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.

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.

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.

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.

James Carden, a Contributing Editor for The National Interest, discusses the foreign policy "realist" think tank backlash against a neoconservative report calling on the US to spend billions arming Ukraine.

Eric Margolis, syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses Europe's worries that the US's schemes in Ukraine will start a shooting war with Russia.

Kelley B. Vlahos, a contributor to The American Conservative, discusses her article "A Blackwater World Order," about the rise of mercenary armies worldwide after the precedent-setting US invasion/occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Investigative journalist Greg Palast discusses why the billionaire Koch brothers are so keen to build the Keystone Pipeline from Canada to their Texas oil refinery.

Thomas Duncan, Assistant Professor of Economics at Radford University, discusses his paper "The Revolving Door and the Entrenchment of the Permanent War Economy," explaining the Pentagon's unaccountable and extravagant spending.