02/19/14 – Kade Crockford – The Scott Horton Show

Kade Crockford, Director of the Technology for Liberty Project (ACLU), discusses the PrivacySOS blog that keeps tabs on government spying; how legislation has failed to keep pace with surveillance technology; and why people who claim to have "nothing to hide" should still care about privacy rights.

02/19/14 – Philip Giraldi – The Scott Horton Show

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the March 7th National Summit to Reassess the U.S.-Israel "Special Relationship;" the nonexistent US national interest in Ukraine; avoiding unnecessary conflict with Russia; and why John McCain is delusional about supporting the "good guys" in Syria.

02/13/14 – Andy Worthington – The Scott Horton Show

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses America's post-9/11 turn toward the "dark side" of torture and indefinite detention without trial; the long-overdue 6000 page report on CIA torture; and the Yemenis who remain imprisoned at Guantanamo simply for their nationality.

02/13/14 – Francis Nesbitt – The Scott Horton Show

Francis Nesbitt, associate professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University, discusses Ethiopia's official re-invasion of Somalia; the constant risk of famine in war-torn countries; Al Shabaab's internal nationalist/international terrorism split; and the Bush administration's idiotic destruction of Somalia's Islamic Courts Union government.