Guests this week include:

• Tracy Wilkinson of the Los Angeles Times on how Mexico’s drug cartels buy public support.
• Seth Jones of the RAND Corporation on terrorism today.
• Jill Aitoro, senior reporter at Government Executive magazine and Nextgov.com, on the government’s Real ID program.
• Counterintelligence consultant Richard Saccone on the unseen war in Iraq.
• Author Katherine Newman on her new book, “Rampage.”
• Professor Robert Stein of Rice University on the impact of hurricanes Rita and Ike on the Houston area.
• Glen Woodbury, director of the Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security.

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