05/29/15 – Trevor Timm – The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Timm, a Guardian US columnist and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses Senator Rand Paul's efforts to force an expiration of provisions within the Patriot Act that have been used to justify the NSA's surveillance of Americans.

05/29/15 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses the hype and the reality of the Iraq War "surge" that allowed President Bush to withdraw without admitting defeat - by sacrificing 1000 American soldiers and creating the chaos that ultimately gave rise to the Islamic State.