07/31/14 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the CIA's admission that they did indeed spy on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence; the US ambassadors told to hush up about CIA torture in their host countries; and how Patrick Leahy's version of USA Freedom Act could help the NSA get inside your smart phone.

07/30/14 – Philip Weiss – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Weiss, co-editor of the Mondoweiss blog, discusses why Palestinians are holding out for a substantial ceasefire agreement that improves their living standards, despite sustaining massive casualties in the meantime; the cracks developing in the US-Israel "special relationship;" and why the mainstream media finally has the nerve to criticize Israel's killing of civilians.