4/19/16 Karen Greenberg
Karen Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School, discusses why there is still no justice at Guantanamo Bay prison 15 years after 9/11; how the military...
View Article4/20/16 John LaForge
John LaForge, editor of Nukewatch's quarterly newsletter, discusses why the US nuclear arsenal should be cut drastically, especially Minuteman ICBMs that are more likely to start an accidental nuclear...
View Article4/21/16 Patrick Cockburn
Patrick Cockburn, journalist and author of Chaos and Caliphate, discusses the permanent stalemate within the Iraqi government; the incentive of national and rebel forces to exaggerate their numbers;...
View Article4/21/16 Daniel McAdams
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses how neo-Nazis infiltrated the Ukrainian government after the 2014 US-backed regime change; the Iraq...
View Article4/21/16 Robert Pape
Robert A. Pape, founder of The Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), discusses the strategic logic of suicide terrorism and why it remains an effective political tool - at least in the...
View Article04/26/16 Steven Watt
Steven Watt, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Human Rights Program, discusses the progress of a lawsuit by torture victims against the two psychologist CIA contractors, James Mitchell and John...
View Article4/26/16 Kelley B. Vlahos
Kelley Vlahos, a contributing editor for The American Conservative, discusses how the US's permanent war footing has greatly enriched a new class of wealthy government employees, contractors, lawyers...
View Article5/2/16 Eric Margolis
Eric Margolis, a journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Israel's preparation to use nuclear weapons during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War as Syrian forces were poised to retake the Golan Heights;...
View Article5/4/16 Phyllis Bennis
Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror: A Primer, discusses why the Pentagon shouldn't be allowed to investigate (and absolve) itself for the October 2015...
View Article5/9/16 Jason Ditz
Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the wars in Libya and Yemen in far more detail than can be found in the mainstream media.
View Article5/9/16 Brad Hoff
Brad Hoff, Managing Editor of Levant Report, discusses the "Jihadi Wal-mart" in Syria, where the distinctions between so-called FSA moderate groups and radical Islamists like ISIS are increasingly...
View Article5/9/16 Jeffrey Kaye
Jeffrey Kaye, a psychologist and writer on torture, discusses his FOIA request that led to declassified "talking points" documents related to torture techniques authorized in the Army Field Manual.
View Article5/9/16 Daniel McAdams
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell's threatening speech to her host country's government, in which she...
View Article5/12/16 Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses his Truthout article "Obama Broke Pledge to Demand Syrian Opposition's Separation From Nusra Front."
View Article5/12/16 Rupert Stone
Rupert Stone, an independent journalist working on national security and counter-terrorism issues, discusses the scientific proof that torture doesn't work for interrogators seeking to learn the truth...
View Article5/19/16 James Bovard
James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses why The Panama Papers will lead to a crackdown on private US citizens trying to shield assets from taxation, while government institutions like...
View Article5/19/16 Mark Perry
Journalist Mark Perry discusses his Politico article about the disagreement among the Army's top brass on budget priorities and how to confront Russia; and Mark's suggestions for how US military...
View Article5/19/16 Jay Stanley
Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, discusses how the feds are helping local police with spying technology like "Stingray" cell phone tower...
View Article5/20/16 Sut Jhally
Sut Jhally, founder of the Media Education Foundation, discusses his documentary (he is executive producer) The Occupation of the American Mind: Israel's Public Relations War In The United States.
View Article5/20/16 Vincent Ward
Vincent Ward, an attorney representing Chelsea Manning, discusses the appeal filed on Manning's behalf, seeking a reversal and dismissal of all charges - or at least a reduced sentence for the heroic...
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