Rational Security: The “You Want Her in The Line—You NEED Her in The Line” Edition
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🗓️ 18 June 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
This week on Rational Security, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were joined by Lawfare Legal Fellow Anna Bower fresh from the Miami court system to discuss the week's yuge national security news story—and one more for good measure:
- “Aileen, Aileen, Aileen, Aileen! Please don’t take this case just ‘cuz you can.” Former President Donald J. Trump was arraigned in federal court on Tuesday, the first step in a criminal trial expected to be overseen by none other than our old friend Judge Aileen Cannon. Will the charges for unlawful retention or obstruction of justice stick? And where is the trial likely to go from here?
- “It’s Arraignin’ Men.” The indictment of Trump in the Mar-a-Lago investigation is the first of its kind. But will it be the last? What else is the special counsel investigating? And are there other charges he might pursue, against Trump or others?
- “Xi Guevara.” Washington is up in arms over a spy station China is setting up in Cuba—or might have been operating for years. How big a deal is this? Are the reactions high-minded or hyperbole?
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains advertising to access an ad-free version of the LawFair |
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| 0:14.7 | That's patreon.com slash LawFair. |
| 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 GeoKogatakis, intern at LawFair with an episode of Rational Security for June 18, |
| 0:41.6 | 2023. |
| 0:43.2 | For today's episode, the team at LawFair decided to cross-post this week's episode of Rational |
| 0:48.0 | Security, a podcast hosted by Scott R. Anderson, Quinta Gerussick, and Alan Rosenstein, in |
| 0:54.2 | which they cover the week's big national security news stories. |
| 0:57.8 | Today's episode is entitled, The You Want Her Inline, You Need Her Inline Edition. |
| 1:03.4 | This week, Rosenstein, Gerussick, and Anderson were joined by Anna Bauer to discuss former |
| 1:08.8 | President Donald Trump's Arraignment and Federal Court, the possibility of additional charges |
| 1:13.4 | against Trump or others, a Chinese spy station in Cuba, and more. |
| 1:17.8 | This is Rational Security. |
| 1:22.6 | So Anna, I have so many questions about the line, the capital T, capital L line. |
| 1:27.5 | I'm really curious, how did food work? |
| 1:29.2 | Did everyone like pitch in and do a big pizza order? |
| 1:32.0 | No, there wasn't that level of camaraderie, unfortunately. |
| 1:36.5 | But my BFF in the line was the guy who was in the number two spot who was an intern for |
| 1:43.0 | NBC. |
| 1:44.0 | Shout out to David. |
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