Michael Scheuer, author of Marching Toward Hell: America and Islam After Iraq, discusses why he thinks the al Qaeda threat will continue to grow while the US occupies Muslim countries, why the Israel/Palestine dispute isn't worth sacrificing American blood or treasure for, how US disengagement from the Middle East will allow Muslims to concentrate on their own considerable internal problems, humanitarian warmongers on the Left who are pushing for intervention in Africa, al Qaeda's thorough...

Karen Kwiatkowski, columnist at LewRockwell.com and retired USAF lieutenant colonel, discusses the dogged determination of Bush supporters who still believe the Iraq war lies, the laser-like neoconservative focus on Middle East policy, how several well-placed neocons hijacked the US government and started the war in Iraq, Donald Rumsfeld’s ultimate success at establishing military outpost 'lily pads' and how George W. Bush let loose the neocon 'crazies in the basement' his father warned about....

Matthew Harwood, author of the article  'New Year’s resolution for Guantanamo,' discusses some of the positive steps Obama has taken to restore constitutional government, the US public’s simultaneous distrust of the government and adoration of the military, the seldom discussed Military Commissions Act of 2009 and how the US culture of fear and paranoia is stoked by politicians and the media.

Former CIA and DIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the likely circumstances that allowed a Jordanian triple-agent to kill seven CIA operatives in Afghanistan, how the CIA's limited ability to overcome cultural and language barriers forces a dangerous reliance on foreign intelligence services, Hillary Clinton's declaration that Yemen is now a threat to the whole world, growing foreign and domestic opposition to the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate on Iran, newly discovered problems with the...

Former FBI contract translator-turned-whistleblower Sibel Edmonds discusses the corruption of 'political termite' former Republican Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, the systemic rot indicated by the disappearance of accountability and oversight in all levels of US government, pervasive political self-dealing and foreign espionage based in Chicago, bribes and lucrative salaries given to current and former US politicians by Turkish operatives, ignorant or apathetic voters that keep voting...

Becky Akers, columnist at Lewrockwell.com, discusses her article 'Christmas Kamikaze,' why blowing up a plane is not as easy as Hollywood makes it seem, boom-times for producers of millimeter wave scanner machines, foreign military adventures that beget terrorism at home and the fallacy of judicious and limited state-sponsored torture.

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan discusses the Peace of the Action anti-empire protests beginning in March in Washington, DC, how current US wars are outlasting the public's attention span and the need for focused antiwar goals to prevent division among allies and derision in the media.

Poor fmr. New Mexico governor Gary Johnson patiently tolerates Scott's belligerent impertinence for about half an hour.

Doug Casey discusses the impending "greater" depression that will make the 1930s look like boom times, how the world's governments are working in unison on economic problems - but are completely wrong, the increasing difficulty of rolling over US government debt and the growing chance for a major war between world powers.