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Rational Security

The "Crossfire Hurricane" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2018

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Israel kills dozens of protesters in Gaza as the US opens a new embassy in Jerusalem. President Trump wants to save jobs at ZTE, the Chinese company officials say threatens US national security. And the government has a suspect in the leak of CIA hacking tools.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:16.5

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0:29.9

So today we learn from the New York Times that the FBI investigation into Russian collusion with the Trump campaign was codenamed crossfire hurricane.

0:34.3

This is the first thing I've learned about the FBI counterintelligence

0:39.8

investigation that has outraged me.

0:42.3

So it's such a bad code name.

0:44.0

Okay, so with that in mind, what would better Rolling Stone lyrics have been for a

0:49.0

code name for this investigation?

0:50.0

Operation Agent Orange.

0:52.0

Operation Beast of Burden.

0:54.0

I like that.

0:55.0

It's one of my favorites.

0:57.0

How about Operation Ruby Tuesday?

0:59.0

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Operation Sympathy for the devil.

1:02.0

Well, there's no sympathy.

1:04.7

Paint it black.

1:07.6

I mean, with all the world of Rolling Stones lyrics available to them they went with that.

1:17.0

Yeah.

1:18.0

There's also bitter lyrics within that song like, spike right through my head.

1:23.0

It's a gas gas gas.

1:25.0

If there were any reason to purge the entire FBI leadership that has emerged in the last two years. The name of this coat, this operation.

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