Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the limited resources the US government ought to be using in the war on terrorism; Hamid Karzai's increasingly tenuous grip on power in Afghanistan as US troops withdraw; and Obama's responsibility for the Al Qaeda-affiliated rebels fighting in Syria. Transcript: 06.02.14 — Phil Giraldi Hi y'all welcome to the show, The Scott Horton Show, I'm Scott Horton and next up is our friend Phil Giraldi, he is formerly CIA and DIA and now he's the director of...

Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestine Chronicle, discusses General Khalifa Haftar's coup in Libya; his close relationship with the CIA and adoption of US anti-terrorism rhetoric, and his suspicious war on the Libyan Muslim Brotherhood.

Ed Krayewski, an associate editor at Reason.com, discusses the baby critically injured by a flash bang grenade thrown by a Habersham County sheriff deputy during a drug raid; and why many Americans would rather have a police state than the burden of personal responsibility.

Michael Scheuer, former Chief of the CIA's Bin Laden Issue Station, discusses how US foreign policy has made the Al Qaeda problem enormously larger than on 9/11; why it's in the US national interest to fight a war in Nigeria; and the self-perpetuating nature of today's jihad.

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses Edward Snowden's interview with NBC's Brian Williams; reminding Americans that patriotism doesn't mean blind obedience to government; Glenn Greenwald's promise to reveal a list of US citizens spied on by the NSA; and why it's time to pull out the impeachment papers on President Obama.

Journalist Joshua Eaton discusses what we've learned about NSA surveillance abuses from nearly a year of Edward Snowden's revelations - helpfully compiled in a timeline at Al Jazeera America.

Nadia Kayyali, a member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation's activism team, discusses her article "How the NSA is Transforming Law Enforcement."

Andy Worthington, an investigative journalist, author, and filmmaker, discusses President Obama's credibility problem on his repeated promises to close Guantanamo prison and release or prosecute the remaining prisoners.