Scott interviews John Kiriakou about the history of the CIA's secret torture program. Kiriakou was involved in the 2002 capture of Abu Zubaydah, who was initially interrogated with some success by the FBI, before his interrogation was eventually taken over by the CIA....
Iran
Al-Jolani Sure Sounds Alot Like American Neocons
by Scott Horton | Dec 24, 2019 | Blog
The leader of al Qaeda in Syria: Russia Russia Russia! Iran Iran Iran!
Iran: Deaths in custody. Sexual violence. Hunger strikes.
by Scott Horton | Dec 22, 2019 | Blog
Nah. U.S.A. Today: What we uncovered inside ICE facilities across the US
Schizophrenia! US Now Says Yemen NOT Iran Proxy War
by Ron Paul | Dec 13, 2019 | Blog, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
In a sudden “about face,” the Trump Administration now claims that Iran is NOT behind the Houthis in Yemen. Has Washington suddenly decided to recognize reality? Not likely. More likely is that the US is trying to help the Saudis out of a lost war. Meanwhile, hundreds...
News Roundup 12/12/19
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 12, 2019 | News Roundup
US News The 2020 NDAA establishes a civilian ROTC. The program will train people for future jobs at the Department of Defense. [Link] The US tells the UN that it is willing to be more flexible in talks with North Korea. [Link] The US will suspend operational trainings...
Proxy or Not? US Can’t Make Up Its Mind on Yemen’s Houthis
by Will Porter | Dec 12, 2019 | Blog
In announcing its latest round of sanctions on Iran, Washington once again declared Yemen’s Houthi movement a “proxy” of the Islamic Republic, but recent statements from US officials – including Trump’s top Iran envoy – finally put the lie to that worn out talking...
US No Longer Considers Yemen’s Houthis an Iranian Proxy
by Jason Ditz | Dec 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Accusing long served as war justification for US, Saudis The Trump Administration has announced a policy change that looks like it could be a major turning point in US policy toward Yemen, announcing that they no longer consider the Shi’ite Houthi movement in Yemen to...
Year Zero 84: Scott Horton on American Primacy Pt 1
by Tommy Salmons | Dec 9, 2019 | Blog, Year Zero
In Part 1 of this 2 part interview Tommy and Scott address Ukraine, Russia, and Iran. US foreign policy for the last 100 years has left millions dead around the world, and there doesn't seem to be a slow down in the interventionism of the US. What is the goal? Why is...
Blog
RIP USMC: The Corps is Toast
Force Design 2030 murdered the USMC. The Marines are struggling to keep more than one Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) forward deployed at a time. Sometimes, two are forward deployed but only for limited periods. Each MEU has about two weeks of sustainment. Unless...
Meta, Sued for Censorship, Announces End to Faux ‘Fact Checking’
Meta’s announcement came a day after a petition to the Supreme Court was filed against Facebook for censoring truth on behalf of the government.
The Political Moment w/Typo
Typo is back to discuss the current political environment, libertarianism, perfect v good, and Trump’s appointments.
Pentagon Pork Parade: Fat Amy Continues to Prove Pigs Can Fly
Pig can fly on occasion as the F35 Porkulus Project continues to bleed oceans of money. Welcome to Clown World: the F-35 requires nearly 9 million lines of computer code. Meanwhile, Apollo 11's Lunar Lander needed only 145,000 lines of code. There are three variants...
Marine Failure Follies Cascading
I just spent my last podcast episode making the case to dismantle and eliminate the US Marine Corps and they are doing a splendid job of sealing the deal through their latest acquisition fiascos and the Osprey aircraft follies continuing to fall down on the job....
New Ships for an Impossible Mission: The Marines Stumble Again
Yesterday I discussed the reasons why we need to dismantle and close down the United States Marine Corps. One of those reasons is the Light Amphibious Warship (now called the Landing Ship, Medium, LSM), a small landing ship which would ferry small Marine units...
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