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• William Blum is the author of “Killing Hope: US Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II” and “Rogue State: a guide to the World’s Only Super Power” which are both published by Common Courage Press. Last weekend, he posted the article, “Obama and the Empire.” Visit his web site http://www.killinghope.org/.
• Dr. Gareth Porter is an investigative historian and journalist on US national security policy. Dr. Porter is the author of, most recently, “Perils of Dominance: Imbalance of Power and the Road to War in Vietnam.” (University of California Press). He has written regularly for Inter Press Service on US policy toward Iraq and Iran since 2005. Gareth was both a Vietnam specialist and an anti-war activist during the Vietnam War and was Co-Director of Indochina Resource Center in Washington. He taught international studies at City College of New York and American University. He was the first Academic Director for Peace and Conflict Resolution in the Washington Semester program at American University. His most recent writing includes “Intel Estimate Muddied Iran’s Nuclear Intent,” “Petraeus Leaked Misleading Story on Pullout Plans,” “Generals Seek to Reverse Obama Withdrawal Decision,” “Obama Team Should Reappraise Afghan War Efforts Before Doubling Troop Levels,” and “Bush Plan Eliminated Obstacle to Gaza Assault.”
• live from Baghdad, independent journalist Dahr Jamail is the author of “Beyond the Green Zone: Dispatches from an Unembedded Journalist in Occupied Iraq” (Haymarket Books). Dahr reports for Inter Press Service and is a regular contributor to TomDispatch. Dahr’s most recent writing includes “Iraq’s ‘Teflon Don’.” Visit his web site, http://dahrjamailiraq.com/
• Mark Potok is director of the Southern Poverty Law Center‘s Intelligence Project and editor of its award-winning, quarterly investigative journal Intelligence Report, Mark also edits the Center’s Hatewatch blog. Mark has testified before the Senate as well as the United Nations High Commission on Human Rights. Before his work at the Center, Mark was a Pulitzer Prize nominated reporter. His recent writing includes, “Hatemongers Poised to Exploit Obama Election, Tough Economic Times,” “The Nativist Lobby: Three Faces of Intolerance,” and “Marine’s Arrest Again Raises Issue of Extremists in the Military.”
• Joshua Holland is a senior writer at AlterNet. His most recent writing includes numerous articles on the economy including, “The Whole World Is Rioting as the Economic Crisis Worsens — Why Aren’t We?,” “Stop Rearranging Deck Chairs on the Titanic and Nationalize the Damn Banks,” “Was the ‘Credit Crunch’ a Myth Used to Sell a Trillion-Dollar Scam?,” and “Let the Banks Fail: Why a Few of the Financial Giants Should Crash.” He was one of the co-authors of the piece, “Obama on the Precipice: The Ten Worst Things He Could Do When He Takes Over.” He also recently reviewed a couple of books including economist and past This is Hell! guest Dean Baker’s new “Blunders and Plunders.” Josh’s reviews are entitled, “How Economists (and Pundits and Politicians) Helped Steer America Off a Cliff,” and “Controversial Bestseller Shakes the Foundation of the Israeli State.”

Jeff Dorchen delivered a Moment of Truth and Danny Muller returned to give us another installment of ‘The Wasted Energy Report.’