The Other Scott Horton, an international human rights lawyer and blogger at Harper's magazine, discusses the leaked summary of the Senate's report on CIA torture; the White House's refusal to turn over documents that likely implicate the Bush administration; what prompted CIA-supporter Dianne Feinstein's turn against the agency; the Justice Department's corruption and/or ineptitude; and signs of the republic's death knell.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning contributor to The Independent, discusses his 5-part series on Al-Qa'Ida's resurgence despite the ongoing war on terror; the buyer's remorse suffered by the US and Gulf monarchies backing Syria's rebels; and the government's perverse incentives to make war instead of peace.

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses CIA Director John Brennan's secretive visit to Kiev; the failed unleashing of Ukraine's army against separatists; the frenzied (and false) stories on "Jew registration" in eastern Ukraine; John Kerry's foreign policy disasters; and Israel's contentment with the status quo in Syria's bloody civil war.

James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses the legislative "cluster-bombs" exploding under unsuspecting Americans; the IRS's seizure of tax refunds from individuals who allegedly were overpaid by Social Security decades ago; how government theft is legalized through civil asset forfeiture laws; evidence that the war on drugs is finally winding down; and Americans' increasing awareness of police brutality.