{"id":15980,"date":"2021-05-15T15:08:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-15T19:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15980"},"modified":"2021-05-15T15:08:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T19:08:46","slug":"pummeling-the-fbi-and-the-police-state-with-scott-horton-mp3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/15\/pummeling-the-fbi-and-the-police-state-with-scott-horton-mp3\/","title":{"rendered":"Pummeling the FBI and the Police State with Scott Horton MP3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column_0_tb_body et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_title et_pb_post_title_0_tb_body et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_text_align_left\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_title_container\">\n<p class=\"et_pb_title_meta_container\">Hell-raising talk show host <strong>Scott Horton<\/strong> and I gave a hearty flogging to illegal federal surveillance in this 26 minute interview spurred by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/fisa-and-the-still-too-secret-police\/\"><strong> this article in the American Conservative<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 Below is the write-up on the show from <a href=\"https:\/\/scotthorton.org\/interviews\/5-13-21-jim-bovard-on-the-dangerous-consequences-of-americas-secret-police-state\/\"><strong>Scott&#8217;s website<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_title_featured_container\">\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-15980-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/21_05_13_bovard.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/21_05_13_bovard.mp3\">https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/21_05_13_bovard.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"et_pb_module et_pb_post_content et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body\">\n<p>Jim Bovard discusses the way the American surveillance state has slowly dismantled the fourth amendment, especially thanks to the FISA courts and the way they\u2019ve enabled legal loopholes for spying on nearly any American citizen. Bovard cites interventions by the NSA and FBI as major factors in Trump\u2019s failure to win re-election in November, and says similar activity has most likely compromised dozens of high-profile politicians in the past. All Americans should be able to agree that the intelligence apparatus is an obstacle to liberty and flourishing in this country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discussed on the show:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cFISA and the Still Too Secret Police\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/fisa-and-the-still-too-secret-police\/\">The American Conservative<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe lies and conspiracy theories from neocon \u2018crazies\u2019 that fueled Iraq war are subject of new history\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2021\/05\/the-lies-and-conspiracy-theories-from-neocon-crazies-that-fueled-iraq-war-are-subject-of-new-history\/\">Mondoweiss<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Power-Positive-Thinking-Norman-Vincent\/dp\/0743234804\">The Power of Positive Thinking<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe top secret rules that allow NSA to use US data without a warrant\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/jun\/20\/fisa-court-nsa-without-warrant\">The Guardian<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cClear and Present Danger (1994)\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0109444\/\">IMDb<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Secrets-Memoir-Vietnam-Pentagon-Papers\/dp\/0142003425\">Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Jim Bovard is a columnist for USA Today and the author of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Public-Policy-Hooligan-Rollicking-Washington-ebook\/dp\/B00AKZH97W\"><em>Public Policy Hooligan: Rollicking and Wrangling from Helltown to Washington<\/em><\/a>. Find all of his books and read his work on his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jimbovard.com\/\">website<\/a>\u00a0and follow him on Twitter\u00a0<a class=\"ProfileHeaderCard-screennameLink u-linkComplex js-nav\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimBovard\"><span class=\"username u-dir\" dir=\"ltr\">@JimBovard<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hell-raising talk show host Scott Horton and I gave a hearty flogging to illegal federal surveillance in this 26 minute interview spurred by this article in the American Conservative.\u00a0 Below is the write-up on the show from Scott&#8217;s website: Jim Bovard discusses the way the American surveillance state has slowly dismantled the fourth amendment, especially [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,496,47,270,214,249,267,38,30,708],"class_list":["post-15980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bush","tag-election","tag-fbi","tag-fisa","tag-mp3-2","tag-national-security-agency","tag-nsa","tag-obama","tag-surveillance","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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