Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the overblown threat of bearded fanatics coming to kill us all; and why Americans are in favor of bombing Syria on the flimsiest pretext.

Dan Sanchez, Director of the Mises Academy, discusses his article "Playing with Fanatic Fire: How the Saudis (and the U.S.) have perilously exploited radical Islam in their pursuit of power."

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the rebellion in Yemen's capital city of Sanaa; Jordan's formidable military capability; and Israel's increasing regional power and influence.

Dahr Jamail, author of The Mass Destruction of Iraq, discusses the Obama administration's so-called strategy in Iraq and Syria.

The Other Scott Horton, author of Lords of Secrecy: The National Security Elite and America's Stealth Warfare, discusses the domestic and international legal questions arising from Obama's preparations for war in Iraq and Syria; and why Congress won't address the Constitutional crisis of presidential war powers.

Abigail Hall, the JIN Fellow in Economics in the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, discusses her article "Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Control."

Michael Scheuer, former Chief of the CIA's Bin Laden Issue Station, discusses why the US is fighting a global war against Islam; the strengths of Al Qaeda's second generation fighters; and why we shouldn't overreact to the gruesome beheading videos.

James Bamford, author of The Shadow Factory, discusses the 43 refuseniks in Israel's Unit 8200 (NSA equivalent) who object to spying on ordinary Palestinians and the occupation in general.