Daniel Lazare discusses the hacking of the DNC email server, which is in the news yet again because of the recent indictment against Julian Assange. Lazare points out why many of the allegations against Assange don't make any sense, among which is the claim that he...
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Yes, Julian Assange Is a Journalist — But That Shouldn’t Matter
by Ryan McMaken | Apr 23, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Julian Assange was arrested last week in London, and he awaits legal proceedings designs to extradite him to the United States to be tried on hacking charges. At least, those are the charges currently known. Experience suggests that US authorities are likely to add...

Julian Assange: Political Prisoner
by Ron Paul | Apr 16, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Last week’s arrest of Wikileaks publisher Julian Assange by the British government on a US extradition order is an attack on all of us. It is an attack on the US Constitution. It is an attack on the free press. It is an attack on free speech. It is an attack on our...
Pardoning Assange Would be the First Step Back Toward Rule of Law
by Thomas L. Knapp | Apr 11, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
On April 11, the ongoing saga of journalist and transparency activist Julian Assange took a dangerous turn. Ecuador’s president, Lenin Moreno, revoked his asylum in that country’s London embassy. British police immediately arrested him — supposedly pursuant to his...
3/26/19 Ray McGovern was Right About Russiagate
by Scott Horton | Mar 26, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Ray McGovern about the release of the Mueller report, which confirms what McGovern has been saying for more than two years: There's no evidence that President Trump's campaign colluded with the Russians in 2016. McGovern's organization, Veteran...
Attorney General William Barr’s Summary of the Mueller Report
by Scott Horton | Mar 24, 2019 | Blog
Via: the New York Times: The Attorney General Washington, D.C. March 24, 2019 Dear Chairman Graham, Chairman Nadler, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Ranking Member Collins: As a supplement to the notification provided on Friday, March 22, 2019, I am writing today to...
12/21/18 Aaron Maté on the ‘Russiagate’ Truthers
by Scott Horton | Dec 24, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Aaron Maté talks about the latest with the Russian collusion investigation, which he looks at skeptically. He observes that the aim of the investigation does not seem to be to get to the truth, but rather to scare people, which generates clicks and views for the media...
News Roundup 12/24/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Dec 24, 2018 | News Roundup
Trump will replace Mattis as Secretary of Defense on January 1. When Trump announced Mattis’ resignation, Mattis was to step down at the end of February. [Link] The US charges two Chinese men for hacking. [Link] South Korea is requesting that 2019 US/SK military...
12/11/18 Peter Van Buren on the Mueller Investigation
by Scott Horton | Dec 12, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter Van Buren comes on the show to talk about his latest article on the Mueller investigation, which he believes is more conspiracy theory than truth. He points out that there's still no evidence of blackmail based on personal matters, and that none of the supposed...
9/5/18 Gareth Porter on DHS ‘Russian Hacking’ Claims
by Scott Horton | Sep 7, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter rejoins the show for an update on the Russian election hacking allegations. He reviews the evidence as presented by various media outlets and intelligence agencies, explaining why each story doesn't amount to much of anything on its own, and thus we...
FPF #240 – Fake News on Russiagate & North Korea
by Kyle Anzalone | Aug 31, 2018 | Conflicts of Interest
On FPF #240, I break down false and misleading information on Russiagate and North Korea. I discuss an article by Gareth Porter that debunks the claim that Russia hacked 21 state voter registration sites. Recent reporting on North Korea suggested that Donald Trump...

How the Department of Homeland Security Created a Deceptive Tale of Russia Hacking US Voter Sites
by Gareth Porter | Aug 29, 2018 | Featured Articles, Politics
The narrative of Russian intelligence attacking state and local election boards and threatening the integrity of U.S. elections has achieved near-universal acceptance by media and political elites. And now it has been accepted by the Trump administration’s...
7/23/18 Phil Giraldi on the Russia Indictment
by Scott Horton | Jul 26, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Phil Giraldi, former CIA officer, comes back on the show to talk about the recent Russia indictment, which he claims just doesn't add up. For instance, why launch a criminal investigation into foreign intelligence officers that you could never prosecute in the United...
7/17/18 Peter van Buren on Trump-Russia Hysteria
by Scott Horton | Jul 17, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter van Buren discusses the media reaction to President Trump's recent meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. He compares the entire story of Russian collusion to the birther conspiracy movement, in that swaths of Americans have been swept up in a campaign against...
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Yes, Andrew Sullivan Demanded W. Bush Nuke Iraq
He wrote on October 17, 2001: THE COMING CONFLICT: The sophisticated form of anthrax delivered to Tom Daschle's office forces us to ask a simple question. What are these people trying to do? I think they're testing the waters. They want to know how we will respond to...
War is a Euphemism for Theft Funded Mass Murder
The libertarian’s basic attitude toward war must then be: it is legitimate to use violence against criminals in defense of one’s rights of person and property; it is completely impermissible to violate the rights of other innocent people. War, then, is only proper...
I Support HB0220: the Maryland Defend the Guard Act
Here's my letter in support of HB0220: the Maryland Defend the Guard Act (I'll also be testifying at the hearing on February 15, 2023): HB0220 Favorable Dear House Health and Government Operations Committee: I write in support of House Bill 220, the Maryland Defend...
Refuting the SJW Narrative in 8 Minutes (feat. Dr. Wilfred Reilly)
https://youtu.be/8ZaXbun3S9A [I]f this were truly a "white supremacist" society, being called a white supremacist would be a badge of honor, not a professional death sentence. - Thomas E. Woods Jr. Wilfred Reilly, Ph.D., is a Professor of Political Science at Kentucky...
The 2100 B.C. Project
[M]ore importantly to force us to grapple with what it means that slavery is one of the oldest institutions in our country that few things outdate African slavery and yet we've treated this as a marginal story so at its heart the 1619 project is the story of America...
Out of the Blank Podcast: The War Machine in all its Sprawling Ignobility
Robbie Robertson interviews Laurie Calhoun on the Out of the Blank podcast about a wide range of topics, including drone killing, the war machine, the implications of the normalization of assassination using robotic devices for domestic policing, government control of...