Jim Bovard shares the story of the death of Duncan Lemp, a 21-year-old Maryland man recently killed by police in his home in the middle of the night. The police aren't releasing their side of the story yet, but it looks as though Lemp hadn't even been charged with any...
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3/13/20 Joe Lauria on the Heroic Julian Assange and Chelsea Manning
by Scott Horton | Mar 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Joe Lauria discusses the latest with Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange. Manning has finally been released after a year in jail for contempt of court after refusing to testify against Assange in his extradition trial. Assange is still being held while his trial in...
3/13/20 Ryan McMaken on the Coronavirus and our Fragile Economy
by Scott Horton | Mar 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ryan McMaken about the current coronavirus-induced financial slowdown and what it might mean in terms of the next big crash. McMaken explains that with America's incredibly over-financialized economy, practically the only tool that the government...
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...
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...
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...
3/12/20 Stephen Zunes on Biden’s Sponsorship of the Invasion of Iraq
by Scott Horton | Mar 12, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Stephen Zunes talks about Joe Biden's shameful history helping to advocate for the invasion of Iraq in 2002 and 2003. These days he claims he was caught up in the aftermath of 9/11 and was simply mistaken about the intelligence, like everyone else who voted for the...
3/6/20 Andrew Cockburn on Russia’s Phony Hypersonic Missile Threat
by Scott Horton | Mar 11, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Andrew Cockburn about Russia's supposed new hypersonic missiles, which are said to have the ability to elude conventional missile defense systems, potentially making the U.S. a target for a nuclear strike with little that could be done to defend...
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