A Department of Defense investigation into the death of an Afghan commando includes evidence the man was tortured while in US custody and died hours later. Eight Green Berets received reprimands for their role in the soldier's death. On October 22, 2018, Wahidullah Khan opened fire on three Czech soldiers, killing Cpl. Tomáš Procházka and wounding two others. Khan, an Afghan commando, was suspected of infiltrating NATO's training program and then carrying out an "insider attack." Khan was then arrested by Afghan forces and handed over to NATO - American and Czech - soldiers for...
FOIA
We’re Suing The Federal Reserve!! (Let’s Finish What Ron Paul Started)
George Gammon and attorney Robert Barnes are suing the Federal Reserve under the FOI act. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-WGI3VfVYI It's Time To Sue The Fed Under The Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) #EndTheFed Since 1913 the Fed has destroyed the purchasing power of the dollar, distorted the economy, created malinvestment, and incentivized misallocations of resources that have crushed the American poor and middle class. Often they've implemented their destructive policies blatantly defying the document that legally binds them, the Federal Reserve Act of 1913. The poor and middle class...
News Roundup 1/13/21
US News Former governor Rick Snyder is expected to be charged for his role in the Flint water crisis. [Link] US Amb to the UN Kelly Craft canceled her trip to Taiwan as a part of the State Department canceling all trips during the transition. [Link] The CIA releases a cache of UFO documents. The documents were liberated by a podcast host using the FOIA laws. [Link] The federal government carried out the execution of Lisa Montgomery. She is the first woman to be executed by the federal government in 70 years. She suffered from severe abuse and mental health conditions. [Link] Afghanistan...
Exile For James Comey
Comey, McCabe, Strozk, Page, Brennan, Clapper, Mueller, Rosenstein, Weissman and all their families should be stripped of their property and banished from the United States of America forever for their treason against the American people and U.S. Constitution. (Don't give me Lysander Spooner, these men all did owe allegiance.) The Federalist: ‘Trump Was Right’: Explosive New FBI Texts Detail Internal Furor Over Handling Of ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ Investigation Newly disclosed internal FBI notes and text messages detail the extent of the FBI's desire to take down Trump and his associates at...
The Afghanistan Papers Reveal the Government Knew the War Was a Lost Cause
On FPF #429, I discuss the Afghanistan Papers. The large cache of documents were released by the Washington Post via FOIA. The papers show the successive White House administrations and Pentagon generals knew the Afghan War was unwinnable but continued to send Americans to Afghanistan to kill and be killed. Links Scott Horton Show - Sjursen, Hoh, and Davis
News Roundup 12/10/19
US News Rep. Duncan Hunter says he will resign after the holidays. [Link] US immigration has separated 1,100 children from their parents since the summer of 2018 when a judge ordered the Trump admin to stop separating children from parents. [Link] The FBI IG releases his report on the FBI investigation into Trump’s campaign. The IG gives the overall conclusion that there was no political bias by the FBI. The report reveals the FBI lied to judges about Steele's credibility. [Link] Florida Senator Rick Scott calls for the US program training Saudi soldiers in the US to be suspended and...
News Roundup 7/15/19
US News Sources say Trump is close to removing Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence. [Link] A Florida police officer has been fired for repeatedly punching a handcuffed man in the face. [Link] The police officer who murdered unarmed Daniel Shaver has been allowed to retire medically and now collects $2500 a month. [Link] Twitter suspends the pro-Julian Assange @Unity4J account. [Link] The Pentagon is looking to develop programs to boost the US controlled rare earth mineral production. The Pentagon reports China dominates the market, and the US needs the minerals for military...
5/24/19 Grant F. Smith: the Niger Uranium Forgeries
Scott talks to Grant Smith about his work obtaining secret government documents by FOIA request. This time Smith has gotten a 640-page document outlining Bush administration intelligence on Iraq's nuclear weapons in the leadup to the Iraq war. Discussed on the show: "Lesson From FBI’s 'Niger Uranium Forgeries' File" (Antiwar.com Original) "Chappelle's Show - Black Bush" (YouTube) The Icarus Syndrome: A History of American Hubris The Italian Letter: How the Bush Administration Used a Fake Letter to Build the Case for War in Iraq Grant F. Smith is the author of a number of books including...
News Roundup 1/7/19
US News Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke resigns. [Link] A new lawsuit challenges Arkansas anti-BDS law. The law requires all private companies that do business with the state to sign an agreement not to boycott Israel. [Link] Heavily redacted documents released under an FOIA request reveal the Department of Justice created an anti-leaking unit in 2017. [Link] Russiagate Declassified information shows Mike Flynn was in contact with US intelligence about his 2015 trip to Russia. Flynn’s trip to Russia has been apart of the Russiagate narrative. Senator Chuck Grassley has been calling for the...
9/06/18 Grant F. Smith on Treasury Sanctions for Israel
Grant F Smith Institute for Research Middle East Policy and author of Big Israel, about the Israel lobby in Washington DC, is interviewed on the results of his FOIA request of the Treasury Department. The office of Terrorism Finance and Development, a relatively new office, and has leveled sanctions for the Israeli government. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Kesslyn Runs, by Charles Featherstone; NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Roberts and Roberts Brokerage Inc.; Zen Cash; Tom Woods’ Liberty...
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