Mark Perry, a writer for Politico magazine, discusses his article "Inside the Pentagon’s Fight Over Russia: How the victors of one of America’s most celebrated battles are facing off on the future of the Army."

Gareth Porter, an independent journalist and historian, discusses the "sham Syrian peace conference" in Vienna that excludes the Assad government and the rebel factions.

Keegan Stephan, a writer and political organizer in New York City, discusses the cops who shoot themselves and lie about it, blaming Black Lives Matter instead of fessing up.

Patrick Eddington, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute, discusses the court decision allowing the FBI to kidnap American citizens overseas, then rendition them to other countries for interrogation, detention and threats of torture.

Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses The Intercept's "Drone Papers" revelations, and the compelling evidence that Obama's drone program is illegal and immoral.

Daniel Larison, a senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses the warmongering foreign policies of the numerous Republican presidential candidates.

Jill Stein, a physician and environmental-health advocate, discusses why she is running as the Green Party's candidate in the 2016 Presidential election.

Reese Erlich, the author of five books on foreign affairs, discusses his Politico article "How Putin Is Wooing America's Closest Syrian Allies."

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses British resident Shaker Aamer's reunion with his family in the UK after his long-delayed release from Guantanamo, and how he survived being locked away for 14 years without charge or trial, often in solitary confinement.

Andrew Cockburn, author of Kill Chain: The Rise of the High-Tech Assassins, discusses his classic 1980s book The Threat: Inside the Soviet Military Machine that told the truth about poorly designed and unreliable Soviet weapons systems, while mainstream analysts hyped the Soviet menace - driving sales for US defense contractors.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the ongoing Saudi-led, US-supported, war against Yemen.

Patrick Cockburn, a Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the internal and external factors dividing the Turkish nation, and why its presidential system is only a few steps away from a dictatorship.

Philip Weiss, founder of mondoweiss.net, discusses columnist Jeffrey Goldberg's assertion that Palestinian anti-Semitism - not the Israeli occupation - is to blame for the conflict; and why American Jews that vigorously defend civil rights in America turn a blind eye to Jim Crow style institutional discrimination in Israel.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses Senator Dianne Feinstein's husband's campaign to outlaw free speech for University of California students who dare to discuss the BDS movement or criticize Israel's military occupation of Palestinian land.

Jonathan Marshall, an independent researcher living in San Anselmo, California, discusses the Obama administration's failure to broker a peace deal in Syria due to its neocon-like focus on regime change.