The 'Frenzied Commentary' Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2018

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

This week: The 'Frenzied Commentary' Edition! We talk about what Paul Manafort's fraud trial tells us, and doesn't tell us, about l'Affaire Russe; the tussle between executive and legislative authority in the new National Defense Authorization Act; and the end of Peter Strzok's FBI career.

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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	10% back in credits to spend on your next Uber ride so you don't have to walk home in the rain again.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:22.3	So Susan are they stripping you of your security clearance?
0:25.0	For my erratic comments and behavior.
0:27.5	Friendied, frenzied commentary.
0:29.5	The increasingly frenzied commentary. Wait, Ben, you also engage in frenzied commentary.
0:35.0	But I don't have a security clearance.
0:37.0	There you go.
0:38.0	You can't strip what I don't have.
0:40.0	In fact, if you define frenzied commentary in its broadest sense, really no one at the Brookings
0:47.6	Institution should ever have or ever get a security clearance.
0:51.5	It's right, quality impact,
0:53.1	friends who commentary.
0:54.6	That's us.
0:57.5	Well, you know what I would I really think about John Brennan's
1:01.3	security clearance getting revoked?
1:03.0	What?
1:05.0	Squirrel!
1:06.0	It is, I agree, just a distraction.
1:09.0	So just everybody, register, vote. I think John Brennan's going to be all right guys. I do. I think it'll be fine.
1:17.0	Hello and welcome to Rational Security, the Frenzied Commentary Edition.
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