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On FPF #464, I discuss Chelsea Manning and the US bombing Shia militias in Iraq. Chelsea Manning was imprisoned for a year for refusing to testify in front of a grand jury about leaking documents to WikiLeaks. Manning took the stand for Julian Assange - who the grand jury was empaneled to investigate - and against the unjust grand jury system. Manning attempted suicide before learning she would be released this week. 

A recent attack on an Iraqi base killed two American soldiers and one British soldier. The attack was blamed on "Iranian-backed" Shia militias. However, the US or UK government failed to provide any proof for this claim. The lack of evidence did not stop the US and UK from jointly bombing several Shia militia targets in Iraq.

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Jeremy R Hammond returns to the show to update us on his continuing work exposing the half-truths and blatant falsehoods he finds in the government and corporate media's reporting on vaccines.

Linked below are Jeremy's previous appearances on Free Man Beyond the Wall.

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WHO Experimenting on African Children without Informed Consent

Fact Check: WHO Scientist Caught Lying to Public about Vaccine Safety

NY Times Deceives about the Odds of Dying from Measles in the US

Episode 333: Debunking State/Media Propaganda About Vaccines w/ Jeremy R Hammond

Episode 246: Jeremy R Hammond Answers Questions on Vaccine Research, Israel/Palestine and The Fed

Episode 212: A Sober Discussion on Vaccine Research w/ Jeremy R. Hammond

Episode 163: The Art of Exposing Propaganda w/ Journalist Jeremy R Hammond

Episode 92: Award Winning Journalist Jeremy R Hammond – Are Vaccines Safe?

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Stephen Zunes talks about Joe Biden's shameful history helping to advocate for the invasion of Iraq in 2002 and 2003. These days he claims he was caught up in the aftermath of 9/11 and was simply mistaken about the intelligence, like everyone else who voted for the war. But Zunes reminds us that Biden was chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at that time, with a Democratic-majority congress. With his influence, he probably could have stopped the war singlehandedly. If that weren't enough, Zunes says that Biden was actually advocating "boots on the ground" to depose Saddam Hussein before 9/11. On this issue alone, Biden should be disqualified from the presidency, and Zunes and Scott expect a poor showing in the general election, should he end up with the Democratic nomination.

Discussed on the show:

WORTH THE PRICE? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War

"4/26/19 Stephen Zunes on the Other Reason Biden Shouldn’t Be President" (The Libertarian Institute)

"2/21/20 Matthew Hoh on Biden’s Pro-War Past" (The Libertarian Institute)

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

"War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (2007)" (IMDb)

The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers

Stephen Zunes is a professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of Western Sahara: War, Nationalism, and Conflict Irresolution and Civil Resistance Against Coups: A Comparative and Historical Perspective. Find him on Twitter @SZunes. 

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Scott interviews Andrew Cockburn about Russia's supposed new hypersonic missiles, which are said to have the ability to elude conventional missile defense systems, potentially making the U.S. a target for a nuclear strike with little that could be done to defend ourselves. The problem? These missiles almost certainly can't exist. Cockburn explains all the problems that American engineers have faced in trying to design hypersonic weapons, inferring that the Russians must have come up against the same problems. Instead, he says, programs like this serve two purposes. First, they are good for Putin's domestic popularity, since he will be perceived as standing up to the Americans. Second, they are a great way to funnel money from the Russian taxpayers to Putin's friends in the arms industry, just like American politicians do. The good news, says Cockburn, is that the world isn't under a greater threat than before due to these weapons. The bad news is that the people of America and Russia will continue to get exploited by their governments for the benefit of special interest groups.

Discussed on the show:

"Andrew Cockburn · Like a Ball of Fire · LRB 23 February 2020" (London Review of Books)

"Putin Flaunted Five Powerful Weapons. Are They a Threat?" (The New York Times)

Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author of Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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On FPF #463, I discuss the political instability caused by two different men claiming to be president. Incumbent Ashraf Ghani and his former Cheif Executive Abdullah Abdullah have both claimed victory in an election that happened in September. They exploit the rampant violence, extortion, and voter fraud that surrounded the election to claim their victory. It appears that Ghani will remain the president recognized by the US. 

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Pete invited the man who blew the whistle on the CIA torture program, John Kiriakou, to come on the show and discuss the different factions on the America Left. They also discuss the Democratic primaries and who can beat trump in the coming November election, as well as how they see party politics going forward if Bernie doesn't get the nomination

John Kiriakou is a former CIA operative and senior investigator for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. A target of the Obama administration’s war on whistleblowers, he remains the only US official to serve time behind bars after revelations of CIA “enhanced interrogation” practices, despite openly opposing the torture program. He maintains that his case was about exposing torture, not leaking information, adding, he “would do it all over again.” 

