Scott interviews Patrick Eddington about the surveillance of U.S. citizens and the legislation that allows it. Although the USA Freedom Act ostensibly rolls back the NSA's metadata program, it really only tweaks a technicality of whom the organization allowed to spy...
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The Constitutional Reasons to Oppose Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court
After two days of political theater, the Senate Judiciary Committee agreed to delay the vote to confirm Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court for a week. In that time, the FBI will conduct an investigation surrounding the allegations made against him by Christine...
E-Verify Threatens Us All
In addition to funding for a border wall and other border security measures, immigration hardliners are sure to push to include mandatory E-Verify in any immigration legislation considered by Congress. E-Verify is a (currently) voluntary program where businesses check...
Here’s What It Looks Like When the Mainstream Media Gets It Right
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...
One Final Expansion of the Surveillance State as Obama Heads for the Door
President Barack Obama's administration ending its eight-year rule by expanding the sharing of intercepted communications and data between federal agencies may feel a little bit like a final giant middle finger to the many critics of the massive, secretive...
02/21/04 – Bob Barr – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Bob Barr, a former federal prosecutor and Congressman from Georgia about threats to liberty and privacy that are the result of the Patriot Act, CAPPS II, TIA, and the militarization of American society....
12/27/03 – Brigid O’Neil – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Brigid O'Neil, a researcher at the Center on Peace & Liberty at the Independent Institute, and the author of the articles: The PATRIOT Act’s Assault on the Bill of Rights, Jose Padilla: A Constitutional Challenge for Us All, and Uncle Sam’s...
10/11/03 – Chuck Michaels – The Scott Horton Show
Philip Dru interviews Chuck Michaels, an attorney and peace activist, about his in-depth analysis of the Patriot Act entitled No Greater Threat: America after September 11, and the Rise of the National Security State....
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Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine
Over and over, U.S. government officials and their mainstream media allies called Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine an “unprovoked attack.” The slogan became so overused that people began to ask the obvious question: Why do they protest so much? In Provoked: How...
