On COI #65, Kyle and Will update the progress of the New START arms control treaty, which is slated for a 5-year extension after agreement was reached between President Biden and his Russian counterpart. The move may not signal a new dawn for US-Russia ties, however,...
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Kevin Clinesmith Guilty in Russiagate Plot
by Scott Horton | Aug 14, 2020 | Blog
He's the guy who -- ahem -- erased the detail that Carter Page was a loyal American patriot and CIA asset from the FBI's FISA warrant applications. No word yet if he's being compelled to testify against his superiors.
New Russiagate Whistleblower Exposes Stefan Halper’s Role in Firing Mike Flynn
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 10, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #530, Will Porter returns to the show to discuss the new Russiagate Whistleblower Steven P. Schrage. Schrage is a former student of Stefan Halper and set up the event was Halper first met Carter Page. The Page/Halper meeting is suspected of helping generate the...
Matt Taibbi: Democrats Have Abandoned Civil Liberties
by Scott Horton | May 16, 2020 | Blog
I know. It's hard to believe the guys who hired the Delta Force to burn the Branch Davidians to death, banned AR-15s, voted for the PATRIOT Act, colluded with Bush on spying and torture and war, let Obama get away with deliberately murdering American citizens and...
News Roundup 3/13/20
by Kyle Anzalone | Mar 13, 2020 | News Roundup
US News A judge orders Chelsea Manning to be released from jail. Manning has been imprisoned for over a year for refusing to testify in front of a grand jury. [Link]WikiLeaks says the grand jury in the Assange case has been disbanded. [Link]The House passes a bill...
AG Barr at Hearing: What’s Really Behind Russiagate Hoax?
by Scott Horton | May 1, 2019 | Blog
Barr: many people assume that the Page FISA warrant/effort was the extent of the beginning of the investigation. That's not necessarily so. I'm going to find out. Update: I missed this, but Fox TV says that Barr told Lindsey Graham that he's assembled a new team to...
11/30/18 Nozomi Hayase on Julian Assange
by Scott Horton | Dec 3, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Nozomi Hayase joins the show to talk about Wikileaks, given all the recent news about Julian Assange. Hayase explains Assange's background and the founding of Wikileaks, arguing that its mission is critical for a free society today. If leakers and whistleblowers...
FPF #224 – Wikileaks & Storm Troopers
by Kyle Anzalone | Jul 25, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #224, I discuss the reports that Julian Assange will soon be handed over to British authorities. Assange has been targeted for the important information his organizations, Wikileaks, has released to the public and his sympathy for the Catalan independence...
2/9/18 Brian Saady on NSA spying on Americans under 2017 FISA reauthorization
by Scott Horton | Feb 9, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Author Brian Saady returns to the show to discuss his article "With the Shutdown Over, the Government Can Go Back to Suppressing Your Rights." Saady explains in laymen's terms FISA 702, which allows the NSA to monitor any American in communication with foreign targets...
News Roundup 2/7/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Feb 7, 2018 | Blog
Senator Grassley releases a memo on the FISA warrant application to spy on the Trump campaign. [Link] A look at the mismanagement of US nuclear weapons contracts. [Link] Mattis is pushing for the US to develop sea-based nuclear Cruise Missiles. [Link] Trump is pushing...
Senate Votes to Trash Fourth Amendment
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 17, 2018 | Blog, Justice
The U.S. Senate is no more inclined to stop warrantless surveillance of Americans than the House of Representatives was. Today the Senate voted to stop any attempt to limit the government's power to violate, under FISA Section 702, Americans' right to privacy as...
News Roundup 11/9/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Nov 9, 2017 | Blog
Steve Bannon said George W Bush was the most destructive president in US history. [Link] The USA LIBERTY ACT passes its House committee. The bill will renew the FISA 702 program and expand the government's ability to spy on Americans. [Link] The Acting Army Secretary...
News Roundup 4/12/17
by Kyle Anzalone | Apr 12, 2017 | Blog
Donald Trump says North Korea is looking for trouble and that the US can solve the problem. [Link] Tillerson tells Russia that Assad's rule is coming to an end. [Link] The FBI got a FISA warrant to spy on a former Trump advisor. [Link] Trump signed the approval for...
Here’s What It Looks Like When the Mainstream Media Gets It Right
by James Holbrooks | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
This article originally appeared at Anti-Media. In an era of what WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange calls “weaponized text” — when terms like “fake news” can be used to discredit media outlets who refuse to tow the corporate line — it’s important to point out...
Blog
The “Rich Get Richer” Myth
Some 94 percent of Americans who reach “top 1 percent” income status will enjoy it for only a single year. Approximately 99 percent will lose their “top 1 percent” status within a decade. Now consider the top 400 U.S. income-earners—a far more exclusive club than the...
The Non-Existent Difference Between National Socialism and Democratic Socialism
Summary: National Socialism and Democratic Socialism both advocate institutionalized violence by the state against peaceful people only differing in rhetoric. The most popular self described Democratic Socialists in America today are Senator Bernie Sanders and...
A Response to My Memorial Day Critics
My article against Memorial Day drew a lot of ire and attention. This should not have been surprising; I was making a controversial statement. What did surprise me, however, was that many critics were self-described libertarians or former libertarians. There were many...
Ignoring Political Gossip & Sticking to Principle
https://youtu.be/ZwWHjYVY4tg In the private sector, firms must attract voluntary customers or they fail; and if they fail, investors lose their money, and managers and employees lose their jobs. The possibility of failure, therefore, is a powerful incentive to find...
The Myth of “Hyper-Rugged-Isolationist-Individualism”
Myth #1: Libertarians believe that each individual is an isolated, hermetically sealed atom, acting in a vacuum without influencing each other. This is a common charge, but a highly puzzling one. In a lifetime of reading libertarian and classical-liberal...
The Lesson From Germany and Korea
Institutions are, of course, in some sense the products of culture. But, because they formalize a set of norms, institutions are often the things that keep a culture honest, determining how far it is conducive to good behaviour rather than bad. To illustrate the...
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