Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Seymour Hersh discusses his article on the Pentagon's skepticism about going to war in Syria following the Sarin gas attack in August 2013; evidence that the attack was carried out by Turkish-backed rebels, not the Assad government; and why Obama backed down on his "red line" in Syria after going full-bore in Libya.

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses how the US intelligence community helped prevent military intervention in Syria; John Kerry's repeated lies about the Sarin gas attack and an "unbelievably short war" scenario; Obama's surprising resolve to defy the neoconservatives and the Israel lobby; and why the rift with Russia shouldn't nix an Iran nuclear deal. Transcript: We move on to our next guest, it's the great Ray McGovern, for 27 years he was a CIA analyst...

Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses why we're all Cheneyites now; the post-Cold War US policy of military domination abroad and authoritarianism at home; why conservatives don't really mind one-world government - so long as they're in charge of it; and how the Law of War is displacing the US Constitution.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the Senate Intelligence Committee's vote to release the CIA torture report; the long list of CIA lies about its torture program, with more to follow; and why the media takes government officials at their word instead of delving deeply into the documents to find the truth.

Syndicated columnist Eric Margolis discusses the decidedly undemocratic Afghan national elections; the CIA-friendly drug dealers and warlords running for president; the Taliban's exclusion from the political process; and why the new government will probably "invite" US forces to stay indefinitely.

Nick Giambruno, senior editor at InternationalMan.com, discusses why Turkey was planning a false flag operation in Syria; domestic backlash against the Erdogan government's strong support for the Syrian rebels; dangers of NATO intervention if Turkey goes to war; and the divergent regional interests of Israel and the US.

Will Grigg, keeper of the Pro Libertate blog, discusses recent changes to the decades-long cultural divide on crime, drugs, and law enforcement; public protests against New Mexico's murderous police force; Mark Byrge's disabling ordeal with police in American Fork, UT; and going through local mayors and city councils to achieve reforms of otherwise-unaccountable police forces.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses why convicted spy Jonathan Pollard should complete his time in prison; a snapshot of Pollard's misdeeds and the false narratives being constructed to make him look like a martyr for Israel; and the intelligence community's backlash against Clinton's near-pardon of Pollard in 1999.