Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist and historian, discusses why the US is demanding Iran reduce its number of centrifuges, and the Iranian desire to shake off sanctions and join the world economy.

Gene Healy, vice president at the Cato Institute, discusses how the "successful" first Gulf War in 1991 led to the ongoing crisis in Iraq today.

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the "no refusal" sobriety checkpoints for the Fourth of July weekend in Oregon, where motorists who refuse a Breathalyzer test will forcibly have their blood removed for testing.

Conn Hallinan, a columnist for Foreign Policy in Focus, discusses the imperial divide-and-conquer strategy at play in the Middle East, from the Ottoman empire's dissolution to the present ISIS-led civil war in Iraq.

McClatchy journalist Jonathan Landay discusses the huge risk ISIS took by declaring a caliphate in Iraq-Syria and demanding allegiance from all Muslims.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses Obama's $500 million aid package for "moderate" Syrian rebels; whether ISIS is a threat to the US and, if so, what we should do about it; and the neocons crossing their fingers for another 9/11 attack.

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses the brief history of the Ukraine crisis and why Western pundits are always wrong about Vladimir Putin.

Kara Dansky, Senior Counsel with the ACLU's Center for Justice, discusses the ACLU's report on police militarization; why multi-juristictional task forces think they are above the law and not subject to public records requests; and the "threat matrix" automated decision making for SWAT deployments.

McClatchy Foreign Staff journalist Mitchell Prothero discuses the modern Iraqi state's dissolution; Obama's request for $500 million in aid for the "moderate" Syrian opposition; why the Kurd's won't keep control of oil-rich Kirkuk easily; and the possibility that the US will provide air support for an Iranian invasion of Iraq.

Independent journalist Rania Abouzeid discusses her article "The Jihad Next Door: The Syrian roots of Iraq's newest civil war."

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses why a unity government in Iraq is very unlikely to succeed; why the Sunni rebellion will be very sorry they enlisted the help of radical jihadist shock troops; and how the new Iraqi civil war, as bad as it is, could get much worse.

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses how the high desert highwaymen (a.k.a. High Desert Drug Enforcement Task Force) are terrorizing motorists along a stretch of I-84 in western Idaho, all in the name of fighting the war on drugs.

Michael Schwartz, author of War Without End: The Iraq War in Context, discusses how US intervention in Iraq has been, and continues to be, influenced by a desire to control Iraq's oil production.

Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author, discusses Kurdistan's possible independence from Iraq; ISIS's attempt to isolate Baghdad; and the total lack of cohesion in US foreign policy.

Jason DItz, editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the stepped-up involvement of Syria and Iran in Iraq's civil war and the latest news in the Middle East.