Danny Sjursen is back for a look at Biden's foreign policy team, in particular his new National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan. Sjursen says that Sullivan fits right in with many of Biden's other cabinet picks: extremely talented, well-credentialed, respectable...
The Scott Horton Show
12/4/20 Grant Smith on the Jonathan Pollard Exception
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Grant Smith about the case of Jonathan Pollard, an American intelligence analyst who pled guilty to espionage on behalf of Israel in the 1980s. Pollard has been imprisoned for his crimes since then, until he was recently released on parole by the Trump...
12/4/20 Gilbert Doctorow: Will Antony Blinken’s Past Catch Up With Him?
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gilbert Doctorow talks about Biden's pick for Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, particularly his famous stepfather, Samuel Pisar. Pisar is well-known these days for being a holocaust survivor rescued by American GIs during World War II, but is less known for his...
12/3/20 Gareth Porter on the Assassination of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the recent assassination of Iranian defense official Mohsen Fakhrizadeh by the Israeli government, which continues to claim that Fakhrizadeh was a "top nuclear scientist" in Iran. In reality, explains Porter, Fakhrizadeh was not a nuclear...
11/27/20 Stephen Zunes on Joe Biden’s Foreign Policy
by Scott Horton | Nov 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Stephen Zunes about Joe Biden's track record on foreign policy, and its potential implications for his presidency. Zunes rehashes some of the bad parts of Biden's record, beginning with his support for the invasion of Iraq. Although many Democrats voted...
11/27/20 Frank Ledwidge on Losing the War in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Nov 29, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Frank Ledwidge, a British former intelligence officer, discusses the futility of the war in Afghanistan (and the rest of the terror wars), which many of the world's countries have now been mired in for nearly two decades. Ledwidge begins by reminding us just how much...
11/18/20 Dan Caldwell: Trump Should Get Out of Afghanistan Before Inauguration Day
by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Dan Caldwell of Concerned Veterans for America about President Trump's plans to withdraw troops from the Middle East in what are looking to be his final weeks as president. The appointment of Colonel Douglas Macgregor to a senior role in the Pentagon...
11/18/20 Jacob Sullum on Trump’s Flimsy Election Fraud Case
by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Jacob Sullum about the allegations of widespread fraud in November's presidential elections. Sullum concedes that errors in counting, illegal votes and deliberate obfuscation do sometimes happen in isolated situations—but maintains that the widespread...