181: Admiral James Stavridis

Politics War Room with James Carville & Al Hunt

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4.7 • 3.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 January 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

James and Al discuss the traitors in our midst like former counter intelligence official and FBI agent Charles McGonigal, and how Russia continues to upend our politics. Then, they are joined by former NATO Supreme Commander Admiral James Stravridis to discuss the facts on the ground in Ukraine, the need for Western aid, and how things might end, before looking at how our readiness compares to potential threats from China.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Politics World Room with James Carville and I'm Alhain.
0:14.4	This week our guest is retired four star Navy Admiral, best-selling author and the former
0:20.8	NATO Supreme Allied Commander Admiral James Severitas.
0:25.4	Remember we love taking your questions so write in the politics world at gmail.com or
0:29.9	send a tweet to at pleticon for next week's show.
0:32.8	We'll get to as many as we can but don't forget to tell us where you're from.
0:36.6	Please check out the link to our sponsor hold on bags in the show notes.
0:40.9	We thank you for supporting our sponsors and helps make this podcast happen.
0:44.8	Please tell your friends about us and remind them to subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify,
0:49.9	Stitcher or wherever you get your podcast.
0:54.2	James we have to paraphrase Joe Biden once in another context.
1:00.4	There is a big fucking story this week.
1:03.0	A former FBI top FBI official Charles McGonagall was arrested for illicitly working with a
1:09.6	Russian oligarch and an Albanian intelligence person.
1:13.3	There are three potential critical bombshells to this story.
1:16.8	One McGonagall was the head of counterintelligence in the FBI's New York office in 2016 to
1:22.3	2018.
1:25.2	What dealings did he have with a Russian oligarch or for that matter of the Albanians who
1:28.3	is also accused of any what what dealings did he have with them when he was in the FBI
1:32.6	did he to the oligarch and aluminum guy who is very close ties to two people Vladimir Putin
1:41.6	and Paul Manafort who was Trump's campaign manager and this oligarch was one of his clients.
1:47.6	And three, the McGonagall play any role in telling the media there was no Trump Russia ties
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