The "I’m Crazy, How Are You?" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

Politics, Nationalsecurity, Government, Middleeast, News, Foreignpolicy

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2016

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

The American political system has gone insane. What's that mean for our national security? State Department officials protest President Obama's decision not to bomb Syria. And the intelligence community lashes out at Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard. Special guest Jonathan Rauch joins the podcast this week.

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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 brain again.
0:16.5	Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply. Check the Uber app.
0:22.4	I would have been here sooner for a recording but the car in front of me hit a bicyclist.
0:26.8	Oh my God.
0:27.8	Which is not an uncommon occurrence in the streets of Washington.
0:31.4	It's a I mean it is something that you have to learn as a driver.
0:34.8	And now that we have so many more bicyclists in DC
0:37.4	than we used to, you do kind of have to retrain yourself,
0:39.8	like, look behind you before you open your car door which is not that hard but you you it's
0:45.5	driving is so habitual we have to build new habits to live with bicycles. bicycle.
0:58.0	Hello and welcome to rational security. The I'm Crazy How Are You Edition?
1:01.0	I'm Shane Harris of The Daily Beast. I'm feeling a little crazy today.
1:05.0	How are you all feeling? How are you feeling on the scale of one to Donald Trump? How crazy are you feeling?
1:10.0	Boy, that's a hard gauge to get really up to Trump level.
1:12.7	I'm not quite at that Olympic kind of fighting weight yet.
1:16.5	Maybe like a four.
1:17.5	I think because, because you know, The Hill reported today
1:21.0	that Donald Trump has described issues and policy as his strong suit.
1:27.0	Really?
1:30.0	I thought that was...
1:31.0	Like as in mental issues and like real estate policy?
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