 Hi, I'm Joe Laurier, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, the oldest independent news site on the web. In 25 years, we've brought you groundbreaking journalism on many of the most significant issues of the day, including national security, foreign policy, and the environment. We've done this in print since 1995 in the tradition of our late founder, Robert Parry, who united the world's first consortium of journalists for a redefunded and independent online news service. In 2019, we expanded into video with CN Live, produced by Cathy Vogan in Australia. CN Live is now watched in over 60 countries. As mainstream media increasingly fails the public, independent media is becoming more crucial than ever, and relationships amongst independent media are becoming more collaborative. In addition to our original programming on CN Live, we maintain the consortium model of collaboration. We simulcast great content from media partners around the world who promote ethics in journalism and evidence-based reporting that holds power to account. We have no pay wall and everything we publish is made to share on a Creative Commons license. And today, I'm happy to tell you about a new development at CN Live. We will be adding a new member of the team. John Kiriakou is joining us on a regular guest host basis. John is a former CIA analyst who blew the whistle on the agency's use of torture. He was convicted under the Espionage Act and condemned to prison for two years. In 2012, John received the Joe A. Callaway Award for civil courage given to those who advance truth and justice despite personal risk. John is the former co-host of Loud & Clear. John, welcome to the team. We can't wait to have you on the show. Thank you, Joe. The pleasure is all mine. I'm proud to be associated with Consortium News first with Consortium Print online. That's been going on the last several years and now with CN Live. I think we're going to have a lot of fun and God knows there are a lot of important issues to raise. Just a reminder that Consortium News is wholly supported by the donations of our readers so that we're able to be independent in our reporting. If you appreciate our work, please support us by visiting our website at consortiumnews.com and clicking on the donate button. Or you can become a patron of CN Live by going to patreon.com slash cnlife.