October 17, 2012

Scott Horton 2012.10.16

First interview Michael Ratner

Michael Ratner, president of the Center for Constitutional Rights and attorney for WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange, discusses the declassified documents that show the US Military Designated Assange “Enemy of State;” the stalemate between the British government, Assange, Swedish prosecutors, the DOJ and the Ecuadorian embassy; the rumored grand jury indictment against Assange for espionage; Bradley Manning’s sham trial; and why WikiLeaks is a legitimate journalistic organization like the NY Times, not a conduit for passing information to Al Qaeda. (Duration: 21:09 — 4.8MB)


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Second interview Naureen Shah

Naureen Shah of the Human Rights Institute discusses the under-counting of deaths from US drone strikes; problems with applying “civilian” or “militant” labels to Pakistani tribesmen; the shortcomings in WWII-era laws of war; and how drones allow the Obama administration to start and escalate wars on the sly. (Duration: 29:25 — 6.7MB)

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