The State of the Union is Boring

Rational Security

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News, Foreignpolicy, Nationalsecurity, Politics, Government, Middleeast

4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2015

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The gang ignores the State of the Union and speculates about how Ali Saleh Al-Marri got sprung from federal prison. Shane takes on FBI Director Jim Comey with a new encrypted phone and a defense of granting anonymity to AQAP sources. Tamara talks about why moderate Arab states are unreliable partners in a war on radical Islam and talks about the great exception to this rule, the United Arab Emirates. And Ben shows up with a virus and an Anonymous mask.

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0:28.0	Cancel any time, tease and sees apply. Hello and welcome to Rational Security.
0:37.0	Episode 3, The State of the Union is boring. I'm your host, Shane Harris of The Daily Beast, and
0:46.7	fancy new owner of an encrypted telephone number.
0:49.5	Ooh, oh, oh, yes. I have...
0:51.5	Come, get me, Chame. Oh, oh, oh, Jim Comey would disapprove?
0:53.5	Come get me, Chame.
0:54.8	And he's gonna swoop down in the middle of the night,
0:58.3	seize your phone, and force Apple to decrypt it.
1:03.4	I'm going dark.
1:05.4	I know, this phone and my encrypted number, we are going dark against America, right here.
1:10.0	Call me.
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