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Ralph welcomes acclaimed investigative report, Jeremy Scahill of Drop Site News to give us his report on the state of the ceasefire in Gaza, why both sides tend to undercount the deaths and casualties, the nature of the October 7th assault, and the threat of a wider war with Iran. Plus, Ralph responds to a DOGE supporter, who on social media called him a hypocrite.Jeremy Scahill is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the books Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield and Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. He was one of the founding editors of The Intercept and he is co-founder (with Ryan Grim) of Drop Site News, a non-aligned, investigative news organization dedicated to exposing the crimes of the powerful — particularly in overt and secret conflicts where the U.S. government is playing a key role.If you study the past 76, 77 years of history of the Palestinians, there is no chance that they are going to voluntarily leave their land. There is no chance that they are going to lay down their arms in a struggle for national liberation. And I think that the only certainty here is that the Palestinians are not going to give up.Jeremy ScahillWhen you're talking about 2,000 families being wiped out, when you're talking about thousands upon thousands of people buried under the rubble of what used to be their homes. And then the Israelis come in with their utterly sadistic macabre tactics where they then bulldozed people, put them in mass graves. I don't think we right now have any sense of the scope of the killing that has happened.Jeremy ScahillA friend of mine, Ali Abunima who runs Electronic Intifada, said that the Germans have been punishing the Palestinians for the German mass murder of Jews for many decades now.Jeremy ScahillThere's more outrage among what I call blue MAGA, these sort of cultish partisan Democrats, over Trump's proposal to take over Gaza as a Middle East Riviera than most of these people ever said during Biden and Harris actively facilitating a genocide.Jeremy Scahill Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Erik Prince, the founder and CEO of the world’s most notorious mercenary company, Blackwater, landed in hot water during an interview with Mehdi Hasan at the Oxford Union in the U.K. Prince repeatedly claimed to have disclosed an August 2016 meeting at Trump Tower to the House Intelligence Committee—a claim not backed up by the official transcripts of his testimony before congress. On this week’s show, Mehdi Hasan speaks with Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, and to Congressman Joaquin Castro, who sits on the House Intelligence Committee, about the possible fallout from Prince’s contradictory statements.

Investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill talks about the secrets he's learned about our government's assassination programs, and how our military policies are leading to more oppression at home as well. Then, Laura visits Ireland for the anniversary of a one hundred year old rising against empire, and her commentary looks at the undeserved power of hedge fund managers. Jeremy Scahill is an award-winning investigative journalist and a founding editor of The Intercept. He is the author Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield, and a producer of the film Dirty Wars, which was nominated for an academy award for best documentary. His newest book, co-written with the staff of The Intercept, is The Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare Program.

Politics For The Indifferent. Episode 95, final part with Jeremy Scahill about money in politics, corporations as people, Wikileaks and the future of journalism. Jeremy Scahill, National security correspondent for "The Nation" and "Democracy Now", author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" and "Dirty Wars". Recorded on October 17, 2013 in Berlin.

Politics For The Indifferent. Episode 94, Part three with Jeremy Scahill about the future of drone warfare and if there's ever going to be an atheist or pacifist as US president. Jeremy Scahill, National security correspondent for "The Nation" and "Democracy Now", author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" and "Dirty Wars". Recorded on October 17, 2013 in Berlin.

Politics For The Indifferent. Episode 93, Part two with Jeremy Scahill about the German language, "Terror Tuesdays", kill lists & the CIA's dating service. Jeremy Scahill, National security correspondent for "The Nation" and "Democracy Now", author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" and "Dirty Wars". Recorded on October 17, 2013 in Berlin.

Politics For The Indifferent. Check out the rest of the interview with Jeremy: Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xdVDmxABf0 Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7KVvloiBG4 Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f99QMr-8xZc Episode 92 with Jeremy Scahill, National security correspondent for "The Nation" and "Democracy Now", author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army" and "Dirty Wars". Jeremy is on his European book tour for "Dirty Wars" these days. So we met him and talked for about 90 minutes. This is part 1 (the other three parts will follow in the next couple of days) in which we talk about the definition of "dirty wars" and of terrorism. Jeremy explains what "signature strikes" are, what drone warfare means and what role Nobel Peace Prize winner, Barack Obama, plays in all of this. Recorded on October 17, 2013 in Berlin.

From a billion dollars sought for embassies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to May's highest casualties for US forces in Iraq since September, the wars abroad are taking their toll on our nation. Bill Moyers sits down with award-winning investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill to examine the human and financial costs of America's wars. Scahill is author of the best-selling book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army. And, from headlines surrounding the health care debate to media frenzy over Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, NPR's On the Media host Brooke Gladstone and NYU journalism professor and PressThink blogger Jay Rosen sort the messages and spin from the week's news.

Pictures of Poti and Supsa taken in 1999US Department of Energy (EIA): "Baku-Supsa Pipeline (AIOC "Early Oil" Western Route) Baku to Supsa (Georgia), terminating at Supsa Black Sea Port "Wikipedia:The Baku-Supsa Pipeline (also known as the Western Route Export Pipeline and Western Early Oil Pipeline) is an 830 kilometres (520 mi) long oil pipeline, which runs from the Sangachal Terminal near Baku to the Supsa terminal in Georgia. It transports oil from the Azeri-Chirag-Guneshli field. The pipeline is operated by BP.The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline goes through Georgian territory and not Russian aligned that's why BP, Chevron, Total, Hess and others built it, but, According to the map above, provided by US Department of Energy, there's a thick red line indicating a pipeline! The Baku-Supsa Pipeline terminates at the port of Batumi in the Russian affiliated autonomous region of Ajaria! Supsa looks like a one horse town in Georgia, it doesn't look very much like a port, I think I'm going Poti, Poti is also in Georgia, I guess that's why Poti was bombed but Russia said it was no threat to oil shipments, Will that mean business as usual in the Russian-friendly boomtown Batumi?Reuters: Georgia's oil port of Supsa is operating only partially and oil tankers are not going into its Batumi port?I guess not...This much I do know; US energy interests with all the usual suspects are somewhere in the mix including Zbigniew Brzezinski and Blackwater. Jeremy Scahill's book Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army is now available in a special updated edition! Poti (north), Subsa (middle), Batumi (south)View Larger MapSupsa oil storage depotView Larger MapAddendum: The BBC says that oil is transported from Supsa to Batumi by rail Link The Baku-Batumi pipline Link http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00cv4l8

Blackwater CEO Erik Prince has been on the PR offensive this week, appearing on television to answer questions about his security firm Blackwater and its involvement in the shooting deaths of Iraqi civilians. Why is the press buying it? Bill Moyers interviews journalist Jeremy Scahill to help separate the spin from the reality. Scahill is an award-winning investigative journalist and the author of the bestselling book, Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.