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12/4/20 Grant Smith on the Jonathan Pollard Exception

by Scott Horton | Dec 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Grant Smith about the case of Jonathan Pollard, an American intelligence analyst who pled guilty to espionage on behalf of Israel in the 1980s. Pollard has been imprisoned for his crimes since then, until he was recently released on parole by the Trump...

11/18/20 Jacob Sullum on Trump’s Flimsy Election Fraud Case

by Scott Horton | Nov 20, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Jacob Sullum about the allegations of widespread fraud in November's presidential elections. Sullum concedes that errors in counting, illegal votes and deliberate obfuscation do sometimes happen in isolated situations—but maintains that the widespread...

11/13/20 Ray McGovern on the Revenge of an Outgoing Trump Administration

by Scott Horton | Nov 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Ray McGovern discusses the recent personnel changes in the Trump administration and what they could mean for his final months in office. McGovern thinks that John Brennan and his allies are getting nervous that as a lame duck, Trump might decide to simply release...

11/13/20 Mike Maharrey: Saving the Republic by Abandoning the Empire

by Scott Horton | Nov 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Mike Maharrey of the Tenth Amendment Center about the shameful state of U.S. foreign policy. In particular, Maharrey explains the way that congress has completely abdicated its role of declaring wars—instead, they have ceded that power fully to the...

11/13/20 Mark Perry: the Revenge of Colonel Douglas Macgregor

by Scott Horton | Nov 15, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Pentagon reporter Mark Perry discusses the recent appointment of retired Colonel Douglas Macgregor to a senior advisory position under President Trump's new secretary of defense. Perry calls Macgregor one of the greatest military minds in America; after a...

10/16/20 Eric Margolis on Trump’s Supposed Middle East ‘Peace’ Deals

by Scott Horton | Oct 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis discusses President Trump's recent peace deals between Israel and some of the Arab states. First Margolis explains that these aren't really peace deals; what they do is simply make public the normalization of relations between countries that were already...

10/16/20 Aaron Maté: OPCW Malfeasance and More ‘Russiagate’ Updates

by Scott Horton | Oct 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Aaron Maté about his testimony to the UN Security Council regarding the alleged chemical weapons attack in Douma, Syria in 2018. After the Trump administration authorized retaliatory bombing in response to the incident, the OPCW sent investigators to...

10/15/20 Matt Agorist on Breonna Taylor and American Police Abuse

by Scott Horton | Oct 16, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Matt Agorist about some recent cases of unlawful police killings and police abuse in this country, both the high-profile incidents and the ones that escape mainstream notice. Agorist reminds us of the details of the Breonna Taylor case, in which police...