Rational Security 2.0: The “Get Off My Lawn” Edition
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🗓️ 27 November 2022
⏱️ 78 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rational Security 2.0, a Quinta-less Alan and Scott welcomed Lawfare's dynamic associate editor duo, Katherine Pompilio and Hyemin Han, on to the show to talk through the week's big national security news stories, including:
- “Going Full Cleve.” Last week, former President Donald Trump announced his intention to once again run for president—in spite of the Republicans’ weak showing in the midterm elections and his own impending legal troubles. What does Trump’s announcement mean for 2024 and after?
- “A Mueller Mulligan?” Trump’s announcement that he was once again running for president in turn led Attorney General Merrick Garland to make his own announcement last Friday: that he was appointing another Special Counsel to take over the investigations into Trump’s interference in the 2020 election results and mishandling of classified records. Was this the right move? How will the Special Counsel’s appointment impact the investigations—and Trump’s political future?
- “Pyongyanking Our Chain.” North Korea has launched a new ICBM that it claims can deliver nuclear weapons anywhere in the United States. Should this threat be taken seriously or is it a bluff? And is the Biden administration doing enough to respond?
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| 0:22.0 | rational security, chatter, law fair no bull, and the aftermath. |
| 0:36.0 | I'm Will Appleton with an episode of Rational Security for November 27th, 2022. |
| 0:42.0 | For today's episode, the team at LawFair decided to cross-post this week's episode of Rational Security, |
| 0:48.0 | a roundtable podcast featuring Quintia Jurassic, Scott R. Anderson, and Alan Z. Rojanstein. |
| 0:54.0 | It's a lively and irreverent discussion of news, ideas, foreign policy, and law. |
| 0:58.0 | Today's episode is entitled Rational Security 2.0, The Get Off My Law Edition. |
| 1:04.0 | In the episode, Anderson and Rojanstein were joined by LawFair's two associate editors, |
| 1:08.0 | Catherine Pompello and Hayman Hahn, to discuss the week's big national security news. |
| 1:14.0 | They spoke about former President Donald Trump's recent announcement declaring his 2024 candidacy, |
| 1:20.0 | Attorney General Merrick Garland's own announcement of a special counsel to take over the investigations into the former president's interference in the 2020 election, |
| 1:28.0 | North Korea's recent launch of a new ICBM and more. |
| 1:32.0 | This is Rational Security. |
| 1:36.0 | Scott, were you one of those UVA tryhards that lived on the mall on the lawn on the stage? |
| 1:44.0 | I lived on the mall on the stage. |
| 1:46.0 | I lived on the lawn. I was one of those tryhards. |
| 1:50.0 | I am so out of the way. |
| 1:52.0 | It was amazing. We got to go to the bathroom outside. |
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