Rational Security: The “Air Quality Fuchsia” Edition
The Lawfare Podcast
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4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 11 June 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott braved the haze to talk through the week’s (very) big national security news stories, including:
- “Downstream Effects.” The destruction of the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine promises a new wave of suffering and environmental devastation for Ukrainians living along the Dnipro River. Who is responsible? And what could the ramifications be?
- “He’s Off to Meet the Wizard, The Wonderful Wizard of Laws.” Over the past few weeks, there has been a steady drip of information about Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into former President Trump, leading many to conclude that an indictment is on the horizon. What do we know about the state of the investigation? And where does it seem headed?
- “Party Animals.” The number of contenders in the 2024 Republican presidential primary has officially doubled, with new candidates like Chris Christie and Mike Pence presenting—or being unable to avoid—the legacy of Jan. 6, among other issues with the direction of the party under former President Trump. What does this mean for the shape of the race? And will it mean for the debate over democratic values?
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| 0:25.6 | no bull and the aftermath. |
| 0:32.6 | I'm GeoCovidTalkus, Internet LawFair with an episode of rational security for June |
| 0:38.1 | 11, 2023. For today's episode, the team at LawFair decided to cross post this week's |
| 0:43.9 | episode of rational security, the air quality fuchsia edition. |
| 0:48.4 | This week, Alan Rosenstein, Quintet Jurassic, and Scott R. Anderson talk through the week's |
| 0:53.5 | national security news stories, including the destruction of the Cacofka Dam in Ukraine, |
| 0:58.8 | updates on special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into former president Trump, and the new landscape |
| 1:04.6 | of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. |
| 1:08.1 | This is rational security. |
| 1:14.1 | So Scott and Quintet, I am sorry that the end times appear to have come to DC. |
| 1:18.6 | How are you holding up? |
| 1:20.3 | Yes, the air quality here is a whopping let's see, 184 on the HQI, which is a very unpleasant |
| 1:32.5 | looking sort of purplish red on Apple weather. |
| 1:36.1 | When you're scouric, I do not walk outside. |
| 1:38.9 | Will, so it's actually, so out of my window, at least in Northwest DC, it looks fine. |
| 1:44.0 | It's just like kind of hazy. |
| 1:45.7 | Overcast kind of. |
| 1:46.9 | Yeah, I wouldn't think anything about it if I didn't know that something was wrong, |
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