Patrick Smith, author of Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century, discusses Secretary of State John Kerry's implicit admission that the US has overplayed its hand in Ukraine, and how this could help US-Russia relations going forward.

John Feffer, the director of Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the madness of THAAD (Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense) - the US's missile defense program in Asia, and why its true function is to produce profits for Pentagon contractor Lockheed Martin.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses his thoughts on Seymour Hersh's journalism on the 2011 Bin Laden raid in Pakistan, and how the US is making the world less safe by sending the wrong message to Russia, China and Iran.

Conn Hallinan, a columnist with Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses why Saudi Arabia's war on Yemen does more to highlight the kingdom's isolation than its power.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist, discusses what he thinks is the misfire in Seymour Hersh's big Bin Laden story.

Mitchell Prothero, a McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist, discusses the Islamic State's decisive victory over the Iraqi army in a battle for the city of Ramadi.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the top headlines of the day on Yemen, Syria, Gaza, Israel and ISIS.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses the 42-month prison sentence for whistleblowing former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling, and the new details about the CIA's Operation Merlin inadvertently revealed at the trial.

Adam Morrow, a journalist based in Cairo, discusses how the secret tapes of the 2013 Egypt coup plot pose a problem for Obama.

Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author, discusses his article "The Killing of Osama bin Laden," detailing the Obama administration's lies about the 2011 assassination of bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.

Avner Gvaryahu, the Director of Public Outreach at BreakingTheSilence.org, discusses his organization's gathering of candid testimony from Israeli soldiers who witnessed the mass destruction and killing of Palestinian civilians in Israel's Operation "Protective Edge" in 2014.

Patrick Smith, author of Time No Longer: Americans After the American Century, discusses the New York Times' biased coverage of US troops operating on Ukrainian soil, and the risk of getting into a war with Russia.

Zoe Russell, the Assistant Executive Director for RAMP (Republican Against Marijuana Prohibition), discusses the surprising legislative progress Texas is making toward legalizing marijuana, and RAMP's attempt to get cops and conservatives behind House Bill 2165.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses her continuing coverage of the 2015 USA Freedom Act and the bill's major flaws that still won't prevent the government from abusing civil liberties in their mass-surveillance activities.

Abdi Ismail Samatar, a Professor of Geography at the University of Minnesota, discusses the history of US intervention in Somalia and that country's continuing struggle with tyranny and world-leading political corruption.