Antonio Buehler, co-founder of the Peaceful Streets Project, discusses his efforts to bring accountability to out-of-control law enforcement; looking at cops through the eyes of black Americans; the latest Austin, TX police murder; and the 2013 Project Police Accountability Summit in Austin on August 17th.

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the continued persecution of 57 year old quilt maker Rita Hutchens by the police and city government of tiny Sandpoint, Idaho; the character assassination of a Utah prosecutor who would dare indict a cop who broke the law; and how even local governments can conspire to ruin the life of anyone they choose.

Hanni Fakhoury, Staff Attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discusses the many governmental agencies privy to NSA surveillance information on ordinary Americans; how law enforcement "launders" NSA intelligence to re-create a criminal evidence trail; and how the Bill of Rights is being eviscerated by the law failing to keep up with technology.

Carla Gericke, President of the Free State Project, discusses New Hampshire's pushback against militarized police and armored personnel carriers; knocking down the ideological walls of pro-government statists; and the ultimate 20,000-person migration goal that would make the Free State Project a success.

Nathan Fuller of the Bradley Manning Support Network discusses the reduction of Manning's maximum prison sentence from 136 to 90 years; Manning's conviction on a novel "wanton publication" charge; the over-classification of government information; testimony that the WikiLeaks documents haven't resulted in casualties or "blood on Manning's hands;" and the US's tendency to prosecute whistleblowers and coverup the real crimes revealed to the public.

The Other Scott Horton, human rights lawyer and blogger at Harper's Magazine, discusses why the government isn't charging Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan with terrorism; the early warning signs of Hasan's instability that his superiors disregarded; differing opinions on whether NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is a traitor or a hero; and why Russia ultimately granted Snowden asylum.

Christian Stork, Assistant Editor and Staff Writer for WhoWhatWhy.com, discusses his article "Connections Between Michael Hastings, Edward Snowden And Barrett Brown - The War With The Security State;" some background information on Barrett Brown, Anonymous and HB Gary; how Michael Hastings was connected to the Barrett Brown story and Project PM; and how Endgame Systems has profited from zero-day exploit hacking.

Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg discusses his recent arrest during Hiroshima Day protests at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; why land-based nuclear weapons have no good reason to exist; the effects of nuclear winter; and how ICBMs equipped with conventional warheads (so the US can kill anyone in the world in 1/2 an hour) could start a nuclear war.

Jason Leopold, a journalist with Al Jazeera, discusses the government's claim that "Al-Qaeda might attack Guantanamo" if they reveal details about Guantanamo prisoner genital searches requested in Leopold's motion to intervene in a federal court case.

Ted Snider, a writer for Znet and Counterpunch, discusses how the Obama administration uses the trappings of democracy to effect "silent coups" abroad; the manufactured popular protests designed for regime change, from Iran in 2009 to Egypt today; and how WikiLeaks revealed that the State Department was well aware the 2009 Honduran "constitutional crisis" was nothing but a coup d'état endorsed by Washington.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the US embassy closures in the Middle East due to some vague Al Qaeda terrorism threat; allegations that the White House is threatening the families of CIA officers to shut up about the Benghazi incident; and John McCain's new lows on kowtowing to the Israel lobby in the US Senate.

Nuclear physicist Yousaf Butt discusses the Wall Street Journal's fearmongering on Iran's nuclear program; why the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty needs replacing; how Iran's moderate President Rouhani is frustrating the neoconservatives; and the obvious outlines of a US-Iran nuclear agreement.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute For Peace and Prosperity, discusses John McCain's eagerness to go to war with Russia; how "pro democracy" NGOs manufacture regime change in other countries; the US's role in Egypt's military coup; and the ins and outs of the Benghazi scandal.

Greg Mitchell, blogger for The Nation and author of Atomic Cover-up, discusses his revisionist history on President Truman's decision to nuke Hiroshima and Nagasaki; the US's longstanding nuclear first strike policy; the top military figures against dropping the bomb on Japan in WWII; the government's decades-long suppression of facts on radiation sickness and civilian casualties; and why Russia's entry in the war was the real tipping point to Japan's ultimate surrender.