3/18/24 Andrew Cockburn on the True National Security Budget and the Plight of Julian Assange

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Scott Horton

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4.8 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Scott interviewed Andrew Cockburn about some recent articles he’s written. They start with a piece digging into the actual national security budget, which is much higher than people typically think. They also talk about the consequences of the war on terror, Julian Assange, the threat of government censorship and more. Discussed on the show: “Our Real National Security Budget” (Substack) “The Pentagon’s Silicon Valley Problem” (Harper’s) Andrew Cockburn is the Washington editor of Harper’s Magazine and the author of The Spoils of War: Power, Profit and the American War Machine and Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins. Follow him on Twitter @andrewmcockburn. This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: Moon Does Artisan Coffee; Roberts and Robers Brokerage Incorporated; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; Libertas Bella; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott. Get Scott’s interviews before anyone else! Subscribe to the Substack. Shop Libertarian Institute merch or donate to the show through Patreon, PayPal or Bitcoin: 1DZBZNJrxUhQhEzgDh7k8JXHXRjY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:46.0	All right, you guys.
0:47.1	On the line next, I've got the great Andrew Coburn.
0:51.3	He is the author of a great many books, including his most recent, The Spoils of War, and he is the Washington editor of Harper's
0:59.3	magazine. And if I can find the right link here, it is Spoils of War. Substack.com, where he has this incredible recent piece,
1:13.0	a real national security budget.
1:16.0	Two trillion, here we come.
1:19.0	Welcome back to the show, Andrew.
1:20.0	How you doing?
1:21.0	Oh, great to be with you.
1:22.0	I'm pretty good. Pretty good. Good. show. How you doing? Oh, great to be with you.
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