Sanctions, Secrets and Security (with David Cohen)

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🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Guest: David Cohen is the former Deputy Director of the CIA and former Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. He’s currently a partner at WilmerHale. *Interview taped on 1/14/19. On this episode of Stay Tuned, Preet and David discuss: - The latest reporting from the New York Times and the Washington Post on Trump and Russia - The key components of a successful sanctions program and the Trump administration’s approach to Russia and North Korea - The persisting threat of jihadist ideology - America’s influence in the world References made in the episode: - David Frum’s article about issuing a subpoena to the president’s interpreter - Vanita Gupta’s article, “Bill Barr Must Not Be Sessions 2.0 on Civil Rights” - The Washington Post report on Trump’s private conversations with Putin - The New York Times reporting the FBI started a counterintelligence inquiry into Trump - Preet’s tweet on Trump and NATO - Report that the Trump Administration decided to lift sanctions imposed on the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska’s companies - The SDNY’s Reza Zarrab case - The 2018 Chicago Council on Global Affairs report, “America Engaged” - The joint statement issued by President Trump and Chairman Kim Jong Un after June’s 2018 Summit in Singapore - Trump’s declaration of love to Kim Jong Un - John Brennan’s twitter feed - The Wall Street Journal story on Turkey seeking the extradition of basketball player Enes Kanter Do you have a question for Preet? Tweet it to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #askpreet, email [email protected], or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:55.9	From Cafe, welcome to Stay Tuned. I'm Prit Bharara.
1:02.9	It's a terrible thing that we can't with great confidence say there is no chance that
1:07.9	the president is not in some respect working for the Russian government.
1:15.9	That's David Cohen. He held two roles during the Obama administration. First he served as the
1:21.4	Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence and then became
1:26.2	the Deputy Director of the CIA. He's now a partner at the law firm Wilmer Hale. I speak
1:31.5	with him about President Trump's strange relationship with Russia, the US shifts on
1:35.4	sanctions and whether America has actually defeated ISIS. That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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