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The Intercept Briefing

Legacy of Blood

The Intercept Briefing

The Intercept

News, News Commentary, Politics

4.76.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2018

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

Jeremy digs deep into the U.S. legacy in Iraq.  Mehdi Hasan, host of the new Intercept podcast "Deconstructed," talks about the commercial that 60 Minutes ran for the Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman and the war in Syria. Matthew Cole talks about how, before becoming FBI director, Chris Wray supervised an investigation that found that Blackwater founder Erik Prince likely broke U.S. laws. The Intercept’s Sam Biddle takes us inside the Cambridge Analytica scandal and the chaos at Facebook. And artist, writer, and educator Eve Ewing talks about her new book "Electric Arches,"

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0:00.0

Finally, the man at the helm of Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix has agreed to meet.

0:09.9

In a phone call first to our fixer, the final sales pitch begins.

0:23.6

It would be our final meeting with Cambridge Analytica.

0:26.4

It's the man who in public utilizes free and fair elections, but who in private

0:32.4

were about to discover appears to play dirty.

0:36.0

And what we want to know is what is the expertise of the deep-taking that you can do to make

0:40.3

sure that the people know the true identity and secrets of these people.

0:44.6

Probably wondering why we gathered you here tonight?

0:47.2

We thought we'd roll out of once in a lifetime business opportunity.

0:51.8

Prestige, Worldwide, wide, wide, management, financial portfolios, insurance, computers,

1:01.8

black leather gloves, research and development, putting in the man hours to study the science

1:07.3

of what you need.

1:08.4

Last week we put liquid paper on a bead.

1:10.4

It's going to die.

1:12.6

Security!

1:13.6

Security!

1:14.6

And investors?

1:16.6

Possibly you!

1:20.4

So there you have it, the self-proclaimed digital masterminds.

1:24.7

How much of this was hype?

1:26.7

How much the truth?

1:29.0

We may never know.

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