Scott interviews Patrick Jaicomo of the Institute for Justice about the case of José Oliva, a Vietnam veteran who was assaulted by police officers at a VA hospital in 2016. Because of doctrines like qualified immunity, it has taken years just to reach the point where...
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2/12/21 John Kiriakou on the Government’s Dangerous Reaction to the Capitol Storming
by Scott Horton | Feb 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
John Kiriakou discusses an alarming new trend in the government and the media, in which the American right is freely compared to some kind of domestic terrorist or insurgent movement. Kiriakou describes the way that a small group of radicals like those who stormed the...
2/12/21 Danny Sjursen: Biden’s Bolt from Yemen
by Scott Horton | Feb 14, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks with Danny Sjursen about President Biden's foreign policy moves during his first few weeks in office. Most notably, the administration has announced an end to all support for "offensive operations" in Yemen. Sjursen agrees that this is great news, but...
2/11/21 Alan Macleod on the Social Media Giants in Bed With Big Government
by Scott Horton | Feb 12, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Alan Macleod talks about the unholy alliance between government and social media. In an alarming number of cases, says Macleod, companies like Facebook and Twitter end up hiring former government officials to high-ranking positions, creating a revolving door that...
2/5/21 Hassan El-Tayyab on Biden’s Big Step Toward Peace in Yemen
by Scott Horton | Feb 8, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Hassan El-Tayyab discusses the great news out of Washington last week: the Biden administration has announced an end to all support for Saudi offensive operations in Yemen, and is appointing an envoy to help negotiate a peace deal. This is a great victory for all the...
2/5/21 Lyle J. Goldstein on the Nuclear Tensions Between the US and Russia
by Scott Horton | Feb 8, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Lyle Goldstein about the U.S.-Russia relationship and the future of global nuclear arms negotiations. Goldstein says that after the Cold War, the world's nuclear weapon situation was mostly under control—as a result, people today have forgotten how...
2/5/21 Bette Dam: How Flawed Intelligence Leads to War Crimes in Afghanistan
by Scott Horton | Feb 6, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Bette Dam about her reporting on the war in Afghanistan. Dam explains how faulty intelligence about enemy "combatants" has led to many unjustified killings, notably the war crimes by Australian special forces in Oruzgan Province in recent years. In...
2/5/21 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Afghanistan Reversal
by Scott Horton | Feb 5, 2021 | The Scott Horton Show
Matthew Hoh discusses the Biden administration's Afghanistan policy. Trump, Hoh reminds us, had appointed Zalmay Khalilzad to negotiate a U.S. withdrawal with the Taliban; now it appears that Biden's team is reversing that plan. Hoh says that this was to be expected:...
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