04/08/2009 Scott Horton and Grant F. Smith discuss Steve Rosen’s lawsuit against AIPAC, the increasing political stakes in the upcoming Rosen/Weissman espionage trial, the growing political pressure for Barak Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder to dismiss the case and the possibility that AIPAC’s function as a foreign agent will be openly discussed in court. Download

03/11/2009 Radio Host Ray Hanania interviewed Grant Smith on WJJG Chicago.  They discussed an upcoming report about the Impact of AIPAC and the Israeli government's acquisition of business confidential information provided by concerned US industries to the US Trade Representative during trade negotiations. They reviewed ongoing commercial espionage in weapons systems design, pharmaceutical clinical dossiers, and other intellectual property. The US-Israel FTA is the only bilateral FTA producing multi-billion dollar yearly deficits now totaling $71 billion and negative jobs impact of 126,000 manufacturing related jobs. Review measures the Obama administration should take as it begins reevaluating FTAs against the new trade agenda. Download

11/09/2008 Radio host Sherif S. Fam interviewed Grant Smith on WZBC Cambridge, Massachusetts. During the Sunday  morning program "This Week in Palestine." They discussed the history of the Israel lobby in presidential cabinets and how Obama's picks will impact Middle East policy. Download

10/25/2008 - Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio interviews Grant Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy and author of America’s Defense Line: The Justice Department’s Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as Agents of a Foreign Government. They discuss the intrigue behind the AIPAC espionage case, long range patterns of Neocon activity in the Pentagon and the history behind the Logan Act.  They also cover corporate media issue framing, the likely continuity of Washington consensus Mideast policy in an Obama administration and AIPAC's imposition of obstacles toward US exports to the wider Mideast. Download

10/08/2008 - Presidential candidates fiercely debate nuclear proliferation in the Middle East—with one caveat: Israel's nuclear weapons.  Jeffrey Blankfort of the Pacifica Radio "Takes on the World" program interviews Grant Smith about the new book "America's Defense Line: The Justice Department's Battle to Register the Israel Lobby as Agents of a Foreign Government".   Download (Partial broadcast with listener call-in.)

7/16/2008 - The Bush administration is reversing its long held position that suspension of uranium enrichment was the price of Iran's seat at a negotiating table.  But how genuine is the move toward a face-to-face between Undersecretary of State Burns and Iran's Javier Solana.  Why now?  Is it a strategic shift or policy realignment?  And what about the impact on fall elections?  Grant Smith talks to Radio France Internationale. Download (Foreign Language Broadcast)

3/01/2008 - The Muslim Jewish Christian Alliance's Dr. Kevin Barrett, Republic Broadcasting Network. What are the strategic implications of Israel's nuclear weapons arsenal?  Why did AIPAC founder Isaiah Kenen ditch the Foreign Agent Registration Act filing requirements when he formed the lobby?  How is alternative media breaking down the wall of self censorship and intimidation and restoring the "American way" of fearless public discourse?   Download

2/24/2008 - The Todd Feinburg Show.  Many Americans question the source of Israel's strong political influence in this country. An answer, at least in part, may be offered in Grant Smith's new book, "Foreign Agents - The American Israel Public Affairs Committee from the 1963 Fulbright Hearings to the 2005 Espionage Scandal." A criminal trial against two AIPAC executives will commence this spring, and Smith suggests that Americans will learn more as it unfolds about how Israel lobbyists violate the Foreign Agents Registration Act in their attempts to influence American foreign policy. Download

1/25/2008 - IRmep Policy Podcast.  Neoconservatives of the "Project for a New American Century" wanted more US GDP dedicated to military spending and war.  They've gotten their wish, but at what cost to the economy?  Also, how the US media responds to the Sibel Edmonds question, and the futility of asking the Israel lobby to recognize itself.  Download.

1/18/2008 - IRmep Policy Podcast.  The Washington Institute for Near East Policy and Norman Podhoretz pulled out all the stops to urge the Bush Administration to attack Iran in the autumn of 2007.  The National Intelligence Estimate stopped their initiative, but for how long? Download.

1/11/08 - IRmep Policy Podcast.  An incident at Hormuz Straits, the Bush visit to Palestine, and the real cost of US-Israel trade. MP3 Download.

