Does the US need to get back into Iraq to fight Al-Qaeda?

Does the US need to get back into Iraq to fight Al-Qaeda? 

Guests: 

Nader Hashemi
Co-editor of "The Syria Dilemma" and director of the Center for Middle East Studies at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver (@josefkorbel). 

Douglas Ollivant @DouglasOllivant
Senior national security fellow, New America Foundation (@NewAmerica).

Read more about Wednesday's bombings in Baghdad, via Al Jazeera America. 

Could the U.S. State Department have prevented the 2012 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi? 

Guest:

Samuel M. Katz @Samuel_M_Katz 
Co-author of "Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi."

Learn more about the Senate Intelligence Committee report on the Benghazi attack, via Al Jazeera America, and read the full report, via The Washington Post. 

How could the net neutrality ruling affect what we can access online?

Guest: 

Jeffrey Eisenach @JeffEisenach
Director for the Center for Internet, Communications, and Technology Policy at the American Enterprise Institute. 

Sarah Morris
Senior Policy Counsel for the Open Technology Institute at the New America Foundation (@OTI).   

Read more about the net neutrality ruling, via Al Jazeera America.

Could a report on the NSA's spy software aid U.S. enemies? 

Guest: 

Peter Eckersley 
Technology projects director for the Electronic Frontier Foundation (@EFF). 

Read more about the NSA's electronic spying, via Al Jazeera America. 

Does A-Rod deserve a season-long suspension from baseball? 

Guest:

Dave Zirin @EdgeOfSports 
Sports editor of The Nation and host of Edge Of Sports Radio. 

Read more about Alex Rodriguez's latest lawsuit, via The Associated Press; the NFL's rejected concussion settlement, via Al Jazeera America; and MLB Commissioner Bud Selig's proposed farewell tour, via ESPN.       

Author Brad Meltzer uses stories to share how ordinary people can change the world

Guest:

Brad Meltzer @BradMeltzer 
New York Times best-selling author, whose latest books include "I Am Amelia Earhart" and "I Am Abraham Lincoln."

Learn more about Meltzer's biography series, "Ordinary People Change the World."   

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