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Rational Security

"The Second Time’s a Charm" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

President Trump picks Congressman John Ratcliffe—again—to be the new director of national intelligence. The United States signs a peace deal with the Taliban. And an appeals court rules that former White House Counsel Don McGahn does not have to testify to Congress.

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0:00.0

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. Tees and sees apply check the Uber app.

0:31.0

So you guys remember after Trump was acquitted in the Senate and he had that big kind of pepper alley at the White House and he went through and he called out all the people he loved the most. John Ratcliffe, we all remember him,

0:33.8

got a special shout out, and apparently a special prize.

0:37.3

He's such a special guy.

0:38.6

He's going to be the D&I again.

0:40.6

It's the second coming of John Ratcliffe.

0:42.3

That's right. You thought he was done.

0:44.0

You thought he was gone, but the tomb was open.

0:48.0

And he's back now.

0:50.0

Hang on. Is it the reincarnation of John Radcliffe?

0:54.0

Is it, is it, I mean...

0:56.0

The zombie.

0:57.0

I think it's like Terminator 2, like he's coming back like full titanium.

1:01.0

He's like, he's like, he's the T1,000 version 2. I think we're selling the

1:06.3

administration short here. I think 2 is not enough. They're going to let him

1:10.0

fail and then nominate him a third time.

1:12.6

That's really it.

1:14.4

Because he hasn't had enough humiliation.

1:18.2

I think they're going to do exactly what David said in order to have more time on the acting.

1:26.3

Okay.

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