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election. Welcome to Talking Feds, a roundtable in partnership with LA Times Studios,

that brings together prominent former federal officials and special guests for a dynamic discussion

of the most important political and legal topics of the day. I'm Harry Littman. It is startling to

imagine it's been just about a full generation since the attacks of September 11, 2001, a generation

of births and deaths, a generation of political turmoil, and dangerous encounters with quick

terrorists threats. The 9-11 anniversary gives a depth and historical context. To the homeland threats,

we are now confronting in 2020 in Donald Trump's America. This was a week in which a former whistleblower

at the Department of Homeland Security alleged that he was repeatedly ordered to doctor intelligence

to bring it into line with Trump's political propaganda, and also that the former director of

Homeland Security lied to Congress about the movement of terrorists across the Mexican-US border.

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