Andrew Cockburn, author of Rumsfeld: His Rise, Fall, and Catastrophic Legacy, discusses why John Kerry's "Secretary of State" title doesn't mean he conducts anything resembling foreign policy; how Obama's personal dislike and jealousy of Kerry could be holding up an Israel-Palestine agreement; and why politics has always been ugly, stupid and shortsighted - no matter what the official court historians say.

Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses why Congressional reform of the NSA is doomed to failure while Dianne Feinstein remains on the Senate Intelligence Committee, and using state-level legislation to shut down NSA facilities by denying them electricity and water.

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.