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Rational Security

The "Dangerous Tweets" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Homeland Security Department compiles “intelligence reports” on protestors and journalists—including the tweets of our own Ben Wittes. Massive explosions in Beirut compound that country’s political and economic crises. And officials are increasingly warning about foreign interference in November’s election.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:15.0

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0:20.0

You know, I for one have been saying for years that Ben Wittis is a threat to Homeland Security

0:29.2

and I for one am happy to be vindicated in that assertion. I mean not just homeland security, international security really. So powerful

0:39.4

and dangerous are his tweets. The tweets are in a sense like a weapon of mass destruction.

0:45.6

I'm just pissed off though because all these years I've been kind of

0:51.0

building up lawfare as a elaborate cover for my role as the secret

0:57.1

head of Antifa and all of this was blown by two you, five or six page DHS intelligence reports.

1:07.0

They are on to you, my friend.

1:10.0

They have ferreted out the truth and all of Ben's claims to be a handmaid

1:15.2

in of the national security state well that was just a ruse people busted.

1:20.8

You thought it was the security theater, but the dangerous tweets edition.

1:37.0

I am Shane Harris.

1:39.0

I have never directly had my tweet written up in a Homeland Security Intelligence Report.

1:44.0

Nothing that you know of.

1:45.0

I know of.

1:47.0

Although one of Ben's naughty tweets mentioned me,

1:50.0

so I guess I'm incidental collection to you.

1:53.2

Yeah, that's US person, Shane Harris.

1:57.1

Did you notice I also referred to US Perce Lawfair blog?

2:01.1

US Perce Lawfair blog. Can law fair blog?

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