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Rational Security

The “Could Have Done More” Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

A top member of the Mueller team says the special counsel “could have done more” to hold Trump accountable. A career government official accuses the White House of improperly trying to stop John Bolton from publishing his memoir. And the CIA is clamping down on intelligence about Russia, according to a new report.

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0:00.0

May I have your attention please you can now book your train tickets on Uber and get

0:08.0

10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app. So guys I did something today that I have basically not done since March.

0:29.0

What's that?

0:30.0

Change your socks.

0:32.0

No, I haven't been wearing socks since March, but it's not a question really of changing them since they just basically don't exist.

0:41.0

No, I had lunch with two colleagues. Wow in person? In person? At a

0:50.4

restaurant? At a restaurant. What's a restaurant?

0:53.4

Yeah, it was super pleasant.

0:56.3

It was gorgeous out and Dan Byman and Jen Williams and Vox and I got together and we had lunch and I have just returned from it.

1:07.1

It's like it almost reminded me of what life used to be like.

1:13.0

Did it all come back to you?

1:15.0

Did you feel like you remember how to like order from a waiter and like use a fork and sit at a table?

1:21.0

I mean, granted, we were wearing masks and shoveling the food under the

1:27.2

mask. Which is awkward. At least you put the mask down before you put the food in.

1:34.0

Yeah.

1:35.0

Yeah. No, no, no, we sort of scoop the food up with the masks and then shoveled it into our mouths with the forks.

1:41.0

Oh, ew. Oh, yeah. We've got no details for the listeners.

1:47.3

Please tell me you were stocks. I can neither confirm nor deny the presence of socks.

1:57.0

Hello and welcome to rational security the could have done more addition.

2:06.0

I'm Shane Harris that just sort of sums up the world right now doesn't it?

2:10.5

Could have done that? Could have done that? Could have done that. Could have been more. Could take less. We just need to stop

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