Episodes
Wednesday Mar 07, 2012
Barry Rubin, Christian Adams, Jim Hanson
Wednesday Mar 07, 2012
Wednesday Mar 07, 2012
On today's show Frank spends two segments with Barry Rubin. Barry is the director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal. He is also the author of the definitive book on the global Islamist group, the Muslim Brotherhood. (The Muslim Brotherhood: The Organization and Policies of a Global Islamist Movement) His interpretation of Obama's AIPAC speech as a distinct change in U.S. policy makes for lively debate on the harbinger's of a strike on Iran's nuclear program. In the second segment Barry guides us through the consequential developments in Egypt's new political system. Has the United States propped up a new Islamist state? In segment 3, Christian Adams, a former attorney for the Voting Rights Section of the Department of Justice details the history of the new third in command at DOJ, Tony West. West was an advocate for American Taliban member John Walker Lynn. West's law firm represented among others, the 20th hijacker of the 9/11 attacks. The same firm used lawfare to sue a company for access to the CIA's logistical operations at GITMO. West is now in charge of detainee policy at DOJ. Christian then breaks news on Chinese and Cuban agents of influence acting to have the U.S. naval presence ordered out of Guam. Former Army Special Forces weapons expert, Jim Hanson, wraps up the show with with a glowing grade on Eric Holders case for a pro-assassination policy by the administration.