Search Warrants & the State of the World (with Michéle Flournoy)

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Politics, Government, News, Society & Culture

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Michèle Flournoy served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from 2009 to 2012, making her, at the time of her appointment, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Pentagon. She’s also the founder of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), a prominent national security think tank, and the Managing Partner of WestExec Advisors, a geopolitical strategic consultancy. She and Preet discuss what it will take to modernize the military, the threats of Russia and China, and what it was like to be in the Situation Room during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound. Plus, Preet explains the role of magistrate judges in approving search warrants and breaks down the difference between a warrant and an affidavit. For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/search-warrants-the-state-of-the-world-with-michele-flournoy/ Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with hashtag #askpreet, email us at letters@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 to leave a voicemail. Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the VOX Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	The removal of classified information and the storage of TSSCI,
0:14.0	it's potentially endangering national security.
0:18.0	If it were anybody else but the president, a former president,
0:22.0	they would be facing criminal charges now for this behavior.
0:30.0	That's Michelle Flornoi.
0:32.0	For over two decades, she's been one of the country's most widely respected voices on national security and foreign policy.
0:38.0	During President Obama's first term, Flornoi served as the Undersecretary of Defense for policy.
0:44.0	That made her, at the time, the highest-ranking woman in the history of the Pentagon.
0:48.0	I spoke with Flornoi about the most pressing foreign policy issues facing our country today,
0:54.0	from Afghanistan to Russia and Ukraine to China and Taiwan.
0:58.0	But she also took me back to 2011 and recounted what it was like to be inside the situation room during the bin Laden raid.
1:05.0	And she shared the lessons she's learned about presidential leadership and crisis, both what to do and what not to do.
1:12.0	That's coming up. Stay tuned.
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