Episode

5/20 Matthew Rothschild: Homeland Security Spies On Occupy For Wall Street

May 20, 2013

Progressive Magazine Editor,Matthew Rothschild explained How counter-terrorism “fusion” centers spied on Occupy activists, the close coordination between corporate interests and law enforcement, why these disclosures are far more concerning than the IRS scandal, how law enforcement intelligence was passed onto corporations and how spying on Occupy undermines detecting real national security threats.

On The Better Half: Jonathan Karl’s “Journalism” background, Donald Rumsfeld hit hard on Public Radio’s Marketplace, Peggy Noonan writes a crazy over the top column on the IRS scandal and gets called out by David Gregory and your IMs.

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