Rational Security: The “24-Hour News Psychos” Edition
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 9 April 2023
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to celebrate the return of the complete media madhouse and talk through the week’s big stories, including:
- I’m So Indicted and I Just Can’t Fight It.” Donald Trump became the first former president to be indicted this past week—and he celebrated with a speech from his Mar-a-Lago estate that painted the charges against him as a partisan witch-hunt. How big a step is this? And where is it likely to lead?
- “(Re)Press Pass.” Russia has jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and is preparing to prosecute him on espionage charges. What appears to be driving Russia’s decision? And how should the rest of the world respond?
- “Crossing the Finnish Line.” Finland became NATO’s newest member this week, doubling the alliance’s shared border with Russia. What does an expanding NATO mean for security in Europe?
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| 0:18.2 | Also check out LawFair's other podcast offerings, rational security, chatter, LawFair |
| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm John Emmens, intern at LawFair with an episode of rational security for April 9, 2023. |
| 0:42.2 | For today's episode, the team at LawFair decided to cross post this week's episode of |
| 0:45.6 | rational security. |
| 0:46.8 | A LawFair podcast hosted by Scott R. Anderson, Quintet Jurassic, and Alan Rosenstein, which |
| 0:51.6 | will cover the week's big national security news stories. |
| 0:54.7 | Today's episode is entitled rational security 2.0, the 24 hour news psychos edition. |
| 1:00.1 | In the episode, Anderson and Jurassic were joined by Tyler McBride to discuss a medium madhouse |
| 1:04.0 | of a week covering Donald Trump's indictment and arraignment in Manhattan. |
| 1:07.7 | Russia's jailing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkbitch, Finland's entry into |
| 1:11.5 | NATO and more. |
| 1:16.5 | Tyler, I don't know what it is like in New York City where you are located, but it is a beautiful |
| 1:21.5 | day here in Washington, DC. |
| 1:23.7 | Paul and levels are off the charts. |
| 1:25.5 | It is visibly filming up the window of my office. |
| 1:29.0 | I am leaking like a sieve and I don't care. |
| 1:31.9 | It's wonderful and beautiful. |
| 1:33.7 | I bike to office in a linen jacket and khaki pants today feeling like quite the dandy. |
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