CIA Insider's Guide to the Iran Crisis: From CIA Coup to the Brink of War

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Dave DeCamp discusses a brand new MIT study into the Bolivian presidential election of November 2019 that resulted in the ouster of Evo Morales over claims of election fraud. The new study finds no such evidence, claiming that all the supposed red flags were perfectly consistent with what should be expected from the country's elections. It's true that Morales was defying the term limits outlined in the Bolivian constitution, but a court had ruled before the election that his bid was legitimate, and the MIT study purports to show that he won a majority in a fair democratic election. Of course this isn't good enough for the U.S. government, who will use the thinnest pretext to support regime change in a country that won't go along with its agenda. Morales is currently in exile in Argentina, and it isn't clear if he will ever be able to return to Bolivia. Scott and DeCamp also talk briefly about the latest in the OPCW Douma cover-up saga.

Discussed on the show:

"MIT Study Finds No Evidence of Fraud in Bolivian Election that Resulted in a Coup" (Centre for Research on Globalization)

"Top Bolivian coup plotters trained by US military's School of the Americas, served as attachés in FBI police programs" (The Grayzone)

State Department Cables

"11/29/19 Jeb Sprague on the Latest Latin American Deep State Coup" (The Libertarian Institute)

"Exclusive: OPCW whistleblowers confront leadership's attacks, cover-up of Douma deception" (The Grayzone)

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Scott interviews Branko Marcetic about his new book, Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden, which explores the arc of Biden's decades-long political career. Marcetic explains that Biden has never really had serious ideological commitments, and instead has simply wanted power and prestige since he was a kid. This has led to a life of switching positions on major issues when he perceived that it would be to his benefit, as he has done on the wars in the Middle East, the drug wars at home, welfare-state economic policies, and "humanitarian" interventions abroad. All of this, Marcetic asserts, makes Biden the wrong candidate for today's Democratic party. He has already faced some scrutiny from his more progressive colleagues, but Scott and Marcetic know this will only intensify if he has to face President Trump in the general election.

Discussed on the show:

"Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden" (Jacobin)

Glass-Steagall Act

"Law enforcement took more stuff from people than burglars did last year" (Washington Post)

"Mike Bloomberg Exploited Prison Labor to Make 2020 Presidential Campaign Phone Calls" (The Intercept)

Plan Colombia

"'Bully' Remark Earns Biden a Lesson in Wartime Rhetoric" (The Washington Post)

"Karl Rove says Biden is only 2020 Democrat who can defeat Trump" (Washington Examiner)

Branko Marcetic is a writer for Jacobin Magazine, a fellow at In These Times, and host of the 1/200 podcast. He is the author of Yesterday's Man: The Case Against Joe Biden. Follow him on Twitter @BMarchetich.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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Donnie Gebert of the Direct Republic podcast and author of The Null Hypothesis of Politics joined Tommy for episode 101. Donnie's idea of a Direct Republic, decentralization down to the individual, was thought up within a mind trained and educated by the DOD to topple governments through peaceful revolution. When Donnie realized the enemy was domestic and not abroad he put his education to work at home.

Dan McKnight of BringOurTroopsHome.us talks about the "Defend the Guard" movement popping up in state legislatures around the country. The legislation on which the movement is based calls for an end to the calling up of states' national guard troops to federal service without an explicit declaration by congress. McKnight also explains the way conservatives of all stripes are starting to unite around the idea that America cannot keep fighting these endless wars, a growing consensus which is forcing the conversation into mainstream political discourse.

Discussed on the show:

"Veterans Group Praises Trump Peace Agreement, Chides 'Chicken Hawk Cheney'" (Antiwar.com Blog)

"Stop forcing U.S. troops to prop up pedophile culture" (Idaho State Journal)

Dan McKnight is the founder and Chairman of Idahoans to Bring Our Troops Home. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserves, three years active duty with the U.S. Army, and ten years with the Idaho Army National Guard, including a one-year deployment to Afghanistan in 2006.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: NoDev NoOps NoIT, by Hussein Badakhchani; The War State, by Mike Swanson; WallStreetWindow.com; Tom Woods' Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; Listen and Think Audio; TheBumperSticker.com; and LibertyStickers.com.

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