Tom Nichols, Claudia Rosett, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Jerry Boykin, Bill Gertz

TOM NICHOLS, Professor in National Security Affairs at the U.S. Naval War College:

• Donald Trump’s comments concerning “going farther than water boarding”
• Is torture ever morally acceptable?
• Ethical considerations in interrogating prisoners of war

CLAUDIA ROSETT, foreign affairs columnist at Forbes.com:

• Kim Jung-un being rewarded for missile proliferation?
• Pyongyang’s effectiveness in conducting nuclear blackmail on the international community
• North Korea’s long history of weapon sales to other illicit regimes
• Another case of nuclear extortion in the Iran Deal

Lt. Gen. (Ret.) JERRY BOYKIN, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, original Delta Force member:

• Giving US special operations the right rules of engagement
• Gaining back the trust of Sunni tribes in Iraq
• Partitioning Iraq to free it from the Iranian-backed puppet government in Baghdad
• Iranian-backed Shiite militias and Iraqi security forces committing atrocities in ISIS-held territory
• Supporting an autonomous Kurdistan

BILL GERTZ, senior editor at The Washington Free Beacon:

• DNI’s Senate report containing intelligence concerning the Beijing government’s plans in the South China Sea
• US military buildup to being in the western Pacific, starting in the Philippines
• US Cyber Command predicting a massive cyber attack on America’s critical infrastructure
• Release of ISIS video threatening “Paris-style” attacks in the US
• Critical intelligence break in 22,000 official ISIS documents obtained