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Rational Security

The "Privileged Executive" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2019

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

The White House asserts executive privilege over the Mueller report, and House Democrats move to hold Attorney General Bill Barr in contempt. Republicans revive allegations of spying on the Trump campaign. And Israel says it attacked a building housing Hamas’ offensive cyber operations.

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Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey.

0:11.0

So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas.

0:16.5

Trains now on Uber. T's and C's apply check the Uber app.

0:28.0

So how much money have you guys ever lost it one time or over time and how smart do you think it's made you? Look, all I know is the more money you lose, the smarter you are.

0:32.0

I am going to go out and just start losing money right and left now

0:36.1

now that I've learned of this brilliant business strategy from the

0:40.0

president of the United States. But does that mean that you're limited in how smart you can

0:45.2

be by how much money you have to lose? I mean I can't lose a billion dollars because I don't

0:50.6

have a billion dollars to begin with.

0:54.0

Or maybe you made up civilian dollars in the first place and then called it a tax

0:58.8

loss.

0:59.8

That's really smart.

1:00.8

That's smart.

1:01.8

That makes you look brilliant.

1:02.2

It would also be a crime.

1:04.0

You're borrowing intelligence, basically, in order to lose the money which represents intelligence.

1:10.0

Then everything is for sale.

1:12.0

If you don't make any money, you don't have to pay taxes.

1:15.0

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1:26.0

Get a free seven-day trial at blinkus.com slash RS. r. privileged executive edition. I'm Shane Harris, privileged but not an executive.

1:44.8

Never been an executive.

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