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2-12-09

Matt Corley: Assistant Editor for The Progress Report and ThinkProgress.org at American Progress.

David Novack: has been a producer, post supervisor, and associate producer for a number of documentary films and television series, including the historical documentary, “Songs of Odessa,” the acclaimed Showtime/United Nations series, “What’s Going On” and two episodes of PBS/WGBH’s “Frontline.”

Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.

R J Shulman: political satirist. You can read Shulman’s blog at ptsd1.blogspot.com.

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2-11-09

Karl Frisch: is a columnist and Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America, the nation’s preeminent progressive media watchdog.

Lt. Gov John Garamendi: 46th Lieutenant Governor of California. He brings to the office 32 years of public service.

Aaron Glantz: is an American journalist and author. Glantz works as a reporter for Pacifica Radio, as well as for other media outlets, including the global news agency, Inter Press Service (IPS).

Peter Phillips: director of Project Censored, he is an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. He is known for his op-ed pieces in the alternative press and independent newspapers nationwide, such as Z Magazine and Social Policy.

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Rep. Barbara Lee: Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives representing California’s 9th congressional district.

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2-10-09

Trevor Paglen: is an artist, writer, and experimental geographer working out of the Department of Geography at the University of California, Berkeley.  His recent book is Blank Spots on the Map: The Dark Geography of the Pentagon’s Secret World.

Glenn Greenwald: previously a constitutional law and civil rights litigator and now a Contributing Writer at Salon.com

Rep. Joe Sestak: is serving his first-term as the Representative from Pennsylvania’s 7th Congressional District, which includes most of Delaware County and parts of Chester and Montgomery Counties.

Jason Leopold: investigative journalist. He writes for the online publication The Public Record.

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2-9-09

Craig Eisendrath: At age 22, he was given the extraordinary job of managing United States international relations for outer space.  Dr. Eisendrath is the author of a number of fiction and  non-fiction books on foreign affairs such as To Enter Jerusalem.

David Sirota: is an American political figure and commentator. He is a two-time New York Times bestselling author, nationally-syndicated newspaper columnist and blogger who is generally considered to be a political progressive, as well as a strong critic of neoliberal economic policies.

Barbara Lubin: is the founder and Executive Director of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA), a children’s advocacy organization based in Berkeley, California that raises funds for organizations based in the Palestinian territories, Lebanon, and Iraq that refuse to recognize Israel’s existence.

Col. Steve Kleinman: The Air Force Reserve Colonel is a veteran military interrogator who has spent his career in human intelligence. He was a senior interrogator in Panama, the first Gulf War, and Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Amna Akbar: is a Clinical Fellow at the International Human Rights Clinic, NYU School of Law.   The Clinic represents former CIA secret detainee Mohamed Bashmilah, a co-plaintiff in the ACLU-led case Binyam Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.

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2-6-09

Robert Parry: founder of ConsortiumNews.com.  His new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”.

Jerome Pohlen: ran as the Green Party U.S. Representative of Illinois in the 3rd District.

Conn Hallinan: is an analyst for Foreign Policy in Focus.

Saul Landau: an internationally-known scholar, author, commentator, and filmmaker on foreign and domestic policy issues.

Brad Friedman: self-described election integrity muckraking journalist jerk. You can read his blog at Bradblog.com.

Noah Kunin: is a Minneapolis blogger who lives behind the 35W bridge and was present for its collapse.

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2-5-09

Faiz Shakir: Research Director at The Center for American Progress and serves as Editor-in-Chief of ThinkProgress.org.

Caroline Fredrickson:  is the director of the Washington Legislative Office of the American Civil Liberties Union, the nation’s oldest, largest and most vital civil liberties organization.

Scott Dick: regular contributor on Military/Vets issues. Dick hosts his own radio broadcast called The Scott Dick Show.

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2-4-09

Eric Boehlert: Senior Fellow at Media Matters for America. He is the author of “Lapdogs: How the Press Rolled Over for Bush”.

Chisun Lee: was counsel at the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. A graduate of Harvard Law School and a former Knight Journalism Fellow at Yale Law School, she served as a law clerk for a federal district judge in New York, and was formerly a staff writer for the Village Voice.

Tony Lent: Managing Director and Co-founder of US Renewables Group.

Bob Borosage: president of the Institute for America’s Future and co-director of its sister organization, the Campaign for America’s Future.

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2-3-09

Ken Silverstein: is the Washington Editor for Harper’s Magazine and writes Washington Babylon for Harper’s online.

Steve Pizzo: is an award-winning, non-fiction author, raconteur and all around dilettante. His prior accomplishments include a New York Times best-selling book, Inside Job, exposing the seamy side of the 1980s savings and loan crisis. His blog can be viewed at NewsforReal.com.

Barry Hessenius: is a consultant and speaker for the nonprofit sector.  He is a former director of the California Arts Council (appointed by Governor Gray Davis), longtime political fundraiser, activist, and nonprofit advocate.

Jason Leopold: investigative journalist. He writes for the online publication The Public Record.

Melanie Sloan: serves as CREW’s Executive Director. Prior to starting CREW, she served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia where, from 1998-2003, she successfully tried cases before dozens of judges and juries.

Eleanor Smeal: is president of the Feminist Majority Foundation (FMF). She served as president of the National Organization for Women from 1977 to 1982 and again from 1985 to 1987.

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2-2-09

Dr. Phil Butler: Doctor Phillip Butler is a 1961 graduate of the United States Naval Academy and a former light-attack carrier pilot. In 1965 he was shot down over North Vietnam where he spent eight years as a prisoner of war. Check out his new video at bravenewfilms.org

David Cobb: an American activist and was the 2004 presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS).

Shachaf Polakow: an Israeli activist and a member of Anarchists Against The Wall.  He has worked intensively for nearly five years demonstrating and preparing for direct actions in the West Bank against the occupation, the construction of The Wall, and the Israeli “apartheid” policy.

Norman Solomon: a nationally syndicated columnist on media and politics. He has been writing the weekly “Media Beat” column since 1992.

Lisa Maldonado: Executive Director of the North Bay Labor Council.

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1-30-09

Robert Parry: founder of ConsortiumNews.com.  His new book is called “Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush”.

Kathy Kelly: Executive Director of Voices for Creative Nonviolence. She is a veteran peace activist and the founder of Voices in the Wilderness.

Audrey Stewart: has just returned from the Gaza strip and is a human rights worker and mother of two young sons in New Orleans.

Richard Gage: is the founding member of ae911Truth.org. He has been a practicing Architect for 20 years and has worked on most types of building construction including numerous fire-proofed steel-framed buildings.

Dylan Avery: is the writer, director, and editor of the Loose Change films.

Brad Friedman: self-described election integrity muckraking journalist jerk. You can read his blog at Bradblog.com.