Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses why Iran nuclear talks failed and why they will get tougher; the lousy deal ultimately offered up to Iran - probably from Israeli pressure; and the overconfidence in the US's negotiating position.

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses how Dick Cheney helped make torture an official US government policy; former Guantanamo inmate Omar Khadr's fight for justice in a Canadian prison; and how torture has poisoned America's soul.

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the near-mutiny of intelligence analysts over the White House's assessment that blamed Syria's government for the gas attack in Damascus; the widespread suspicion that Israel fabricated intercept evidence implicating Syria's military in the attack; and the new non-Al Qaeda Syrian rebel group backed by Saudi Arabia.

Jason Leopold, a journalist at Al Jazeera, discusses the fascinating newly released journals of high-profile Guantanamo prisoner and jihadist Abu Zubaydah; why journalist Ron Suskind (and his FBI source) were wrong about Abu Zubaydah being crazy; and how the CIA used Abu Zubaydah's deepest fears against him in their torture program.

Flynt Leverett, a professor at Penn State University's School of International Affairs, discusses the biggest sticking point in Iran's nuclear program negotiations with the P5+1 and why Obama won't take necessary political risks to make a deal.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses life in crony-capitalist America, where Wall Street gets bailouts and interest-free money and Main Street is stuck with Obamacare, food stamps and persistent unemployment.

Adam Hochschild, author of To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918, discusses his TomDispatch.com article on the enduring folly of the Battle of the Somme, that epitomized the bloody futility of WWI.