James Comey's Slow Drip

The Gist

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🗓️ 21 March 2017

⏱️ 29 minutes

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What did we learn from Monday's public testimony of FBI Director James Comey? National security ace Ben Wittes says Comey's statements were intriguingly "gentle," though they should still distress the president. Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a senior fellow in governance studies at the Brookings Institution. For the Spiel, Neil Gorsuch talks about a pointless race he once did and quotes David Foster Wallace, but doesn't talk about his judicial philosophy. Today's sponsors: ZipRecruiter. Post your job listing to all the top job sites with a single click. Try it for free by going to ZipRecruiter.com/gist. Green Mountain Coffee. Green Mountain Coffee is passionate about making a smoother tasting cup. Try it today with $4 off when you buy two boxes of most Green Mountain Coffee K-Cup pods at keurig.com with code TRYGMC. Join Slate Plus! Members get bonus segments, exclusive member-only podcasts, and more. Sign up for a free trial today at slate.com/gistplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following podcast contains explicit language.
0:04.0	It's Tuesday, March 21st, 2017, from Slate Its Digestive Mike Pesca.
0:11.8	I've been watching the Neil Gorsuch hearings today.
0:14.8	It was burning up Silver Fox Twitter, so I thought I'd give it a shot.
0:18.6	Now tomorrow, Neil Gorsuch could get hired as the main evening newscaster in TV markets
0:23.1	3 through 50.
0:24.1	Maybe not one and two, you know, Maurice Dubois, Mark Criskey.
0:27.3	They've got their job soon up.
0:29.3	Also, I doubt Gorsuch would think that that was a promotion.
0:32.7	But and this will be the subject of my spiel.
0:34.6	He certainly has the knowledge, the presence, the comportment, and a nearly mystical opacity
0:40.5	into which no future opinion can possibly be discerned.
0:44.5	But there is this weird phenomenon going on in America today.
0:48.1	Maybe you've heard of it?
0:49.1	Internet commenters?
0:50.1	I was watching the hearings on YouTube.
0:52.8	Just a fast feed.
0:54.2	I would have liked to support C-SPAN.
0:56.4	That's still buffering, as we speak.
0:58.4	Anyway, on the side rail of the Gorsuch hearings, these are the Gorsuch hearings, right?
1:03.8	The Supreme Court hearing are all these comments.
1:06.6	So Senator Amy Klobuchar is asking questions and we get this.
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