Hillary Mann Leverett, co-author of Going to Tehran: Why America Must Accept the Islamic Republic of Iran, discusses why Washington policymakers can't see the connection between US support for the Syrian opposition and the surge of well-armed and trained ISIS fighters storming across Iraq.

Mitchell Prothero, a journalist with McClatchy DC, discusses ISIS's remarkable takeover of a large swath of Iraq where an upstart Islamic caliphate is being established.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses the Iraqi army's disorderly retreat when fundamentalist Islamic group Isis captured the cities of Mosul and Tikrit; and why the Syrian civil war primarily benefits al-Qaida type movements like Isis, Jabhat al-Nusra, and Ahrar al-Sham.

James Ridgeway, co-director of Solitary Watch, discusses the severe psychological damage suffered by an estimated 80,000 prisoners in solitary confinement in the US.

Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author, discusses the capture of Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, by al-Qaeda affiliated ISIS fighters who are forming a new Islamic state across Iraq and Syria.

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses the 47th anniversary of the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty. He also discusses the Iraq War, official liars from Rumsfeld to Kerry, Chelsea Manning's whistleblowing, Ukraine, Russia, etc. Transcript: Hey ya'll welcome to the show, I'm Scott Horton, this is my show, The Scott Horton Show. Our next guest is our friend Ray McGovern, he used to be a CIA analyst for 27 years, now he is a co-founder of the Veteran...