4/11/20 Ray McGovern on the World’s Most Heroic Journalist

Scott talks to Ray McGovern about the heroic Julian Assange, who is still languishing in solitary confinement during his extradition trial to the U.S. on charges that he coordinated with Chelsea Manning to steal classified documents from the U.S. government. McGovern reminds us of how many important truths have been exposed to the American people thanks to WikiLeaks, and wonders what calamities could have been avoided had WikiLeaks been around sooner, such as 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. In both cases—much like in the current coronavirus crisis—there were officials who tried to warn...

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4/10/20 Chip Gibbons on the FBI’s Abusive Surveillance of Nonviolent Activists

Scott talks to Chip Gibbons about his research into FBI spying on nonviolent pro-Palestinian activist groups. Although these activists are made out to be dangerous terrorist sympathizers, Gibbons says that the actual evidence against them amounts to criminalization of political speech and some very questionable guilt by association. Unfortunately, these abuses of surveillance power are far from rare, as the FBI has almost no oversight from other branches of government. Political will to reform the Bureau is also practically nil, given that everybody wants to preserve the ability to use them...

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Missing Will Grigg

Sunday will be the third anniversary of the death of the great William Norman Grigg. He really was the most eloquent speaker and writer in the libertarian movement, and the current crisis just reminds me all the more how valuable his insight was. And he was a good friend. Our very best goes out to Will's great family. We will never forget him.

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