Dispatch from the Dirtbag Left

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🗓️ 21 June 2017

⏱️ 56 minutes

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While all eyes in Washington remain focused on the Russia investigation, a Republican firm forgot to secure its invasive personal data on 198 million American voters. This week on Intercepted: We speak to radical librarian Alison Macrina of the Library Freedom Project about the fight against digital surveillance. Sam Biddle gives an update on attacks on U.S. voting systems. And, we speak with one of the rising stars of the “dirtbag left,” Felix Biederman of Chapo Trap House.

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0:00.0	I'm joined now by a member of President Trump's legal term, Chief Counsel for the American
0:04.4	Center for Law and Justice.
0:06.1	Good to see you as always.
0:07.1	Lionel Hatsatorniat-Law is my card.
0:10.0	It turns into a sponge when you put it in water.
0:12.0	Should we take that tweet from the president, his confirmation that the president is under
0:15.5	investigation?
0:16.5	Yeah, but what is truth if you follow me?
0:19.0	So the president said I am under investigation even though he isn't under investigation?
0:24.4	There's the truth.
0:28.4	And that's true.
0:29.4	Well, I wish it were that simple, but with all due respect, the president said I am being
0:35.6	investigated in a tweet, but you're his attorney.
0:39.1	You're saying that the president, when he said that, was not accurate.
0:43.6	Have you ever forgotten anything?
0:45.4	Well, if you never forget anything, tell me this.
0:49.4	What color tie am I wearing?
0:51.6	I'm not wearing a tie at all.
0:53.7	Okay, I mean, I don't think it's simple, but I don't think we're getting anywhere, so
0:57.0	let me move on.
0:58.2	Is this not frustrating for you as an attorney to have a client that is sharing information
1:02.4	with the world that's not accurate?
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