prison for blowing the whistle on it

by Scott Horton | May 8, 2017

John Kiriakou, a former CIA officer and author of Doing Time Like A Spy: How the CIA Taught Me to Survive and Thrive in Prison, discusses why he refused to participate in the CIA's so-called enhanced interrogation program after 9/11, and why he - as a whistleblower -...

5/8/17 David D’Amato on the legal origin of the US government’s State Secrets Doctrine

by Scott Horton | May 8, 2017

David D'Amato, an adjunct law professor and policy advisor at the Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the 1953 Supreme Court case United States v. Reynolds, and how the decision gave the State Secrets Privilege formal recognition, effectively removing judicial...