12/18/07 - INN World News host Leonard Charles discusses the history of AIPAC and likelihood that the case will never go to trial with Grant Smith.  MP3 Download.

11/21/07 - PressTV Book Review "Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee"  Martin Short, a British author and producer, Tim Llewellyn the BBC's Middle East correspondent for nearly a decade, and Abe Haim, of Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine sat down to discuss the book "Foreign Agents".   MP3 Download.

08/17/07 - WBAI Book Review "Foreign Agents: The American Israel Public Affairs Committee"  On August 19, Grant Smith discussed upcoming book "Foreign Agents" on WBAI's "Walden's Pond" with radio host Shelton Walden. MP3 Download.

02/23/07 - "Visa Denied: The Opportunity Cost of Discriminatory Visa Policies" On February 23, Grant Smith discussed the newly released report "Visa Denied: How Anti-Arab Visa Policies Destroy US Exports, Jobs and Higher Education on Viewpoint with James Zogby MP3 Download

01/25/07 - "The Opportunity Cost of Under Resourced US Visa Processing" On January 25, Grant Smith discussed the newly released report "Visa Denied: How Anti-Arab Visa Policies Destroy US Exports, Jobs and Higher Education. Download

10/18/06 - "Special Interest Policymakers and Neoconservative Dogma" Grant Smith appeared with Jeffrey Blankfort on Takes on the World the daunting problem of special interest policymakers thwarting US national interests. Smith reviews chapters of the book "Deadly Dogma".  MP3 Download

08/29/06 - "The Clean Break Plan: A Conspiracy of Theories?" Grant Smith appeared at the Palestine Center in Washington, DC to discuss the theories behind the Neoconservative "Clean Break" plan written by Richard Perle, David Wurmser and Douglas Feith.  He then analyzed the changing environment as law enforcement positions itself to take a more proactive stance against Espionage, Foreign Agent Registration, and Logan Act violations by US policymakers. MP3 Download

08/23/06 - Book Review: "Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America" Grant Smith appeared with author and WYZX Radio host Jeffrey Blankfort to discuss findings in "Deadly Dogma" and how the neoconservative influence continues to damage US Middle East policy. MP3  Download

08/15/06 - Book Review: "Deadly Dogma: How Neoconservatives Broke the Law to Deceive America.  Grant Smith appeared with WBAI Radio host Shelton Walden to discuss his new book and how the IRmep's Center for Policy and Law Enforcement is educating US attorneys about FARA, Espionage Act and Wire Fraud prosecution strategies. MP3 Download

08/14/06 - UN Ceasefire Resolution 1701 Grant Smith appeared on WWRL Radio with Dr. Ron Daniels to discuss the UN Ceasefire resolution and new information revealing the attacks on Lebanon as a "dry run" for future attacks on Iran. MP3 Download

08/11/06 - Neocon Clean Break plan Update Grant Smith appeared on the LinkTV show Viewpoint to discuss IRmep's book "Neocon Middle East Policy: the 'Clean Break' Plan Damage Assessment." (Available at http://www.irmep.org/cbda.htm) Other topics included legal violations of key neoconservative policymakers, flaws in core policy, and how rejection of international law has also diminished respect for domestic US law.  MP3 Download

11/21/2005 - Law enforcement briefing at the Russell Senate Office Building "US Charitable Contributions, Illegal Settlements, and Suicide Terrorism.  MP3 Download

11/10/05 - Neocon Clean Break plan or Beirut Declaration? 9/11Grant Smith appeared on the Jim Greenfield
show to discuss IRmep's book "Neocon Middle East Policy: the 'Clean Break' Plan Damage Assessment." (Available at http://www.irmep.org/cbda.htm) Other topics included tackling the real causes vs the hype factor and rhetoric in the news media's discussion of suicide terrorism, and the Beirut Declaration.  Plus all the news, notes, and politics of the week. MP3 Download

8/15/05 - The Gaza Withdrawal and Mythologies of the 1967 Arab Israeli War.  Was the 1967 Arab Israeli war inevitable? What is the true refugee status of Palestinians? What do the data say about how to really confront suicide terrorism? Grant Smith clears up common misconceptions in a debate with Armstrong Williams.  MP3 Download 

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