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Rational Security

The "Sad, Somber, and Solemn" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

The House impeaches President Trump. What will a Senate trial look like? Former U.S. officials helped the United Arab Emirates build a domestic surveillance system. And a federal judge rebukes the FBI for its surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

So you can order your own fries instead of eating everyone else's.

0:15.0

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

0:20.0

So here we are. It's a somber day. A sad day. Sad day. A

0:26.8

Sad day. A solemn day. A prayerful day.

0:30.3

Ooh. Are you feeling prayerful, Susan?

0:33.0

The saddest solemnest, most prayerful of days.

0:37.0

The deepest reverence to the Constitution.

0:40.0

I am in awe of the Constitution right now and the capital F framers.

0:45.8

And I swear I will discharge my solemn oath to this podcast today.

0:54.0

which oath was that?

0:57.0

We better make one up now.

0:58.0

We better make one up now.

1:00.0

We're not going to check that salam box without an oath people.

1:04.0

Gonna hold you to it.

1:10.0

Hello and welcome to Rational Security, sad somber and solemn edition.

1:17.0

I am...

1:18.0

You actually want this sober discussion?

1:24.0

I am prayerful, Shane Harris.

1:26.0

I'm very glad if you're tuning in for the first time,

1:29.0

it's like this every week.

1:32.0

We never laugh on this podcast.

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