Trevor Aaronson, author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism, discusses how the FBI created a terrorist out of Sami Osmakac; a mentally ill, broke Florida man who was provided money and weapons by at least one FBI informant in an elaborate counterterrorism sting operation.

Mandy Smithberger, Director of the Straus Military Reform Project at POGO, discusses why the $1.4 trillion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program isn't ready for prime time and won't be anytime soon.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses President Obama's foreign policy advisers who are actively trying to sabotage the ceasefire in eastern Ukraine; and why the media can't seem to remember that Victoria Nuland orchestrated the Ukrainian coup.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist, discusses the remaining obstacles to an Iranian nuclear deal; why Israel's Likud government and its supporters are trying so hard to sabotage a deal; and the history of bad intelligence assessments about Iran's (non-existent) nuclear weapons program.

Independent journalist Charlotte Silver discusses the 18 month prison sentence given to community activist and Chicago resident Rasmea Odeh. A jury found her guilty of lying on her visa and naturalization applications because she didn't disclose her terrorism conviction in an Israeli military court in 1969. The judge forbade the defense from saying Odeh was tortured until she confessed to the crime.

James Ostrowski, author of Progressivism: A Primer on the Idea Destroying America, discusses the muddied meanings of political ideologies like liberal, progressive, and libertarian; the welfare state's perverse incentive structure; and how liberty-loving liberals were tricked into becoming government-worshiping progressives.

Dahr Jamail, a Truthout staff reporter and author of The Will to Resist: Soldiers Who Refuse to Fight in Iraq and Afghanistan, discusses how the US military's domestic expansion is destroying the environment and trampling on private property rights, while also revealing the military's utter contempt for Americans who express concerns.