Kieren McCarthy discusses the recent revelation that the FBI has access to the NSA's national security database, and has queried it tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of times. The database, gathered under special surveillance powers by the NSA and CIA, is not...
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10/25/19 Trevor Aaronson on the FBI’s Unconstitutional Investigative Powers
by Scott Horton | Oct 27, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Trevor Aaronson discusses some of the FBI's egregious abuses of its power over American citizens, most recently brought to light by their use of an informant to investigate a law-abiding militia group in California for years. Although the FBI claims to be concerned...
This Weekend, the 26th and 27th, I’ll Be At The Texas Book Festival
by Scott Horton | Oct 25, 2019 | Blog
You know, down at the Texas state capital in Austin. Pretty sure I'll be right on Lavaca Street between 11th and 12th. I should have copies of all the Libertarian Institute books, Fool's Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan and The Great Ron Paul: The Scott...
10/18/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Winding Down of the War in Syria
by Scott Horton | Oct 21, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Patrick Cockburn about the situation with the Kurds in Syria. Scott calls Syria a win-win-win-win: The Kurds have negotiated a deal with Assad that will give them some autonomy and protection from Turkey, Turkey gets a roughly 30-mile border buffer with...
10/18/19 Peter Van Buren on the Impeachment Derangement in Washington
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Peter Van Buren about his recent article in The American Conservative, "Finding a Vaccine for the Impeachment Derangement Virus." Van Buren argues that whatever President Trump's real crimes might be—most notably continuing to help the Saudis...
10/18/19 Doug Bandow on Avoiding Another Cold War
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow comes back on the show to explain the importance of America taking a backseat with Ukraine, particularly with respect to its dispute with Russia over Crimea. Bandow reminds us that Crimea has historically always been a part of Russia, and that it was...
10/18/19 Elizabeth McAlister: Nuclear Winter and the Kings Bay Plowshares 7
by Scott Horton | Oct 20, 2019 | Hotter Than the Sun, The Scott Horton Show
Elizabeth McAlister of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 updates Scott on her legal situation, following an April 2018 incident in which she and other members of her organization broke into a Nuclear Submarine facility. The Kings Bay Plowshares are a group of Catholics...
10/14/19 Ramzy Baroud on Israel’s Torture and Ethnic Cleansing of Palestinians
by Scott Horton | Oct 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ramzy Baroud joins the show for an update on Israel and Palestine. He wants to dispel some common misconceptions about Israel, starting with the fact that the country didn't even exist before 1948, while Palestine has a history that goes back thousands of years....
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Boeing Incompetence Continues: The Space Launch System Debacle
We all know what is happening now with the Boeing disaster in space where two astronauts are marooned and the billion dollar taxicab is not only malfunctioning but can't be undocked without a human inside piloting the capsule away. Boeing was contracted by Never...
Anti-War Blog – Just a Meme of Their Time
So much to watch, to scroll past. To ignore. Apparently life is so busy, too much going on to care. The need to escape is paramount, to avoid reality. A reality many claim to be normal. Important even. A woman uses her degree to move about on the Olympic stage, elite...
Analysis of the ICJ’s Ruling that Israel’s Occupation Is Illegal
Scott Horton and I discuss the significance of the International Court of Justice’s recent ruling that Israel’s occupation is illegal.
Doubling Down on Failure: Ford Fiasco Follies
A new updated CRS report dated 5 August 2024 is out on the USS Ford debacle. I read these reports so you don't have to. For plenty of reasons, the carrier is the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. Yet the US insists on spending tens of billions of dollars on...
The Case for Not Voting
Bretigne Shaffer and I explain why, if you want to effect real change, the most sensible thing you can do is to not vote.
The Royal Navy Submarine Force Remains Surfaced
The Royal Navy is experiencing readiness and maintenance shortfalls in its submarine force that is similar to the throughput problems for the US nuclear submarine forces. The logistical tail for exquisite platforms like nuclear submarines is enormous and a first world...
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