02/14/04 – G. Edward Griffin – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews G. Edward Griffin, author of The Creature from Jekyll Island: A Second Look at the Federal Reserve and the forthcoming The Freedom Manifesto, about the war on terrorism, and the drive for a world government based on collectivism. Audio Stream MP3 Link

02/07/04 – Greg Perry – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews Greg Perry, the most successful author of books about computers on Earth, and author of the book, Disabling America: The Unintended Consequences of the Government's Protection of the Handicappedabout those consequences. Audio Stream MP3 Link

01/31/04 – Gary Webb – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews Gary Webb, writer of the infamous Dark Alliance series in the San Jose Mercury News, and the author of the book Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion, about Meneses, Blandon, "Freeway" Ricky Ross and the crack they sold. Audio Stream MP3 Link

01/18/04 – Charles Lewis – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews Charles Lewis, the Founder and President of The Center for Public Integrity about his book, The Buying of the President 2004: Who's Really Bankrolling Bush and His Democratic Challengers- and What They Expect in Return. Audio Stream MP3 Link

01/04/04 – Gene Healy – The Scott Horton Show

Philip Dru interviews Gene Healy, the Senior Editor at the Cato Institute about his studies: There Goes the Neighborhood: The Bush-Ashcroft Plan to 'Help' Localities Fight Gun Crime, Arrogance of Power Reborn: The Imperial Presidency and Foreign Policy in the Clinton Years, and Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front (pdf). Audio Stream MP3 Link

Showstoppers: Nine Reasons Why We Never Sent Our Special Operations Forces after al Qaeda Before 9/11

By Richard H. Shultz Jr., The Weekly Standard, January 1, 2004 SINCE 9/11, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has repeatedly declared that the United States is in a new kind of war, one requiring new military forces to hunt down and capture or kill terrorists. In fact, for some years, the Department of Defense has gone to the trouble of selecting and training an array of Special Operations Forces, whose forte is precisely this. One president after another has invested resources to hone...