04/22/14 – Trevor Timm – The Scott Horton Show

Trevor Timm, executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses the similar mentality of J Edgar Hoover's FBI and today's surveillance state; our democracy's reliance on government insiders willing to leak information and risk jail time; and why FBI surveillance is just as insidious as the NSA's.

04/21/14 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses his visit to the home of embattled cattle rancher Cliven Bundy in Bunkerville, Nevada; the Bureau of Land Management's history of land theft and violence; and the federal government's questionable claim on huge swaths of land in Nevada.

04/21/14 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show

Charles Goyette, radio host and NY Times bestselling author, discusses his regular podcast program with Ron Paul; the risk of monetary failure from the unsustainable welfare-warfare state; how trillions in excess bank reserves are causing consumer price inflation; and why we need to repeal legal tender laws before the dollar collapses.

Police Beat Up Entire Wedding Party, Ruin Pro Baseball Player’s Career

Via Liberty Crier [The video omits that the Astros pitcher's throwing shoulder was permanently damaged in the assault, ending his career.] GALVESTON, TX (KTRK) — Former Houston Astros pitcher Brandon Backe is headed to court for last year's run-in with Galveston police during a wedding reception. Backe and 13 wedding guests were arrested at the San Luis Hotel in October 2008. Witnesses say it started when officers tried to prevent the bride's brother from taking a beer into the hotel...

Not All Cops Are Rapists

But many are. And they all are at least guilty accessories to the rapists among them. That's what Heroâ„¢ means in the first place right?

04/17/14 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning contributor to The Independent, discusses his 5-part series on Al-Qa'Ida's resurgence despite the ongoing war on terror; the buyer's remorse suffered by the US and Gulf monarchies backing Syria's rebels; and the government's perverse incentives to make war instead of peace.

04/17/14 – The Other Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show

The Other Scott Horton, an international human rights lawyer and blogger at Harper's magazine, discusses the leaked summary of the Senate's report on CIA torture; the White House's refusal to turn over documents that likely implicate the Bush administration; what prompted CIA-supporter Dianne Feinstein's turn against the agency; the Justice Department's corruption and/or ineptitude; and signs of the republic's death knell.