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Alan MacLeod of Mintpress News is back to talk more about the alarming number of former spies working for the largest internet and social media companies. This time MacLeod dug up evidence of numerous former Israeli military intelligence officials with jobs at Google, Microsoft and Facebook. Scott and MacLeod reflect on how powerful these companies have grown and how much influence they have over what’s considered true. They also talk about how Russiagate was a huge turning point in the history of the internet. 

Discussed on the show:

• “Revealed: The Former Israeli Spies Working In Top Jobs At Google, Facebook And Microsoft” (Mintpress News)
• Scott’s interview with MacLeod back in July

Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. Follow him on Twitter @AlanRMacLeod.

This episode of the Scott Horton Show is sponsored by: The War State and Why The Vietnam War?, by Mike Swanson; Tom Woods’ Liberty Classroom; ExpandDesigns.com/Scott; and Thc Hemp Spot.

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Mark M. Jaycox, Policy Analyst for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discusses the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) that just passed the House of Representatives; the bypassing of privacy laws to enable companies to share information with the government; and how to organize opposition to CISPA every time it is reintroduced.

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Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses why US foreign policy is the greatest terrorist producing machine in history; the alleged motivation of alleged Boston Marathon bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev; the Boston preview of our new American police state; and another failure of gun control laws.

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Globetrotting Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses the numerous holes in the “official story” of the Boston Marathon bombing; longstanding US support for Chechnyan jihadist rebels; Obama’s meeting with the Emir of Qatar on Syria policy; why the Syrian rebels can’t take Damascus and institute regime change on their own; the non-existent Iran-Al Qaeda connection; and the petroleum pipeline projects that threaten US hegemony in the Middle East/South Asia.

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James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses the police freak-out and virtual house arrest of millions of Bostonians after the marathon bombing; the not-too-subtle threats of violence directed at anyone who dared point a camera at a militarized cop/soldier; why the government gives an overwhelming response to terrorist attacks but hardly cares about multiple (ordinary) daily murders in large cities; and the neoconservatives’ fondness for Chechen jihadists.

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Truthout reporter Jason Leopold discusses his article on the worsening Guantanamo prisoner hunger strike; the brutal process of force-feeding; the despair of prisoners who should have been released many years ago; and the Democratic party loyalists who still think Obama is a champion of human rights.

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Salam Al-Marayati, President of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, discusses the many Islamic organizations condemning the Boston Marathon terrorist bombing; the ideological differences between regular Muslims and “cult of death” followers of Al-Qaeda; why most Americans have a very distorted view of Islam; and how addressing foreign policy and political problems can dissuade attention-seeking would-be terrorists.

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Philip Giraldi, Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the Boston Marathon bombing; the “surgical strikes” legal justification for drone attacks; the war in Syria; and the US empire’s messy and ugly decline.

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Anthony Gregory, author of The Power of Habeas Corpus in America: From the King’s Prerogative to the War on Terror, discusses the 20 years of state terror since the FBI/ATF massacre of Branch Davidians at Waco; the precedent of killing rather than capturing criminal suspects; and why blood-lusting Americans are eager to accept the lies and propaganda told by the government and media.

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