Rational Security: The “Talking Turkey” Edition
The Lawfare Podcast
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🗓️ 19 November 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were jointed by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk over some of the week's big national security news, including:
- “The Day After.” As the war in Gaza enters a new phase, discussions are increasingly shifting to focus on how Israel will handle a post-Hamas Gaza Strip—and what long-term impact the conflict will have on the West Bank. How is the day after this war coming into focus?
- “Not Just America’s Mayor…” New York City Mayor Eric Adams is being investigated for accepting donations from a Turkish foundation and other organizations with ties to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, just before lobbying for the early opening of a Turkish consulate in the city. Has Adams done anything wrong? What else could this investigation be looking into?
- “Election Interference Interference Interference.” A lawsuit over the U.S. government’s engagement with social media is interfering with the FBI’s efforts to interfere with those hoping to interfere in our elections—including the upcoming presidential race in 2024. What threats does this chilling effect present? How should the Biden administration be responding?
For object lessons, Quinta recommended “The Vaster Wilds,” Lauren Groff's new adventure story exploring the experience of colonialism. Tyler endorsed Albert Brooks: Defending My Life, the new documentary about the legendary (at least among people over 30) comedian. And Scott told readers to check out “A City on Mars” by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith for a fun (if pessimistic) exploration of all the challenges facing humanity's budding efforts to expand into outer space.
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| 1:06.6 | 2023. |
| 1:08.7 | For today's episode, the team at Law Fair decided to cross post this week's episode of Rational Security, a podcast hosted by |
| 1:14.8 | Scott R Anderson, Quinto Jurassic, and Alan Rosenstein, in which they cover the week's big |
| 1:19.6 | national security news stories. Today's episode is entitled The Talking Turkey Edition. |
| 1:24.6 | In the episode Anderson and Jurassic sat down with Tyler McBride to discuss how Israel |
| 1:29.4 | may handle a post-Homass Gaza. New York City Mayor Eric Adams being investigated |
| 1:34.2 | for accepting donations from Turkish organizations and then lobbying for the |
| 1:38.0 | early opening of a Turkish consulate. A lawsuit over the US government's |
| 1:41.8 | engagement with social media interfering with the FBI and more. |
| 1:46.1 | This is rational security. |
| 1:47.2 | Hey there Rat sec listeners, Scott Anderson one of your loyal co-host here |
| 1:56.0 | just want to let you know at the top of this week's episode that we are doing |
| 1:59.4 | something unprecedented next week something we have never done before, we're taking a week off |
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