IPS News journalist Adam Morrow discusses Egypt's counterrevolution; the Muslim Brotherhood officials in jail or in hiding; how Iran's secular progressives have discredited themselves by backing the antidemocratic military coup; and Israel's long-held desire to repossess the Sinai Peninsula.

Retired CIA analyst Ray McGovern discusses how John Kerry's press conference gaffe gave Syrian peace a chance; Obama's assurance to Israel that Iran strikes are still on the table; the "American exceptionalism" debate; why Obama won't release the audio recording "proving" Assad was behind the chemical weapons attack; Gen. Martin Dempsey's hardheaded realism on war; and why Israel is perfectly happy with perpetual war in Syria.

Attorney Jesse Trentadue discusses his lawsuit to force the FBI to hand over surveillance tapes of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing; evidence that the FBI had foreknowledge of the bombing and failed (deliberately or not) to stop it; the FBI's "Sensitive Informant" program that has thoroughly infiltrated government and the media with spies; and Attorney General Eric Holder's connection to Oklahoma City and Kenneth Trentadue's murder coverup.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the Russian-brokered deal on removing Syria's chemical weapons; the lack of democratic leaders within Syria's disparate rebel factions; the historic popular revolt against US entry into the Syrian conflict; and more revelations about the extent of NSA spying on Americans.

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his evidence that the Obama administration passed off its own intelligence assessment of the Syria gas attack as a CIA analysis; the CIA's observation that no materials have been deployed from Syria's chemical weapons facilities; why the attack doesn't bear the hallmarks of sarin gas; and why the White House pushes toward war despite the large percentage of Americans against military action in Syria. Update: Porter...

David Bromwich, Professor of Literature at Yale University, discusses his article "The Crossroads on Syria;" why Obama doesn't even bother to lie us into war; the dearth of good outcomes from Syrian regime change; and the MSM news blackout on US foreign policy disasters in Iraq and Libya.

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses his article "How Intelligence Was Twisted to Support an Attack on Syria;" the suspicious language used in the summary document on the chemical weapons attack; why the Israeli-sourced electronic intercept of freaking-out Syrian officials is likely fake; and the US's strange "assessment" that the Syrian opposition didn't use chemical weapons.