Peter Van Buren is back for a conversation about President Biden's foreign policy, especially regarding Iran. Van Buren explains the way that the JCPOA, signed under the Obama administration, lengthened the amount of time that it would take Iran to develop a nuclear...
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3/5/21 Hans Kristensen on America’s Nuclear Saber-Rattling in Eastern Europe
by Scott Horton | Mar 7, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Hans Kristensen about nuclear proliferation. Ever since the U.S. government backed the coup in Ukraine in 2014, he says, we've been flying bombers near Russia and the Baltic states in what are ostensibly "training exercises," but which in reality are...
3/5/21 Max Blumenthal: UK Foreign Office Colluded with International Media to ‘Weaken Russia’
by Scott Horton | Mar 7, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Max Blumenthal begins by discussing the immense power imbalance between Israel and Palestine, which has led to enormously one-sided violence by the Israelis. The Palestinians, to be sure, have fought back, but Blumenthal says there's a crucial difference between...
2/26/21 Ryan McMaken on the Apocalyptic Threat of Nuclear Weapons
by Scott Horton | Feb 26, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ryan McMaken about nuclear proliferation. McMaken describes two lessons that other countries have learned from the U.S. about nukes: (1) America will use the threat of an emerging nuclear program as an excuse for invasion, as it did in Iraq and...
2/19/21 Eli Clifton on the Arms Industry Money Behind Biden’s Afghanistan Study Group
by Scott Horton | Feb 22, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Eli Clifton discusses the Biden Administration's Afghanistan study group, a panel of national security experts and former officers giving recommendations on whether the U.S. should get out of Afghanistan on the Trump administration's withdrawal timeline. Some of these...
2/19/21 Ray McGovern: Will Comey’s Words Come Back to Haunt Him?
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Ray McGovern talks with Scott about the lies and malfeasance of the national security state during the "Russiagate" fiasco. McGovern begins by rehashing the FBI's lies that first led to a FISA warrant on Carter Page, who they failed to disclose to the court was...
2/19/21 Gareth Porter on the Misleading Data Behind Uyghur Genocide Claims
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about his coverage of the recent and widespread claims of a Chinese genocide of the Uyghurs. Many of these accusations have relied on the work of one man, Adrian Zenz, whose research Porter calls into question. Porter wrote a piece with...
2/19/21 Ben Wizner on the Dangerous Precedent of the Assange Prosecution
by Scott Horton | Feb 21, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ben Wizner of the ACLU about the ongoing Julian Assange saga. Assange's attempted prosecution under the Espionage Act is practically unprecedented, says Wizner. While it's true that many leakers of government secrets have been charged for violations of...