In this unsettling episode of The Bill Walton Show, national security expert Stephen Bryen returns to cut through the fog about Russia's game-changing hypersonic missile and what it means for U.S. security. As Joe Biden requests another $24 billion for Ukraine, Bryen reveals how Russia has achieved strategic superiority in missile technology - a capability we cannot match or defend against.

Speaking with precision born from decades of defense expertise, Bryen explains how this new missile travels at Mach 20, pulverizes underground bunkers without explosives, and can strike anywhere in Europe. More concerning: the United States has no equivalent weapon and no defensive system to stop it.

Drawing on a recent German think tank report, Bryen also exposes NATO's military unpreparedness, challenging comfortable assumptions about Western military superiority. His analysis is clinical, factual, and deeply disturbing for anyone concerned about U.S. and European security.

Key Revelations:

[00:53] Game Changer - Russian missile hits targets at 15,224 mph with unstoppable force

[06:20] Bunker Killer - Missile turns underground facilities to dust without explosives

[10:02] Defensive Gap - U.S. Patriot systems useless against hypersonic threats

[08:25] Strategic Shift - All European capitals now within Russian strike range

[09:21] Capability Gap - U.S. attempted similar weapon; Lockheed program failed

[15:23] Intelligence Failure - U.S. knew about weapon but ignored implications

[19:51] Ukraine Reality - Ukrainian forces losing 1,000 soldiers per day

[24:48] Depleted Arsenal - U.S. weapons sent to Ukraine leaving Pacific allies exposed

[21:54] Negotiation Leverage - Putin seeks sanctions relief, not just military victory

[28:50] Warning Signal - Bryen urges immediate halt to escalation before transition

 

When former CIA station chiefs admit that only 50 out of 1,500 clandestine service officers are truly effective, you know something's deeply wrong with our intelligence agencies. In this explosive conversation, Mike Waller, senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy and author of "Big Intel: How the CIA and FBI Went from Cold War Heroes to Deep State Villains," reveals how our premier intelligence agencies have lost their way - and what must be done to fix them. The timing couldn't be more critical. With Donald Trump proposing a new Department of Government Efficiency led by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, Waller's blueprint for reform deserves serious attention. His conclusions are stark: The FBI, whose very existence rests on shaky legal ground (Congress never actually created it), needs to be dismantled and its legitimate functions redistributed. The CIA, plagued by cultural Marxism and woke policies, should be dissolved and rebuilt from scratch. But this isn't just about problems - it's about solutions. Waller provides a detailed roadmap for reform, identifying which functions to preserve, which to eliminate, and how to rebuild these agencies to serve their original purposes. Whether you work in national security, care about government reform, or simply want to understand why our intelligence agencies keep missing major world events - from the fall of the Soviet Union to the origins of COVID-19 - this conversation is essential listening.

Timestamps:

00:00 Start

2:25 Waller's stark assessment

3:25 The FBI's questionable origins

6:45 Cultural transformation since Obama era

13:45 Shocking revelation from former CIA station chiefs

19:24 FBI's broken chain of command

24:35 Promotion requirements

31:15 Intelligence failures

41:05 Ideological capture

45:53 Inefficient intelligence gathering

47:56 Reform strategy

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In a riveting conversation with Peter Mcilvenna of the UK’s Hearts of Oak, we describe what may be the most aggressive US domestic surveillance program since the Patriot Act – and its disturbing connection to a global censorship agenda. The story that emerges isn't just about US regulation; it's about the systematic and coordinated dismantling of economic and expressive freedoms on both sides of the Atlantic.

The New American Surveillance State

Remember Reagan's famous warning that the nine most terrifying words were "I'm from the government and I'm here to help"? Today's version might be: "I'm from the federal government, give up your personal data, and as long as you don't step out of line, we will keep you safe."

