Topic: Ray Gun

The hosts criticize the government's Joint Assessment Report for failing to mention encryption as a security measure, attributing this to the FBI's long-standing opposition to private encryption. They also discuss the bizarre case of Glendon Scott Crawford, a KKK member convicted for a plot to use a truck-mounted "death ray" against Muslims. The FBI reportedly sold Crawford a radiation device as part of a sting operation, which the hosts compare to their "six-week cycle" theory of manufactured terror plots.

NPR reports on the deployment of a Raytheon-built "ray gun" at the Pitches Detention Center in Los Angeles County. The non-lethal weapon uses millimeter waves to create an intense burning sensation on the skin to subdue rioting inmates. Media members, including an Estrella TV reporter, volunteered to be blasted by the device to demonstrate its effects.