Barton Gellman Interviews Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden, after months of NSA revelations, says his mission’s accomplished 'For me, in terms of personal satisfaction, the mission’s already accomplished,' he said. 'I already won. As soon as the journalists were able to work, everything that I had been trying to do was validated. Because, remember, I didn’t want to change society. I wanted to give society a chance to determine if it should change itself.' 'All I wanted was for the public to be able to have a say in how they are...

They’re Watching Us: So What?

A Conference on Surveillance at the Center on National Security featuring: James Bamford, Author and NSA expert; Ariel Dorfman, Novelist, Playwright and Professor; Glenn Greenwald, Journalist; Bruce Schneier, Computer security and privacy specialist; and Suzanne Nossel, Executive Director of PEN American Center

New Documentaries Section

As part of the new redesign of the site I decided to add a category for recommended documentaries at ScottHorton.org/documentaries, none of which I have anything to do with, other than I thought you might like them. Feel free to add suggestions in the comments.

12/19/13 – Trita Parsi – The Scott Horton Show

Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses NIAC's report Extending Hands & Unclenching Fists: Reorienting Iran's Outlook Beyond the Nuclear Deal; how Rouhani's fluke electoral landslide gave him a mandate for bold diplomacy; and how violations of the spirit of the Iran agreement (last minute additional sanctions) will eventually break the negotiating process.

12/19/13 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show

Charles Goyette, author of Red and Blue and Broke All Over: Restoring America's Free Economy, discusses the Fed's announced tapering of the quantitative easing program; the huge growth in the Fed's balance sheet; Obama's ignorance of the staggering national debt; and missed opportunities for riches through Bitcoin investing.