The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) represents an unprecedented federal power grab:

• Massive Scope: 33 million small businesses, employing 61.7 million Americans, must submit to federal surveillance

• Selective Targeting: Only businesses under $5 million revenue and fewer than 20 employees are affected

• Draconian Penalties: $591 daily fines and up to 2 years in prison for non-compliance

• Strategic Exemptions: Giants like BlackRock, Amazon, and Big Tech escape scrutiny

• Global Data Sharing: Your information gets shared with 170 countries through the shadowy Egmont Group.

The Historical Echo

We've seen this movie before. Remember the IRS targeting scandal, where conservative groups with words like "tea party" and "patriot" faced extra scrutiny? The CTA creates a similar vulnerability for small businesses. As Mcilvennapoints out, it paves the way for an anti-second amendment bureaucrat to search the database for businesses with "gun," "firearm," or "freedom" in their names?

A Digital Iron Curtain

While the CTA surveils American businesses, the EU Digital Services Act (DSA) creates a parallel threat to free speech, with the power to levy fines of up to 6% of a company's global revenue – including revenue from unrelated businesses. This means Elon Musk's SpaceX could be penalized for X's content moderation policies, a clear attempt at financial coercion.

Mcilvenna describes how UK political operatives, through organizations like the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), are actively working to "Kill Musk's Twitter" while strengthening ties with various political campaigns. This isn't just UK domestic policy – it's part of a coordinated international effort to control both commerce and communication.

Why This Matters Now

The January 1, 2025 deadline for CTA compliance is approaching, while the DSA's censorship machinery is already in motion. This combination creates an unprecedented threat and the window for action is narrowing, but resistance is building:

- Multiple states have challenged the CTA's constitutionality

- Business associations are filing lawsuits

- Popular movements across Europe are pushing back against censorship

- Independent platforms are fighting for survival

As Peter Mcilvenna warns, "This needs to be a front and center issue to protect over 33 million small businesses from an egregious overreach by the Federal government."

Timelines:

• 00:03 - Introduction: Peter Mcilvenna's connection to Lord Thatcher's administration and Brexit

• 01:28 - Corporate Transparency Act introduction: Trump's veto and subsequent revival

• 05:19 - Federal overreach: Small businesses must register by January 1st deadline

• 08:56 - FinCEN's expanded role beyond traditional financial crimes enforcement

• 10:55 - BlackRock & large corporations exempt from CTA requirements 

• 14:31 - Egmont Group: International sharing of business data across 170 countries

• 18:06 - Digital Services Act targeting speech censorship in UK

• 21:38 - Labour Party operatives working with US political campaigns

• 23:17 - CCDH attacks on free speech platforms

• 26:07 - EU threatening 6% global revenue fines against Musk's companies

• 29:20 - Rise of populist resistance movements across Europe

• 37:30 - Push for CTA to become central campaign issue for 2024

In this compelling and wide ranging episode of The Bill Walton Show, host Bill Walton engages with the great economic, technology and futurist thinker George Gilder to talk about his provocative book, The Israel Test.

In The Israel Test George provides much needed context for today’s war in the Middle East. His theory about the root causes of the conflict dramatically reframes the issues and makes it clear why we need to support Israel in this defining moment in History.

Despite comprising only 4% of the Middle East's land area, Israel has cultivated a preeminent high-tech economy, functioning as a liberal democracy with free elections, a critical press, and robust human rights protections—including for its 2 million Arab citizens, who enjoy the same civil liberties as Jewish citizens.

The Israel Test posits that one's reaction to others' success—whether through admiration and emulation or envy and hostility—reflects broader attitudes toward capitalism and free enterprise. Historical and contemporary instances of antisemitism, can be attributed in part to envy over Jewish excellence in so many fields and Israel’s extraordinary achievements and its pivotal role in global innovation.

