Andrew Cockburn, author of Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy, discusses his article on “The ferocity and failure of America’s sanctions apparatus;” why US sanctions against Germany continued even after WWII was over; the decimation of Iraq’s economy due to 20 years of sanctions; how US domination of the world’s financial system prevents Iran from trading with other countries; and LBJ’s elephant-squashing-mosquito style of US foreign policy. (Duration: 30:27 — 7.0MB)
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Second interview Maj. Todd E. Pierce
Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses the history of martial law (or rather, rule by military decree) in the US; why the First Amendment no longer guarantees citizen oversight of government; and why the war on terror and Civil War-era precedents don’t justify the presidential powers dreamed up by Bush and Cheney’s legal counsel. (Duration: 30:41 — 7.0MB)
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Third interview Gareth Porter
Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his article taking issue with ProPublica journalist Sebastian Rotella’s report on the alleged 2008 Iranian bomb plot against the Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan; Gareth’s upcoming book on the web of lies about Iran’s nuclear program; and why the US government had no problem seeing the economic case for nuclear power in Iran during the Shah’s reign. (Duration: 30:41 — 7.0MB)
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