“The Heat:” US elections and Russian relations: panel on CCTV August 17 discusses how and why Russia has been dragged into the U.S. election campaign; how seriously to take the notion that President Putin would prefer Trump; and how the resuscitated Cold War could be still colder – or a lot hotter – if only Putin would oblige by doing tit for tat.

August 18, 2016

Wide ranging discussion includes James Jetras, Soviet desk officer at State Department in early 80s; Vladimir Goldstein, Assoc. Professor of Slavic Studies at Brown; and Ray. Half-hour program in two parts:

Part 1 (16 minutes)

Part 2 (9 minutes)

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← KPFA radio’s “Flashpoints” interviewed Ray (20 min.) and Robert Parry (30 min.) on August 16. First question to Ray was about what former acting CIA director Michael Morell told Charlie Rose on August 8 about killing Russians and Iranians, in order to “scare” Assad into leaving (sic). Ray brought up the classic definition of “terrorism” — the use of violence to frighten people as a way of trying to achieve a political goal, and suggested that very, very tough little Michael Morell might wish to think about that.

An oops-moment from Michael Morell as he lavished praise on Hillary Clinton on the Charlie Rose show just ten days after he lavished praise on Hillary Clinton on the Charlie Rose show ten days ago. (Get the picture?) It was clear, from some of the things Charlie said, that he, CBS, and Morell had gotten so much flak for what Morell said on August 8, that it was decided to give Morell a mulligan on August 18. →

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