Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson - Words Matter Interview

DSR's Words Matter

Riley Fessler

News, Government

4.6 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Elise talks with Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson about the 17th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Secretary Johnson reflects on the Russian hacking of the 2016 presidential election and explains why the United States may not be ready to protect against the same kind of interference in the 2018 midterm elections. And Steve has the final word on the New York Times anonymous opinion author - is this the work of an “adult in the room” or a “Trump enabler”? Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Words Matter with Elise Jordan and Steve Schmitt.
0:09.1	Welcome to Words Matter.
0:10.3	I'm Elise Jordan along with Steve Schmitt.
0:13.3	Our goal is to promote objective reality.
0:16.2	As a wise man once said, everyone is entitled to their own opinion, not their own facts.
0:21.6	Words have power and words have consequences.
0:25.8	In this episode, we will talk with former Homeland Security Secretary Jay Johnson about
0:30.8	whether the 2018 midterm election is secure against Russian hacking.
0:34.8	We'll get us thoughts on border security in the future of ICE.
0:38.8	And we'll ask Secretary Johnson about the so-called, quote, deep state.
0:42.8	Does it exist? And if so, is that a bad thing?
0:47.8	Our next guest was the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017.
0:54.8	Before that, he was the General Counsel of the Department of Defense.
0:58.8	In earlier in his career, he was an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of New York.
1:03.8	He's currently a senior fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
1:07.8	We are honored and pleased to welcome to Words Matter, Jay Johnson.
1:10.8	Mr. Secretary, welcome.
1:12.8	Elise, thanks for having me.
1:14.8	So to start this week marks the anniversary of September 11th.
1:20.8	It's been 17 years.
1:22.8	Can you talk about where you were on September 11th?
1:26.8	Sure. September 11th happens to be my birthday.
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