Liberty Roundtable Podcast

Join Sam Bushman and Lance Migliaccio on Liberty RoundTable Live as they expose the shocking truth behind Operation Salt Typhoon—China's massive cyber breach that compromised communications across 80 countries for four straight years. This isn't just another hacking story; it's a deep dive into how government-mandated hardware backdoors have created an unfixable national security crisis. Sam and Lance reveal why this breach goes far deeper than mainstream media reports, questioning whether the Chinese actually "hacked" anything at all—or simply used backdoor keys that were intentionally built into the hardware from the start. They explore the uncomfortable reality that these backdoors, embedded at the manufacturing level in equipment from companies like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, cannot be patched with software updates and require complete hardware replacement. The conversation expands into the broader surveillance state, examining how government overreach from the Bush administration through toda