Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses the "inevitable" and "perfectly predictable" US blundering in Syria, and how Russia is taking action to support the Assad government.

James Bamford, author of several books on the NSA, discusses how authorized NSA eavesdropping on Greece's Vodafone telecom, supposedly to prevent terrorism during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, morphed into a massive spying operation that targeted top Greek government officials for 10 years afterward, and may have cost a Greek telecom employee his life.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the neocon foreign policy agenda; Charlie Rose's interview of Putin on Syria; and West Point professor William Bradford's inflammatory article on executing antiwar Americans and declaring total war on Muslims.

James North, a writer for Mondoweiss.net, discusses the New York Times' non-coverage of the "extrajudicial execution" of 18-year old Palestinian Hadeel al-Hashlamoun at an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the CIA's probably-illegal book that preemptively defends their torture program and officials from criticism and possible prosecution.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses America's role in Yemen's war and humanitarian crisis.

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses the imminent release of Guantanamo's last British prisoner, Shaker Aamer, who was already cleared twice in 2007 and 2009 under presidents Bush and Obama.

Eli Clifton, a reporting fellow with The Investigative Fund at The Nation Institute, discusses the Islamophobia madness infecting the Republican presidential candidates, and why the problem is getting worse 14 years after 9/11.

Julian Borger, the diplomatic editor for The Guardian, discusses his article "West 'ignored Russian offer in 2012 to have Syria's Assad step aside.'"

Gareth Porter, an award-winning journalist and historian, discusses the IAEA inspections of Iran's Parchin nuclear site which have failed to find anything incriminating - while the MSM fearmongering continues unabated.

Bojan Budimac, a Serbian journalist based in Turkey, discusses the recent history of Turkey's Kurdish problems; the failure of peace talks with PKK; and the pipeline politics at the heart of the Syrian conflict.

McClatchy journalist Jonathan Landay discusses the potential for US-Russia military cooperation in Syria against the Islamic State, as the Obama administration slightly backs down from its "Assad must go" stance.

Adam Johnson, an associate editor at AlterNet and frequent writer for FAIR.org, discusses his article "Down the Memory Hole: NYT Erases CIA’s Efforts to Overthrow Syria’s Government."

Mike Swanson, founder of Wall Street Window and author of The War State, discusses his new book The Stock Market Bubble Bust Of 2015 And Beyond (the Kindle version is free at Amazon.com for a limited time).

Stephen Zunes, professor of politics and international studies at the University of San Francisco, discusses the military coup in Burkina Faso.