Jon Schwarz gives us a brief history of America's many betrayals of the Kurds since the end of World War I. In a recent article for The Intercept he describes at least eight separate times the U.S. government has used Kurdish fighters to its own advantage and then...
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10/25/19 Kieren McCarthy on the FBI’s National Security Surveillance Lies
by Scott Horton | Oct 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Kieren McCarthy discusses the recent revelation that the FBI has access to the NSA's national security database, and has queried it tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of times. The database, gathered under special surveillance powers by the NSA and CIA, is not...
10/25/19 Trevor Aaronson on the FBI’s Unconstitutional Investigative Powers
by Scott Horton | Oct 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Aaronson discusses some of the FBI's egregious abuses of its power over American citizens, most recently brought to light by their use of an informant to investigate a law-abiding militia group in California for years. Although the FBI claims to be concerned...
10/21/19 Charles Glass on Syria, Turkey, Iran, and the Kurds
by Scott Horton | Oct 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Charles Glass about America's long involvement in Syria, starting with the Obama administration's support for the insurgent side in the country's civil war in 2011. This move, made partly with the intent to limit the influence of Iran and Russia in...
10/18/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Winding Down of the War in Syria
by Scott Horton | Oct 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Patrick Cockburn about the situation with the Kurds in Syria. Scott calls Syria a win-win-win-win: The Kurds have negotiated a deal with Assad that will give them some autonomy and protection from Turkey, Turkey gets a roughly 30-mile border buffer with...
10/18/19 Peter Van Buren on the Impeachment Derangement in Washington
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Peter Van Buren about his recent article in The American Conservative, "Finding a Vaccine for the Impeachment Derangement Virus." Van Buren argues that whatever President Trump's real crimes might be—most notably continuing to help the Saudis...
10/18/19 Doug Bandow on Avoiding Another Cold War
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow comes back on the show to explain the importance of America taking a backseat with Ukraine, particularly with respect to its dispute with Russia over Crimea. Bandow reminds us that Crimea has historically always been a part of Russia, and that it was...
10/18/19 Dan McAdams on Partisan Outrage over Syria
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Dan McAdams about the U.S. withdrawal from northeastern Syria, and the ensuing negotiations between Assad, the Kurds, and Turkey. McAdams reminds us that the whole crisis was only precipitated by America's decision to intervene in Syria's civil war, a...
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