02/27/13 – Jeffrey Carr – The Scott Horton Show

Jeffrey Carr, founder and CEO of Taia Global Inc., discusses why information security (InfoSec) companies are quick to blame China - often with little evidence - for hacking/espionage operations; Mandiant's weak case against Chinese hacker group "A.P.T. Number 12" for infiltrating the New York Times; and why critical thinking leads to the truth more often than the "gut feelings" of experts.

The Scott Horton Show 2/26/13

Today on the show: Trevor Timm from EFF and the Leveretts on Going to Tehran. 12-2 eastern http://scotthorton.org http://noagendastream.com  http://talkstreamlive.com

02/26/13 – Trevor Timm – The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses how the Freedom of the Press Foundation provides a fundraising medium for investigative journalism projects and controversial media organizations like WikiLeaks; the opposition to police surveillance drones in the US; the ominous Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) bill; and Google's record on information sharing and privacy.

02/26/13 – Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett – The Scott Horton Show

Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett, authors of Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran, discuss the obstacles to successful P5+1 talks; why the US still refuses to accept the Iranian government's legitimacy - even after 33+ years; why the Obama administration's Iran "containment" policy isn't sustainable; how Iran's "participatory Islamist" style of government and defiant foreign policy are inspiring people across the Middle East - and scaring...

02/25/13 – Yousaf Butt – The Scott Horton Show

Yousaf Butt, Research Professor and Scientist-in-residence at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation, discusses his article "Iran centrifuge magnet story technically questionable;" why the mainstream media continues to publish David Albright's false and misleading anti-Iran stories; the IAEA's duty to help - not obstruct - Iran with technical challenges in the production of civilian nuclear energy; and why countries that refuse to give up their nuclear programs (N. Korea) fare better...

The Pentagon Made F-35 Performance Tests Easier

Because "it's too heavy and slow." Via Laurence M. Vance: "The Pentagon's pursuit of the Lockheed Martin F-35 stealth fighter jet has been a heartbreaking one. If you're a tax payer, the program's estimated $1 trillion price tag probably breaks your heart a little bit. If you're an aviation enthusiast, the constant whittling away of the do-it-all aircraft's features, which in many cases actually amounts to adding weight and taking away maneuverability, must hurt a little bit, too. "If you're...

‘Moral Injury’ in the Terror War

Apparently "Kill! Kill! Kill! Blood Makes the Grass Grow!" is not working well enough anymore at destroying the consciences of young American G.I.s Well I guess we need to find a better way to help normal people deal with the psychopathic acts the government hired them to commit. You know, or stop getting into evil imperial wars all the time.

Poor Babies

NYT: Drone Pilots Are Found to Get Stress Disorders Much as Those in Combat Do "In the first study of its kind, researchers with the Defense Department have found that pilots of drone aircraft experience mental health problems like depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress at the same rate as pilots of manned aircraft who are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan." More.

Jeremy Hammond speaks out from solitary confinement

Jeremy Hammond is the accused Anonymous hacker facing life in prison for hacking Stratfor. Life. Though the presiding judge's husband was compromised in the hack, she refuses to recuse herself from the case. Also, Hammond has released a statement from solitary confinement. On Thursday morning, the judge overseeing Jeremy Hammond's trial for his alleged involvement in the famed LulzSec Stratfor hack refused to step down from presiding over the case, despite a reported conflict of interest....