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...
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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...
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...
2/21/20 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Pro-War Past
by Scott Horton | Feb 24, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Matthew Hoh about Joe Biden's history pushing for the war in Iraq and his subsequent attempt to whitewash this record. When Hillary Clinton faced Barack Obama in the 2008 primary, Hillary's record in support of the war was a major factor in Obama's...
2/21/20 Sheldon Richman on the Nonintervention Principle
by Scott Horton | Feb 22, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman discusses what he calls "the nonintervention principle," a corollary of libertarianism's nonaggression principle. Richman says that in the face of those who advocate foreign intervention and regime change, libertarians have a tendency to deny the...
2/21/20 Grant Smith on IsraelLobbyCon 2020
by Scott Horton | Feb 22, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Grant Smith joins the show to promote his upcoming conference, Transcending The Israel Lobby At Home And Abroad, to be held in Washington D.C. this May. The conference, as with most of Smith's work, is focused on exposing the power the Israel Lobby wields in America...
2/21/20 Daniel Lazare on Erdogan’s Military Adventure in Syria
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel Lazare discusses the problems facing Turkish President Recep Erdogan, who is dealing with a troubled economy, declining political popularity at home, and failing military excursions abroad. Lazare and Scott also talk about the failure of President Trump to...
2/19/20 Trita Parsi on Making a Restrained Foreign Policy the Status Quo
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Trita Parsi about an event being hosted next week by Parsi's organization, the Quincy Institute, which will pit advocates of a restrained foreign policy against war hawks in a series of panel discussions. The event is Wednesday, February 26 in...
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