Summary: In this episode I address the troubling tactics of surveillance state regimes. I also address how some of these same tactics were used against the Trump team. News Picks: An illustrative piece by Andy McCarthy on The NY Times efforts to drive the new narrative on the spying operation against Trump. https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/crossfire-hurricane-new-york-times-report-buries-lede/ More evidence that John Brennan knows more than he’s letting on to. https://spectator.org/crossfire-hurricane-category-5-political-espionage/ An older piece that debunks the idea that Christopher Steele was the “source” of the dossier information. https://nypost.com/2018/01/22/it-looks-like-the-james-bond-behind-the-dossier-let-a-putin-pawn-do-all-the-work/ The leaker in the Michael Cohen case will likely be prosecuted. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-17/who-leaked-secret-bank-report-on-cohen-answer-may-come-soon The President called MS-13 “animals.” They are. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/17/nine-times-president-donald-trump-has-referred-to-ms-13-gang-members-as-animals/ Is Google looking to vacuum up personal data? https://www.theverge.com/2018/5/17/17344250/google-x-selfish-ledger-video-data-privacy Copyright CRTV. All rights reserved.