Musa al-Gharbi, a research fellow with the Southwest Initiative for the Study of Middle East Conflicts, discusses his article "ISIL's barbaric acts are highly effective propaganda," and why a US ground invasion would be playing right into the Islamic State's hands.

Alan J. Kuperman, Associate Professor of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, discusses how Samantha Power, Susan Rice, and Hillary Clinton embroiled the US in a bogus humanitarian war in Libya with disastrous consequences.

Alfred McCoy, professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses his TomDispatch.com article "The Real American Exceptionalism: From Torture to Drone Assassination, How Washington Gave Itself a Global Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card."

Jordan Smith, an award-winning investigative journalist with The Intercept, discusses Rodney Reed's stay of execution in Texas as evidence of his innocence mounts - even though the state is still eager to kill him.

Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research, Middle Eastern Policy, discusses IRMEP's lawsuit seeking disclosure of CIA files on Israel's covert nuclear weapons program, including the illegal diversion of weapons-grade uranium from the NUMEC nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. American taxpayers are currently on the hook for a half-billion dollar cleanup effort at NUMEC - presumably Israel should pick up part of the tab.

Andy Worthington, author of The Guantanamo Files, discusses how the dismissal of David Hicks' terror conviction could end Guantanamo's military commission trial system; and how Congress's "Detaining Terrorists to Protect America Act of 2015" is designed to keep Guantanamo operating forever.

Jeffrey Tucker, Chief Liberty Officer and founder of Liberty.me, discusses his new monthly interview show "Eye on the Empire" with Scott Horton starting Feb. 24th; how the behemoth Department of Homeland Security could be broken up into smaller bureaucracies; and the Liberty.me global liberty community.

Marc Hyden, a coordinator with Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, discusses why conservatives should oppose our deeply flawed system of capital punishment, and his organization's efforts to stop state executions.

Yousaf Butt, nuclear physicist & Senior Scientific Adviser at the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), based in London, discusses the latest misleading David Sanger/William Broad NY Times article, conveniently timed to complicate negotiations for an Iranian nuclear deal.

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the history of the current crisis in Ukraine, and why the US insists on picking a fight with nuclear-armed Russia.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist, discusses how US diplomatic strategy on Iran nuclear negotiations gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leverage on the Obama administration.

Patrick Cockburn, a columnist and author of The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the new Sunni Revolution, discusses the Islamic State's fight to the death in Mosul; why Iraqi Sunnis fear Shia militias even more than Isis's draconian rule; and the publicity value of over-the-top executions.

Yasmine Taeb, an attorney specializing in national security issues, discusses the Center for American Progress's report "Fear, Inc. 2.0: The Islamophobia Network's Efforts to Manufacture Hate in America."

Christian Appy, professor of history and author of three books about the Vietnam War, discusses his article about the Pentagon's 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War, which is meant to focus the public's attention on honoring veteran soldiers so nobody remembers the many atrocities and war crimes committed.

Christian Stork, a writer for WhoWhatWhy.org, unmasks the individuals in the military-industrial-congressional complex who stand to profit handsomely by arming Ukraine and starting another Cold War with Russia.