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Rational Security

The "State of the #Memo" Edition

Rational Security

The Lawfare Institute

News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.82K Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2018

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Major developments in the Russia probe as House Republicans move to declassify a mysterious memo and the FBI’s No. 2 steps down. A new article reveals the inner workings of the Israeli spy machine. And smart watches are giving away US forces’ locations—while they’re jogging.

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0:00.0

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0:11.0

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0:16.4

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0:20.0

So, State of the Union, I'm coming away feeling like everything's cool, right?

0:28.0

I think the state of foreign policy and the state of the Union was even less than the usual light foreign policy

0:37.2

content in usual states of the union.

0:39.4

It was like an Amuse Bush of foreign policy.

0:42.4

No, it wasn't even that. It was like an Amuse Bush foreign policy. No, it wasn't even that.

0:44.3

It was like one cashew in a mixed nut bowl.

0:48.1

I mean, I personally was concerned he was going to, you know, declare a war on North Korea like right there on the podium.

0:54.8

So I'm feeling relieved.

0:56.8

Yeah.

0:57.8

I also find it interesting that in the last, you know, month or two, the administration has announced open-ended military

1:05.1

commitments in both Syria and Afghanistan and yet neither of them got to mention

1:09.6

at all. Like this is your chance to speak to the American people about why you're doing this stuff.

1:15.0

They don't care about that.

1:17.0

Well, you might be right.

1:20.0

Hello and welcome to Rational Security security the state of the hashtag memo edition. I am

1:27.0

Shane Harris. Hashtag reporter. That's me. Does that mean you report on hashtags or you are a hashtag? I'm a

1:35.2

hashtag reporter. Hashtag real news. You know that's going to be a beat in the

1:41.4

entertainment magazines one of these days.

1:43.6

The hashtag reporter.

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