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Rational Security

The "Do We Have Clearance, Clarence?" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2018

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Dozens of White House officials, including Jared Kushner, lack permanent security clearances. It’s been a really bad week for Benjamin Netanyahu. And U.S. intelligence chiefs present their annual list of threats to national security.

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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

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0:16.5

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0:22.3

So I know you guys don't watch Homeland, which is probably for the best. I've never seen it.

0:26.2

You're not missing much. But, so this week, I watch it all the time just because I'm a glut for punishment. But this week, Carrie Matheson, the league character, who is out of a job because, let me get this straight, I think she was going to work for the President-elect who was nearly assassinated by the

0:43.0

deep state but now she's on the outside of the president-elect anyway

0:45.6

carry needs a job so she can move out of her sister's house. This is like

0:49.4

general hospital but for the CIA? It's like general hospital yet for the CIA basically.

0:53.7

I remember when I said like Faldo was like Holland and Israel but good. So anyway

0:59.9

she's moving out that was just don't worry I I have a job lined up. I have an interview this afternoon

1:05.0

at Brookings.

1:06.7

So...

1:07.7

And then Brookings turns around and tweets, Dear Carrie, we notice you seem to have missed your interview please give us a call.

1:15.9

That's great.

1:16.5

Was she interviewing to be the head of security?

1:18.8

It's not clear and I'm wondering if they're going to go with this plot line

1:21.9

because I want to know what's the over-under on the chances that she goes to work for like a Middle East policy expert who also has a renegade podcast.

1:30.0

Or like, you know, a governance expert who runs a deep state blog.

1:34.3

Excellent.

1:35.3

I think the two of you are going to be characters in Homeland.

1:37.9

I do have an opening for a research assistant right now.

1:40.7

Okay, Carrie, call to Amy's office.

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