Art Bell opens with a first hour of open lines covering escalating violence in Israel, a new homeland security warning about potential holiday attacks, and the underwhelming reveal of Dean Kamen's device as a gyroscopic scooter. Callers discuss earthquake swarms near Spokane, declining global fish catches, and a listener's unsettling experience of hearing thousands of voices while falling asleep.

Dr. Nick Begich joins in the second hour to discuss HAARP, the High Frequency Active Auroral Research Project in Alaska, and its expanding military applications in the post-September 11 landscape. He explains how the system modulates the ionosphere to generate extremely low frequency signals capable of penetrating deep underground, potentially mapping tunnel networks and bunkers with hemispheric coverage. Begich reveals that contracts for full power operation at one billion watts of effective radiated power are now being negotiated.

The conversation takes a sobering turn as Begich describes emerging mind-reading technologies that map brain activity to detect emotional states and specific thoughts, as well as military research into deleting and replacing human memories. He warns that the Patriot Act contains provisions without sunset clauses that grant intelligence agencies expanded surveillance authority with reduced accountability, and argues that fear-driven legislation risks permanently eroding civil liberties that may never be restored.