Retired Congressman Ron Paul discusses the unsurprising revelations of massive government spying on Americans; why “truth is treason in an empire of lies;” the Republican leadership’s support for Obama’s spying programs; Rand Paul’s 4th Amendment Restoration Act and class action lawsuit; and the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.  

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Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his article “The Role of Foreign Policy in Security-State Surveillance;” the NSA’s dominance of the telecom industry; living in a country where it’s assumed the government watches and listens to everything you do; Glenn Greenwald’s bold and adversarial journalism in an age of [...]

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Trevor Timm of the Electronic Frontier Foundation discusses the recent leaks revealing wholesale NSA surveillance of Americans through Verizon phone logs and nine major internet companies; the NSA’s “51%” rule for determining whether a call is foreign and thus suitable for monitoring; and how the government twists the definition of words to avoid constitutional violations.

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John Logan Jones, Chief Executive Officer of Rocky Mountain Miners, discusses his company’s cryptocurrency mining hardware solutions for Bitcoin and Litecoin, and the special promo code for $100 off “The Prospector” custom-built miner.

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Globetrotting Asia Times journalist Pepe Escobar discusses the very small percentage of Syrians (and large number of Western governments) who support the rebellion; the atrocities committed by moderate and radical jihadist rebels; how keeping the rebels armed will extend the civil war indefinitely; and the huge influx of foreign fighters in Syria.

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Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses how White House narratives go largely unchallenged by journalists starved of information from government leakers; the favorable testimony of prosecution witnesses in Bradley Manning’s court martial; Glenn Greenwald’s scoop on the NSA’s collection of all Verizon customer call data; how Google, Microsoft, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants help the government [...]

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Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the start of Bradley Manning’s “speedy” trial after three years in detention; the government’s case against Manning and Julian Assange as co-conspirators engaged in espionage; why Bob Woodward and top government officials are never prosecuted for leaking and publishing classified information; and how Manning’s careful selection of documents to leak (to [...]

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