Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses unconventional solutions to elephant poaching and why it's time for Washington to tell Saudi Arabia to pound sand.

Trevor Timm, an activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, discusses the good and bad NSA reform bills working through Congress; the divide between Congressional party leadership and rank and file members on NSA spying; the data theft directly from Google and Yahoo's private fiber-optic cables; and the NSA's tricky non-denial denials.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the Iranian point of view on US-Iran relations since 1953; Obama's frustratingly unpredictable foreign policy; and how Israel could use proxy groups to sabotage an Iranian peace deal.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the NSA's legal justifications for its spying programs; the intercepted phone calls of foreign heads of state; and the NSA's theft of user data from Google and Yahoo.

Francis Nesbitt, associate professor of Africana Studies at San Diego State University, discusses his article "Al-Shabaab's Savage Coming of Age (and How to Respond);" the historical context of the Nairobi mall massacre; conflicts and proxy-wars in eastern Africa; and how Al-Shabaab - essentially defeated in Somalia - is going international to survive and attract funding.

Michael Swanson is the author of The War State: The Cold War Origins Of The Military-Industrial Complex And The Power Elite, 1945-1963. This is the third interview in a series of in-depth discussions about the book.

Mitchell Plitnick, former Director of Education and Policy for Jewish Voice for Peace, discusses the Anti-Defamation League's Top 10 list of anti-Israel groups (including JVP); giving Israel's government an incentive to end the occupation of Palestine; and why the Saudis and Israelis oppose US-Iran detente.

George Maschke, co-founder of AntiPolygraph.org, discusses why the Polygraph "test" is based on junk science and doesn't reliably detect lies; the government's persecution of individuals who teach methods for passing a polygraph; and the NSA's electronic surveillance of AntiPolygraph.org.

Andrew Bacevich, author of Breach of Trust: How Americans Failed Their Soldiers and Their Country, discusses the New York Times' perceived "threat" of isolationism while the US is always and everywhere intervening in conflicts abroad.

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the Anti-Defamation League's inclusion of CNI in their top-10 anti-Israel group list; Benjamin Netanyahu's blatant attempts to break up a US-Iran peace deal; and the US-Saudi rift on Syrian policy.

Grant F. Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRMEP), discusses ten explosive U.S. government secrets about Israel and why the Department of Justice is unable and unwilling to prosecute Israeli spies.

Letta Tayler, Senior Researcher for Human Rights Watch, discusses her article "The Price of War" about the HRW report "Between a Drone and Al-Qaeda: The Civilian Cost of US Targeted Killings in Yemen."

Jason Leopold, investigative journalist and author of News Junkie, discusses his latest Freedom of Information Act victory, this time exposing the NSA review group as an oversight fraud perpetrated by the highly secretive Obama administration.

Arlo Pignotti, creator of QR code Commodity Discs, discusses his efforts to popularize silver medallions as an alternative currency to dollars, and how you can get a free silver medallion by donating $100 to the Scott Horton Show.

Charles Featherstone, a seminary student and former journalist based in New York, Washington D.C. and the Middle East, joins Scott live in the studio and shares his insights on Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Al Qaeda and other topics.