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Rational Security

The "DMs on the DL" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 15 November 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The FBI is investigating an alleged kidnapping scheme involving ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Donald Trump Jr. was in direct contact with Wikileaks during the 2016 campaign. And author and scholar Yascha Mounk breaks down the breakdown in democracy.

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0:00.0

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0:15.0

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0:20.0

So guys, I just got a news alert from the Washington Post that Sessions says he always told the truth in describing Russian contacts but now he remembers this meeting with

0:37.9

this low-level Russian this low-level campaign staff something jogged his memory yeah he seems to oh that

0:45.4

low-level aid right oh the one who said he knew Putin right it's coming back to me now

0:50.8

yeah because that was not the kind of thing

0:52.7

that makes an impression.

0:53.6

Yes.

0:54.6

See, when you asked me about Russians,

0:56.1

I thought you meant actual Russians,

0:58.1

not age who said they knew Vladimir Putin.

1:01.7

Yeah, who happened to like hang out with Putin. Now we're on the same page I remember perfectly.

1:07.8

But up a ba da da da da.

1:09.8

Hello and welcome to Rational Security, the DMs on the DL edition.

1:17.0

I'm Shane Harris, forgetful reporter, here in the Jungle Studio with my good friend Ben Wittis, Ben you're never forgetful about Russians that you've met with no because I actually

1:27.2

I keep a long

1:29.7

It's a special just Russians it's a special book. It's it's it says it the on the front of the book it says

1:38.1

To be given to Bob Mueller on request and it's just a list of all my Russian contacts.

1:44.0

Do you have like an addendum in the back for people like George Papadopoulos who are not themselves Russian,

1:49.0

but no Russians?

1:50.0

Yeah, there's a special section in the back for for people who are

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