Rational Security: The “B- B-Roll” Edition
The Lawfare Podcast
The Lawfare Institute
4.7 • 6.4K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
This week, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare’s Fellow in Technology Policy and Law Eugenia Lostri, to to hash through the week’s big national security news, including:
- “Digital Solid Parody.” The Biden administration is making major moves when it comes to emerging technologies, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken rolling out a new multilateral strategy for “digital solidarity” this week at the annual RSA cybersecurity conference, among other actions. What is new about what the Biden administration is doing? And where will it lead?
- “Avengers’ Endgame.” Israeli military operations in Gaza may be entering a final stage, as forces may have begun an assault on Rafah—one that U.S. policymakers have warned against, as it could harm the countless Gazan civilians that have sought refuge there. Will this be a breaking point for U.S. support for Israeli military operations? And how will it impact ongoing ceasefire negotiations?
- “Stomp and Circumstance.” College campuses around the country are at a standstill due to student protests over U.S. support for the war in Gaza. Some universities have agreed to consider student demands, including divestment, while others have worked with local law enforcement to arrest protesters and break up encampments. How should universities (and the Biden administration) be responding?
For object lessons, Alan endorsed the new period miniseries Fellow Travelers. Lacking any Menendez updates, Quinta broadened her beat to cover the new indictment of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX). Scott sang the praises of a childhood classic he and his son have rediscovered, James Gurney’s “Dinotopia.” And Eugenia celebrated the early look at retirement provided by one of her favorite video games, Sims 4.
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| 0:16.4 | slash Lawfair. Also check out Lawfair's other podcast offerings, rational security, chatter, lawfare no bull, and the aftermath. Hi everyone Jordan Marrkai here my brand new album the Loop Loop, is out now. |
| 0:42.8 | This album is about parenthood. |
| 0:44.4 | It sort of made me reflect on the way I was parented |
| 0:47.1 | and it's made me reflect a lot on my parenting style |
| 0:49.9 | and all the issues I face internally as well |
| 0:51.9 | on how that may come across and project |
| 0:54.3 | onto my child so it's a story of parenthood and I can't wait for you to hear it and I |
| 0:59.0 | really hope you enjoy it. So I'd like to brag that I am pretty sure that right now the weather in my |
| 1:09.1 | great state of Minnesota is just so superior to whatever malarial swamp conditions you're all dealing with. |
| 1:15.2 | We're back to the weather again. What is your weather like Alan? |
| 1:19.7 | It's like 67 low humidity blue skies big fluffy clouds you know like like the |
| 1:27.8 | clouds that look like marshmallow fluff we got the we got the fluff clouds and |
| 1:31.6 | it makes me so happy. |
| 1:34.0 | Could I try a separate B-roll? |
| 1:36.0 | Wow, you guys really do, fine, you all... |
| 1:39.0 | Too much weather talk. |
| 1:41.0 | Screw you all! My rather B-roll was... talk. I can't just talk about weather and use the word moist over and over again. |
| 1:53.0 | Neither one of those is acceptable. |
| 1:55.0 | It certainly does not qualify. |
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