Reza Marashi, Research Director for the National Iranian American Council, discusses the promising US-Iran talks that are no longer dominated by hardliners on both sides; the most cohesive Iranian political environment since the 1979 revolution; and George W. Bush's failure to make a deal 10 years ago when Iran's nuclear program was far less developed than it is now.

Trevor Timm, co-founder and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses the launch of SecureDrop, an open-source submission platform for whistleblowers; Glenn Greenwald's media venture with billionaire eBay founder Pierre Omidyar; and the bombshell revelations from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden that haven't been revealed yet.

Former FBI agent Coleen Rowley discusses how whistleblowers check excessive government power and secrecy; NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden's Russian exile; and Senator Diane Feinstein's claim that the current NSA spying program would have prevented 9/11.

Flynt Leverett, professor at Penn State University's School of International Affairs, discusses the concessions and guarantees needed to make a deal on Iran's nuclear program; whether the UN Security Council's decrees supersede Iran's NPT/sovereign rights; Obama's willingness (or not) to use political capital to fight obstructionists; and the legal impediments to lifting sanctions, even if Iran capitulated to all demands.

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses CNI's fight against the Israel lobby's undue influence on US foreign policy; why a Syrian solution is not as hard as it seems; and how improved US-Iran relations would greatly reduce Middle East tensions.

Rachel Levinson-Waldman, Counsel to the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program, discusses what the government does with Americans' data; how the "fusion centers" established after 9/11 to fight terrorism quickly expanded their focus to all manner of criminal activity; whether public backlash can dial back the government's power; and the NSA's lies about oversight and the legality of their spying activities.

Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses his trip to Russia to present NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden the Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence.

David Vine, author of Island of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia, discusses how Italy became the Pentagon's launching pad for future wars in Africa and the Middle East; the bloody results of the military's effort to keep busy; and the ebb and flow of the US's empire of bases.

John Feffer, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the popular opposition to US intervention in Syria; the difficult job of destroying all of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile; the lessons Obama should have learned from Libyan regime change; and the prospects for a non-interventionist US foreign policy.