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Talking Feds

The Counterintelligence Investigation: What it is, why it matters

Talking Feds

Harry Litman

News, Politics, Government

4.84.5K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Of all the many aspects of the various Trump dramas, the counter-intelligence investigation of the President and his campaign can be the hardest to understand and follow, not least because it remains highly classified and we have no way to chart its progress with certainty.  But we can bring a depth of knowledge and experience to the topic, and that is what Feds Frank Figliuzzi and Josh Campbell, who both have extensive FBI experience, do in this episode.  The Feds provide a detailed but nuts-and-bolts explanations of how counter-intelligence investigations work, and then analyze the prospects over the next two years for the remarkable counter-intelligence investigation of the Trump campaign and the president himself. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Talking Feds, a prosecutor's round table that brings together prominent

0:12.8

former Department of Justice officials for a dynamic discussion of the most important

0:18.6

legal topics of the day.

0:21.1

I'm Harry Littman.

0:22.6

I'm a former United States attorney and deputy assistant attorney general and a current

0:28.2

Washington Post columnist.

0:31.6

I'll start today with a personal confession.

0:34.8

I feel very on top of the various issues we discuss here on Talking Feds and that dominate

0:39.5

the headlines with one exception.

0:43.0

Whenever the subject turns to the counterintelligence investigation of the Trump campaign and the

0:48.7

president personally, I have to redouble my concentration just to stay in the game.

0:55.3

And of course, I recognize that the counterintelligence investigation may be the most grave, intricate,

1:01.4

and important topic of the mall.

1:04.4

I'm assuming that many of our listeners are like me and so they are eager for both a real

1:09.5

primer on what a counterintelligence investigation is and how it works, as well as a sophisticated

1:16.8

analysis of the implications and portents of the particular counterintelligence investigation

1:24.0

of President Trump and his campaign.

1:28.2

That's what today's episode is about.

1:31.1

And to do it, we've brought together two of the most knowledgeable, clear thinking and

1:36.6

experienced commentators in the country.

1:40.3

First, Frank Fickle-Uzi returns to Talking Feds.

1:44.8

Frank served for 25 years in the FBI.

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