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11/4/19 Ramzy Baroud on the Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinian Christians

by Scott Horton | Nov 6, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Ramzy Baroud discusses the often-forgotten Palestinian Christian minority, which faces all the same problems at the hands of their Israeli occupiers that the Palestinian Muslims do. People in the U.S. are often surprised to learn how many Christians there are in...

11/4/19 Jordan Smith on the Miscarriage of Justice for Rodney Reed

by Scott Horton | Nov 5, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott interviews Jordan Smith about the case of Rodney Reed, a Texas death row inmate convicted in the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites. For years there has been criticism of the investigation and trial of Reed, including allegations of mishandling of evidence, lack of...

11/1/19 Trevor Timm on Julian Assange and the Threat to Press Freedom Everywhere

by Scott Horton | Nov 3, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Timm talks about the inhumane and potentially life-threatening conditions Julian Assange is being held in as he awaits trial for violations of the Espionage Act. Apart from his treatment, which a UN representative has said is akin to psychological torture, the...

11/1/19 Jason Ditz on Syria and Yemen

by Scott Horton | Nov 2, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Jason Ditz talks about President Trump's announcement that he wants American oil companies to take control of the oil fields in eastern Syria, which, beyond the troubling legality of such a move, implies that the U.S. might have to leave troops in Syria indefinitely....

10/25/19 Kieren McCarthy on the FBI’s National Security Surveillance Lies

by Scott Horton | Oct 28, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Kieren McCarthy discusses the recent revelation that the FBI has access to the NSA's national security database, and has queried it tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of times. The database, gathered under special surveillance powers by the NSA and CIA, is not...

10/25/19 Trevor Aaronson on the FBI’s Unconstitutional Investigative Powers

by Scott Horton | Oct 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Aaronson discusses some of the FBI's egregious abuses of its power over American citizens, most recently brought to light by their use of an informant to investigate a law-abiding militia group in California for years. Although the FBI claims to be concerned...

10/18/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Winding Down of the War in Syria

by Scott Horton | Oct 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Scott talks to Patrick Cockburn about the situation with the Kurds in Syria. Scott calls Syria a win-win-win-win: The Kurds have negotiated a deal with Assad that will give them some autonomy and protection from Turkey, Turkey gets a roughly 30-mile border buffer with...

10/18/19 Doug Bandow on Avoiding Another Cold War

by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show

Doug Bandow comes back on the show to explain the importance of America taking a backseat with Ukraine, particularly with respect to its dispute with Russia over Crimea. Bandow reminds us that Crimea has historically always been a part of Russia, and that it was...

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