George explains “the heart of the Israel Test is how you react to people who excel you in intellect, creativity, wealth, accomplishment. Do you admire them, and emulate them, and learn from them or do you envy, and hate them, and try to tear them down? And this is really the test of capitalism or test of free enterprise, is whether you regard your competitors as expanding opportunities for you and exploring the frontiers of creation for you in the image of your creator, or whether you regard them as somehow a menace to your future.”

Smart people are society’s most valuable resource, yet the modern egalitarian movements relentlessly undermines recognition of individual talent and achievement.

George reminds that “we are all dependent on a small minority of geniuses really, who opened the horizons of the future for the rest of the world. And in recent history, a disproportionate number of them have been Jewish.”

It won’t be news to anyone that this upcoming election is fraught with many potential problems. 

Based on a new study by Just Facts, 10% to 27% of “non-citizen” adults in the U.S. are estimated to be illegally registered to vote. Aggressive attempts to debunk the study have completely failed.

With roughly 20 million adult non-citizens living in the United States, about two to five million of who used to be called illegal aliens are now illegally registered to vote. This means that there are enough votes to overturn the votes of the American citizens in the upcoming congressional and presidential elections.

Here’s another big issue to consider: 2020 was the first time an election was conducted by mass vote-by-mail. It was a train wreck. According to federal data, election officials do not know what happened to nearly 15 million mail ballots in 2020. Biden's victory margin was smaller than the number of missing and undeliverable ballots. Vote-by-mail is the worst way to run an election, yet we’re plowing ahead with this once again. 

To dig into these, and many other voting issues, Bill Walton is again joined by 

          Cleta Mitchell, Senior Legal Fellow at the Conservatives Partnership Institute and one of the leading election integrity experts in America, and

          James D. Agresti, the president and cofounder of Just Facts, a research institute dedicated to publishing extensively researched and documented facts about public policies.

Here’s some of we talked about to ensure free and fair legitimate elections: 

• 03:30-05:14 Demand proof of citizenship for every voter registration—no proof, no vote.Without citizenship verification, the integrity of the entire election is at risk.

   

  

   

   

• 07:30-08:15 Purge voter rolls of ineligible non-citizens—it's not suppression, it's fairness.
  Dirty voter rolls lead to dirty elections. Clean them up or lose democracy.

• 05:14-06:44 Ban driver’s licenses for non-citizens if used for voter registration—enough loopholes!
  Driver’s licenses should never be a backdoor for illegal voting.

• 06:30-07:00 Expose left-wing groups enabling illegal voting—they’re undermining your vote.
  Billions of your tax dollars fund left-wing groups assisting non-citizens to vote.

• 12:21-12:56 Enforce strict penalties for non-citizens caught voting—deportation and prison.
  Voting is a sacred right; illegal participation should have real consequences.

• 17:10-17:39 End the Democrats’ reliance on non-citizen votes—stop the “great replacement.”
  Changing the electorate to maintain power? That’s the real threat to democracy.

• 33:21-33:30 Make Election Day a national holiday—end the endless election season madness.
  Voting must be a one day event, not a season. Stop the manipulation of election outcomes through extended voting

  

   

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• 35:30-37:13 Challenge media and big tech bias—Google is rigging elections through search results.
  Big Tech is controlling what you see, steering elections. Push back or be silenced.

• 28:30-28:49 Block all mail-in voting unless citizenship and identity are verified—no excuses.
  Voting by mail without checks is an invitation to fraud. Time to stop it.

• 18:00-18:51 Stop treating non-citizens as political pawns—vote manipulation is the real voter suppression.
  Non-citizens dilute the votes of legitimate citizens. That’s the ultimate suppression.

• 18:00-18:51 Every illegal vote nullifies a legitimate citizen vote—don’t let them cancel you out.
  Your vote should not be diluted by an illegal vote cast by someone who is not a citizen

• 12:00-12:21 Push for criminal prosecutions for anyone facilitating illegal voting—no more leniency.
  It’s time to hold people accountable for undermining elections—starting with those enabling the fraud.

These are the bullet points. For a fuller understanding, listen in.