Scott interviews Ray McGovern about James Clapper's new memoir, Facts and Fears: Hard Truths from a Life in Intelligence. They touch on Clapper's role in the buildup to the Iraq War, which he now admits, including one all-too-predictable phenomenon: Once a certain...
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11/21/18 Gareth Porter on North Korea and the Military-Industrial Complex
by Scott Horton | Nov 22, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter rejoins the show to talk North Korea, the New York Times, and the insidious influence of arms contractors on United States foreign policy decisions. Porter explains how easy it is for journalists to make claims like "North Korea has an illicit nuclear...
11/18/18 John Feffer on Dismantling the DMZ
by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
John Feffer joins the show for an update on the peace talks between North and South Korea. He optimistically describes the nascent process of dismantling parts of the DMZ, including guard towers and mine fields, and also establishing a no-fly zone there. As usual, the...
11/16/18 Patrick Martin on the CIA Democrats
by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Martin, of the World Socialist Web Site, comes back on the show for an update on his last appearance. 11 of the democratic candidates he mentioned last time won their congressional races, and 7 more came very close, which he says is a fairly strong performance...
11/16/18 Sheldon Richman on the Smear Campaign Against Pro-Palestine Groups
by Scott Horton | Nov 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Sheldon Richman talks about his latest article for the Libertarian Institute, in which he spotlights a new documentary exposing the smear efforts of various pro-Israel groups against anyone standing up for the rights of Palestinians, particularly on American college...
11/12/18 Tom Woods on World War I
by Scott Horton | Nov 14, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
The great Tom Woods joins the show in honor of the hundred-year anniversary of Armistice Day to give a rundown of World War I. Decades of complex alliances and arms races, he explains, led to the powder keg that erupted catastrophically in 1914 with a single...
11/11/18 Andrea Carboni on an Accurate Estimate of the Death Toll in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Nov 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Andrea Carboni from ACLED Data comes on the show to talk about their casualty estimates for the war in Yemen. "10,000" is the number that has been used for the last few years, but that's exactly why it can't possibly be right. ACLED estimates that there have actually...
11/9/18 James Carroll on Trump’s Planned Withdrawal from the INF Treaty
by Scott Horton | Nov 11, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
James Carroll discusses President Trump's intent to withdraw from the INF treaty, which he thinks could usher in a new age of nuclear expansion. The INF helped reverse the buildup of nuclear weapons that was taking place between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and its...
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