09/29/14 – Ray McGovern – The Scott Horton Show

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses his lawsuit against the State Department for putting him on the BOLO list (Be On the Look Out) because of his silent protest at Hillary Clinton's speech in 2011. Ray also discusses US intervention in Iraq and the legalities of war.

09/25/14 – Stephen Zunes – The Scott Horton Show

Stephen Zunes, a professor of politics and chair of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses the US's divide and conquer strategy in the Middle East; the origins of Iraq's sectarian violence; and why Obama is more focused on deposing Syria's Assad than eliminating the Islamic State.