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.

Jason Ditz, news editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the NSA-linked cyber-crime gang called "Equation" that has been using malware to conduct espionage operations against corporations, countries, and individuals all over the world for nearly 20 years.

Jordan Smith, an investigative journalist with The Intercept, discusses Rodney Reed's imminent execution in Texas for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites - even though the evidence strongly suggests that Stites's then-fiance was the real murderer.

Dave Maass, Media Relations Coordinator and Investigative Researcher for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discusses his article "Hundreds of South Carolina Inmates Sent to Solitary Confinement Over Facebook;" and the perils of civil asset forfeiture laws.

John L. Esposito, professor of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, cuts through the propaganda to reveal what a billion Muslims really think about the US and Americans.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses Matt O'Brien's hit piece on Rand Paul for being "clueless" in his criticism of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy.

Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses Obama's nearly-unlimited war powers under the new AUMF for ISIS (if Congress passes it); and the War on Terror's success at drastically increasing acts of terrorism worldwide.

Former Republican congressman Ron Paul discusses Obama's request for a new AUMF against ISIS; why letters of marque and reprisal are better than war declarations in fighting non-state enemies; and how political partisanship blinds people to the link between US foreign policy and terrorism blowback.

Scott McConnell, a founding editor at The American Conservative, discusses his article "The Ambitions Driving the Ukraine Consensus," about the near-unanimity of policy-makers and media pundits on the need to hold Russia and Putin accountable for "aggression" in Ukraine - even if it means risking nuclear confrontation.

Rebecca Gordon, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of San Francisco and author of Mainstreaming Torture, discusses the bogus excuses for the Bush administration's unnecessary torture program; the eventual prosecution of US officials who violated the Geneva Conventions; and the brave whistleblowers and journalists who exposed and rejected the torture program.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses how the huge increase in defense spending since 9/11 has made America's soldiers too expensive to use.