As the US prepares to try to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange through extradition, the Justice Department has revealed a new series of charges against him. Assange would face 170 years in US prison if convicted. The new allegations include 17 separate...
Tim Shorrock joins the show for an update us on the Korean peace talks. President Trump recently claimed that North Korea is no longer a nuclear threat, whereupon the mainstream media was quick to point out that Kim's regime has not in fact agreed to denuclearize....
Ben Freeman explains why and how Saudi Arabia has so much influence in U.S. politics. Even though it's illegal for foreigners to donate to American political campaigns, he explains that it is perfectly legal for them to hire a lobbying firm in Washington, which can...
Tim Shorrock comes back on the show to discuss his latest article at The Nation, "Moon and Kim Stage an Exuberant Summit in Pyongyang". The two leaders met again recently, he explains, and in a ground-breaking move agreed to begin reducing military tensions between...
Lt Gen Kenneth McKenzie will replace Gen Votel as the head of CENTCOM. [Link] The US Navy will reactivate the 2nd Naval Fleet. The Fleet will patrol the Atlantic to combat Russia. [Link] During the March expulsion of diplomats between the US and Russia, US spies were...
Tim Shorrock joins Scott to discuss his recent trip to Singapore to report on the negotiations with North Korea. According to Shorrock the negotiations are a good thing—but you won't get that from listening to the American media. Pundits on both sides of the aisle are...
From The Intercept: SIDtoday is the internal newsletter for the NSA’s most important division, the Signals Intelligence Directorate. After editorial review, The Intercept is releasing nine years’ worth of newsletters in batches, starting with 2003. The agency’s spies...
Will this election end? I'm sure we're all going to have lots to criticize the Donald about in the coming months, but Democrat Deadenders are really making it difficult with this nonsense. I mean, if they stopped to think about it, do you really want to trust the...
