Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at Background Briefing.

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll examine a number of stories and issues in the news. We'll begin

with Trump trying to pin the Epstein scandal on Bill Clinton as the recent release of Epstein

emails implicate Trump further with Epstein trashing his former friend writing, quote,

I have met some very bad people, none as bad as Trump. There is not one decent cell in his body, so yes, he's dangerous.

Joining us to look into what our intelligence services knew about Trump's ties to foreign leaders is Daniel Boggislaw,

an investigative reporter based in Washington, D.C. His interests include corporate corruption,

congressional and White House investigations, American influence overseas, and organized based in Washington, D.C. His interests include corporate corruption,

congressional and White House investigations,

American influence overseas, and organized labor,

and his work is featured in The Intercept,

The New Republic, the American Prospect, among others.

And he has an article at the American Prospect,

Epstein's Confident Larry Summers' guiding Caps project, 29.

And he has an article at Unheard, the CIA's Epstein problem.

Then with Trump targeting Antifa, then issuing National Security Presidential Memorandum,

NSPM 7, to target a broad swath of his enemies, then on Friday targeting four German, Greek,

and Italian anarchist organizations as foreign terrorist organizations, FTOs on the level of Al-Qaeda.

We will speak with Pfizer-Patel, Senior Director of the Brennan Center's Liberty and National Security Program. She's a nationally recognized expert on government surveillance, especially its targeting of minority communities,

domestic terrorism, and the impact of technology on civil rights and civil liberties.

And she has an article at the Brennan Center,

Trump's orders targeting anti-fashionism aimed

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