(2013/03/18) Your civil liberties are leaking (Rights)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 18 March 2013
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Edition #699
Your civil liberties are leaking
Ch. 1: Intro - Theme: A Fond Farewell, Elliott Smith
Ch. 2: Act 1: Are "We the people" The Real Terrorists? - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 01-24-13
Ch. 3: Song 1: Fear is a villain - Theo Bard
Ch. 4: Act 2: Why Wasn't Bob Woodward Jailed Like Bradley Manning? - The Young Turks - Air Date: 01-19-13
Ch. 5: Song 2: Free to decide - The Cranberries
Ch. 6: Act 3: Bradley Manning, Soldier of Conscience - The Progressive - Air Date: 3-1-13
Ch. 7: Song 3: I believe in that - Chip Taylor
Ch. 8: Act 4: 2 Out of 3 Americans Have Lost 4th Amendment Protection - David Pakman Show - Air Date: 02-22-13
Ch. 9: Song 4: The cloud - Jim Guthrie
Ch. 10: Act 5: How Does a Nation Become a Terror State to its Own People? - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 01-24-13
Ch. 11: Song 5: Like humans do - David Byrne
Ch. 12: Act 6: Alito Shreds Our Rights - The Progressive - Air Date: 2-27-13
Ch. 13: Song 6: Secret heart - Feist
Ch. 14: Act 7: Secret Wiretapping Could Not Be Challanged Because It's Secret - Majority Report - Air Date: 03-01-13
Ch. 15: Song 7: No justice no peace - Wackiavelli
Ch. 16: Act 8: 'Finspy' Hijacks Activist Computers - Are You Being Monitored? - Young Turks - Air Date: 03-14-13
Ch. 17: Song 8: Everyday - Carly Comando
Ch. 18: Act 9: Rand Paul, Right On! - The Progressive - Air Date: 3-7-13
Ch. 19: Song 9: Fight the power - Public Enemy
Ch. 20: Act 10: Right Wing Crazies Aren't Crazy Anymore - Thom Hartmann - Air Date: 03-07-13
Ch. 21: Song 10: Falling down - Oasis
Ch. 22: Act 11: Wiretapping Hypocrisy - It's Okay if Obama Does it? - Young Turks - Air Date: 01-04-13
Voicemails:
Ch. 23: Progressives aren't afraid to be wrong, as with prohibition - Colby from Portland, Oregon
Ch. 24: Praise for Mara from Pittsburgh - Drea from Pennsylvania
Ch. 25: The drones discussion is about safeguarding the future - Andy in St. Louis
Ch. 26: Nationalism only continues the problem and impedes peace - Colin from Cleveland, OH
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Loud Pipes - Ratatat
Ch. 27: Final comments on the lack of human cost to modern warfare
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members and donors to the show, for details visit |
| 0:05.7 | the membership tab at bestivaleth.com. |
| 0:07.9 | Now, welcome to the award-winning bestivaleth podcast with Compostate from the Tom Hartman |
| 0:11.6 | program, The Young Turks, The Progressive, The David Pakman Show, and The Majority Report. |
| 0:15.9 | And a note for those who may feel the urge to scream about being unconstitutionally |
| 0:19.3 | spied on by your government, just remember that everything you say, and I do mean everything, |
| 0:24.1 | can and will be used against you, though not necessarily in a court of law. |
| 0:30.2 | Are we the people, the terrorists now? |
| 0:34.3 | And in fact, you know, let me just dive right into that. |
| 0:37.2 | Hebshe Shoshona is an American citizen and the mother of seven-year-old twins. |
| 0:44.5 | She's also one of the latest casualties of the hysteria built into our national war on terror. |
| 0:50.5 | On the 10th anniversary of 9-11, she flew on frontier airlines to Detroit. |
| 0:55.4 | When the plane pulled up to the gate, all the passengers on board were ordered to stay in their seats. |
| 1:00.0 | Put their heads down and put their arms up in front of them. |
| 1:04.4 | Federal agents carrying large military-style weapons then boarded the plane and marched down the aisles. |
| 1:09.9 | And here's Shoshona talking about what happened to her next. |
| 1:15.5 | I wondered if there was a fugitive on board. |
| 1:18.5 | I had no idea they were coming for me. |
| 1:21.4 | When they stopped at my row and ordered me to stand up, I was completely shocked and panicked. |
| 1:28.3 | I was ordered off the flight at gunpoint, handcuffed, shuttled into the back of police car, |
| 1:33.8 | and to a small cell were an officer to search for me. |
| 1:38.3 | I was scared and alone in that busy time. |
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