Michael Boldin, founder and executive director of the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses the states’ rights approach to fighting NSA spying on Americans; the unlikely coalition that pushed through the NDAA-defying California Liberty Preservation Act (AB-351); and using anti-commandeering court precedents to withhold water and power from NSA data centers in Utah and Texas.

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Kelley B. Vlahos, a regular Antiwar.com columnist and contributing editor at The American Conservative, discusses the media’s lousy coverage of the D.C. car chase/shooting; the militarization of trigger happy law enforcement officers; and the link between the military’s prescription drug addiction and the record number of soldiers committing suicide.

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Jacob Hornberger, the founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the 40th anniversary of the Chilean military coup; the US military and CIA’s role in the coup and execution of two US citizens; why Congress has never bothered to hold hearings; the conservatives who still admire Pinochet and the torture of civilians in the war on communism; and a couple books on his recommended reading list: Michael Swanson’s The War State and Stephen Kinzer’s The Brothers.

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Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and historian, discusses the Obama administration’s duplicitous and reactionary Iran policy; why even Netanyahu’s biggest fans are getting tired of his inflammatory rhetoric; and the great opportunity for US-Iran reconciliation while Rouhani is president.

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Trita Parsi, founder and president of the National Iranian American Council, discusses Israel’s absolute opposition to any US deal with Iran; how Benjamin Netanyahu’s rhetoric has limited his diplomatic options; and the apparent removal of Obama’s “red line” on intervention in Syria.

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Ann Jones, author of They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America’s Wars, discusses the ongoing yet already-forgotten war in Afghanistan; a history of US intervention in Afghanistan since the 1950s; repeating the mistakes of Soviet occupation; and the factions jockeying for power in anticipation of President Hamid Karzai’s departure from office.

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M.J. Rosenberg, Special Correspondent for The Washington Spectator, discusses AIPAC’s attempt to stop Obama from making a deal with Iran; the Democratic Party’s heavy reliance on pro-Israel contributors; Israel’s tone-deaf public relations strategies; why Republicans are too distracted to thwart an Iran deal; and the recently revealed evidence that Nixon and Kissinger aided genocide in Pakistan/Bangladesh.

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Alan Butler, host of the talk radio show Butler on Business, discusses the debt ceiling debate circus in Congress; the cruelty of the inflation tax; why the real unemployment rate isn’t represented by official BLS numbers; evidence that the economy continues to get worse despite talk of recovery; and why GDP isn’t a good measure of a nation’s economic health.

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Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses the New York Times article verifying the claims of NSA whistleblower William Binney; how the NSA achieved Total Information Awareness through multi-sourced metadata; the tightly-woven webs of information that get ordinary Americans caught up in foreign intelligence investigations; why the NSA can’t or won’t tell Senator Ron Wyden how many Americans have been spied on; and the good and bad aspects of Obamacare.

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Nima Shirazi, a contributing writer for Mondoweiss, discusses the surprisingly rapid progress toward a US-Iran deal; why the US must recognize Iran’s inalienable right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy; Obama’s precedent-setting phone call to Rouhani – the first direct presidential contact since 1979; and why US airstrikes on Syria appear to be off the table.

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Joe Lauria, a New York-based independent foreign affairs correspondent, discusses Iranian President Rouhani’s press conference at the UN; the nearly-completed agreement on destroying Syria’s chemical weapons stocks; Iran’s eagerness to make a deal on their nuclear program to remedy the crippling effects of sanctions on their economy; and the Saudi and Israeli opposition to US-Iran rapprochement.

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John Knefel, co-host of Radio Dispatch and freelance writer, discusses the FBI’s out-of-control domestic spying; the “Domain Management” mapping software used to find all the Muslim communities in America; and how the FBI manufactures terrorist plots and entraps stooges to justify their budget.

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John Glaser, a writer for Antiwar.com and The Huffington Post, discusses why Obama shouldn’t delay making a deal with Iran; the US’s clear support for Al Qaeda in Syria – no matter how much John Kerry claims otherwise; John McCain’s brain-damaged lunacy; Israel’s latest house-demolishing war crimes in the occupied territories; and why no Israel-Palestine peace talks can end illegal Jewish settlements or find a two-state solution.

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Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses why the mainstream media won’t cover the NSA’s habit of passing raw intelligence on Americans to Israel; a cost-benefit analysis of the US-Israel “special relationship;” the few barriers to making a deal on Iran’s nuclear program; and why Rand Paul is just an empty suit.

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Marc Hyden, a coordinator with Conservatives Concerned with the Death Penalty, discusses the 3 main reasons he opposes the death penalty; why the justice system isn’t very interested in a person’s actual guilt or innocence; problems with eyewitness identification and forensic “experts;” the corruption of juries in capital cases; and the Conservatives Concerned presence at the Conservative Political Action Conference in St. Louis on September 28th.

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