Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the "inevitable" and "perfectly predictable" US blundering in Syria, and how Russia is taking action to support the Assad government.

James Bamford, author of several books on the NSA, discusses how authorized NSA eavesdropping on Greece's Vodafone telecom, supposedly to prevent terrorism during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, morphed into a massive spying operation that targeted top Greek government officials for 10 years afterward, and may have cost a Greek telecom employee his life.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the neocon foreign policy agenda; Charlie Rose's interview of Putin on Syria; and West Point professor William Bradford's inflammatory article on executing antiwar Americans and declaring total war on Muslims.

James North, a writer for Mondoweiss.net, discusses the New York Times' non-coverage of the "extrajudicial execution" of 18-year old Palestinian Hadeel al-Hashlamoun at an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron.

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the imminent release of Guantanamo's last British prisoner, Shaker Aamer, who was already cleared twice in 2007 and 2009 under presidents Bush and Obama.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses America's role in Yemen's war and humanitarian crisis.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the CIA's probably-illegal book that preemptively defends their torture program and officials from criticism and possible prosecution.