A federal judge denied Massachusetts Airman Jack Teixeira's motion to be released while he waits for his trial to begin. Teixeira is accused of leaking classified documents on Discord that undermine the narrative put forward by the US government that the war in...
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8/31/23 Andy Worthington: Some Good News from Guantanamo Bay
by Scott Horton | Sep 2, 2023 | The Scott Horton Show
Download Episode. Andy Worthington is back to discuss what’s happening down at Guantanamo Bay. This time there is a positive development. A judge has ruled that statements gathered from the so-called “Clean Team” interrogations of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri cannot be...
The State’s Abuse of Psychiatric Power: A Libertarian Rebuttal
by Ram Sharma | Aug 30, 2023 | Featured Articles
At first glance, Vivek Ramaswamy appears as a compelling presidential contender for libertarians. His rhetoric around limited government and personal responsibility resonates with those wary of state overreach. However, Ramaswamy’s recent proposal to reopen state...
Whitmer Kidnap Judge: Defense Can’t Cite FBI Entrapment Efforts
by Ken Silva | Aug 28, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
During Tuesday’s opening statements at the trial of three men accused of aiding the 2020 alleged militia plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, defense attorney Bill Barnett made accurate statements about an FBI informant involved in the case—describing how...
‘Defend the Guard’ Phone Bank Was Huge Success
by Dan McKnight | Aug 25, 2023 | Blog, Foreign Policy
This Bring Our Troops Home newsletter is reprinted with permission. To receive them in your inbox, sign up at the top of the page. Friends, I could use this newsletter to give you an update about the Republican primary debate last night. Candidates talked and talked...
Kansas Newspaper Plans to Sue Police Over Raid, Citing First Amendment Violations
by Connor Freeman | Aug 17, 2023 | News
The police department in Marion, Kansas raided a local, family-owned newspaper's offices as well as the owner’s home in an aggressive search which myriad press groups have deemed illegal and unconstitutional. This raid may have been motivated by the paper’s...
WH Backs Renewal of Law Enabling Spying on Americans, Amid FBI Scandals
by Connor Freeman | Aug 1, 2023 | News
The Joe Biden administration released a report endorsing the renewal of a controversial law which enables US intelligence agencies to spy on foreign nationals and American citizens on Monday. This comes amid a heated debate in Congress regarding how such surveillance...
Mom Accuses FBI of Entrapping Her ‘Neurodiverse’ Teenager in Terrorism Scheme
by Ken Silva | Jul 26, 2023 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In June 2022, Colorado woman Deanna Meyer contacted her local sheriff’s office about violent and terroristic statements that her mentally ill 17-year-old son, Davin Meyer, was making at the time. The local sheriff, in turn, contacted the FBI, which then...
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David Boaz (1953-2024)
With great sadness I note the passing of David Boaz today, June 7, 2024, at age 70. He had been ill for some time. He was a good man and a giant of the libertarian movement. Very much because of David's influence and example, libertarian organizations not only...
Provoked Book Update
As many of you know, I'm working on a book called Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. You may also know that it's way overlong and way overdue. Well, the news is that I got it up to 1,400 pages, and more than...
Wonderful Israeli Best Friends and Most Moral Army in World History™ Torture, Murder Palestinians with Electro-shock, Sodomy
New York Times: Eight former detainees, all of whom the military has confirmed were held at the site and who spoke on the record, variously said they had been punched, kicked and beaten with batons, rifle butts and a hand-held metal detector while in custody. One said...
Nothing New in Military Technology Disasters
Readers think I am highly critical of Western military foibles and bad decisions (I am) but history is replete with mismanagement and poor planning planet-wide in military technology. Like the Indian nuclear submarine disaster from leaving a hatch open on the INS...
What Inequality?
According to research conducted by Phil Gramm, the late Robert Ekelund, and John Early, documented in The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate and summarized in this video: The bottom 20 percent of households have an average annual income...
Immigration Talk
I talk about immigration with Michael Liebowitz on The Rational Egoist.