National Security State

America’s Gestapo: The FBI’s Reign of Terror

by John W. Whitehead March 17, 2016

“We want no Gestapo or secret police. The FBI is tending in that direction. They are dabbling in sex-life scandals and plain blackmail. J. Edgar Hoover would give his right eye to take over, and all congressmen and senators are afraid of him.” —President Harry S. Truman “Don’t Be a Puppet” is the message the ...

Allen Dulles: Architect of America’s Secret Government

by Michael Swanson March 1, 2016

David Talbot has written an important book that is destined to become a classic, because it helps us confront the darker aspects of our nation’s history. As American citizens we vote in elections and our television news keeps us up to speed with what is happening in politics. But much of what is decided for us is done so ...

Dalton Trumbo and the Hollywood Blacklist

by Jacob G. Hornberger February 1, 2016

I wish every American would see the movie Trumbo, starring Bryan Cranston, which was released last November. The movie is based on a true story. It depicts how the U.S. anti-communist crusade during the Cold War damaged or ruined the lives of many innocent people, including Hollywood screen-writer Dalton Trumbo and nine others, who became known as the Hollywood ...

Life in the Electronic Concentration Camp: The Surveillance State Is Alive and Well

by John W. Whitehead December 3, 2015

“Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order and the like.” ― William O. Douglas, Supreme Court Justice Bottle up the champagne, pack away the noisemakers, and toss out the party ...

The Deep State: The Unelected Shadow Government Is Here to Stay

by John W. Whitehead November 11, 2015

“Behind the ostensible government sits enthroned an invisible government, owing no allegiance and acknowledging no responsibility to the people.” ― Theodore Roosevelt America’s next president will inherit more than a bitterly divided nation teetering on the brink of financial catastrophe when he or she assumes office. He will also inherit a shadow government, one that is fully operational ...

‘Neutralizing’ John Lennon: One Man against the ‘Monster’

by John W. Whitehead October 9, 2015

“You gotta remember, establishment, it’s just a name for evil. The monster doesn’t care whether it kills all the students or whether there’s a revolution. It’s not thinking logically, it’s out of control.”—John Lennon (1969) John Lennon, born 75 years ago on October 9, 1940, was a musical genius and pop cultural icon. He was also a vocal peace protester ...

The Libertarian Angle – Freedom and Privacy vs. the NSA

by Jacob G. Hornberger June 9, 2015

Each week, FFF president Jacob Hornberger discusses the hot topics of the day. This week, the continuing scandal at the NSA. The Libertarian Angle airs weekly. Go to the podcast.

The JFK Autopsy Cover-Up: The Testimony of Saundra Spencer

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 28, 2015

Ever since people began questioning the official findings of the Warren Commission regarding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the popular retort of Warren Commission supporters has been “Conspiracy theory!” That retort was somewhat successful in the early years — that is, during the time that the CIA and the Pentagon were successful in keeping their records relating to ...

Secrecy Benefited the National Security State in the JFK Assassination

by Jacob G. Hornberger May 14, 2015

The following is an excerpt from Chapter 6-Secrecy of FFF’s new book Regime Change: The JFK Assassination by Jacob Hornberger. Immediately after the assassination , a shroud of secrecy was placed over it and its aftermath. Moreover, when the Warren Commission conducted its investigation several months later, many of its proceedings were held in secret, ...

Conference: “Stop the Wars on Drugs and Terrorism”

by Future of Freedom Foundation April 10, 2015

The Future of Freedom Foundation and Young Americans for Liberty present a one-day conference on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin at the LBJ Auditorium in the Lyndon B. Johnson Library on Saturday, April 11, 2015, that will address the war on drugs and the war on ...

Regime Change: The JFK Assassination

by Jacob G. Hornberger April 8, 2015

The following are excerpts from Jacob Hornberger’s newest book, Regime Change: The JFK Assassination, which has just been launched on Amazon.com ($4.99). Click here to purchase it. Introduction According to a Gallup poll conducted 50 years after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, the vast majority of the American people disbelieve the conclusions reached by the Warren ...

Rule by Illusion

by David S. D'Amato April 1, 2015

National Security and Double Government by Michael J. Glennon (Oxford University Press 2014), 272 pages. Americans have been taken in by an illusion, complacently believing that they live in a constitutional republic in which the rule of law is paramount and public officials are answerable to the electorate. In reality, however, an ascendant technocratic class of experts governs ...