Journalist Mark Perry discusses his Politico article about the disagreement among the Army's top brass on budget priorities and how to confront Russia; and Mark's suggestions for how US military spending could be put to better use.

Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the ACLU's Speech, Privacy, and Technology Project, discusses how the feds are helping local police with spying technology like "Stingray" cell phone tower simulators and then keeping it secret from the public - routinely denying FOIA requests by citing non-disclosure agreements.

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses his Truthout article "Obama Broke Pledge to Demand Syrian Opposition's Separation From Nusra Front."

Rupert Stone, an independent journalist working on national security and counter-terrorism issues, discusses the scientific proof that torture doesn't work for interrogators seeking to learn the truth from prisoners - however it is quite effective at extracting false confessions.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses US Ambassador to Hungary Coleen Bell's threatening speech to her host country's government, in which she laid down the Obama administration's demands on Syria policy, acceptance of refugees, and relations with Russia.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the wars in Libya and Yemen in far more detail than can be found in the mainstream media.

Brad Hoff, Managing Editor of Levant Report, discusses the "Jihadi Wal-mart" in Syria, where the distinctions between so-called FSA moderate groups and radical Islamists like ISIS are increasingly blurred.

Jeffrey Kaye, a psychologist and writer on torture, discusses his FOIA request that led to declassified "talking points" documents related to torture techniques authorized in the Army Field Manual.

Phyllis Bennis, author of Understanding ISIS and the New Global War on Terror: A Primer, discusses why the Pentagon shouldn't be allowed to investigate (and absolve) itself for the October 2015 airstrikes that destroyed a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan that killed  42 people.

Eric Margolis, a journalist and author of American Raj, discusses Israel's preparation to use nuclear weapons during the 1973 Arab-Israeli War as Syrian forces were poised to retake the Golan Heights; and why Israel isn't any more willing to return Golan to Syria now than it was 43 years ago.

Steven Watt, a senior staff attorney with the ACLU Human Rights Program, discusses the progress of a lawsuit by torture victims against the two psychologist CIA contractors, James Mitchell and John Jessen, who designed and profited handsomely from the agency's brutal interrogation program implemented after 9/11.

Kelley Vlahos, a contributing editor for The American Conservative, discusses how the US's permanent war footing has greatly enriched a new class of wealthy government employees, contractors, lawyers and political consultants living in luxury in the Washington DC metro area.

Patrick Cockburn, journalist and author of Chaos and Caliphate, discusses the permanent stalemate within the Iraqi government; the incentive of national and rebel forces to exaggerate their numbers; and why the US can't hope to win a war on terrorism without confronting their terror-supporting Middle Eastern allies.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses how neo-Nazis infiltrated the Ukrainian government after the 2014 US-backed regime change; the Iraq reconstruction disaster after the 2003 US invasion; and why President Obama is helping stop 9/11 victims' families from suing Saudi Arabia for sponsoring the attack.

Robert A. Pape, founder of The Chicago Project on Security and Terrorism (CPOST), discusses the strategic logic of suicide terrorism and why it remains an effective political tool - at least in the short term.