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Last week, former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson addressed the Boston Conference on Cybersecurity in a speech titled "Cyberspace is the New Battlespace." The next day, Secretary Johnson sat d...
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The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Cybersecurity is holding a hearing Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. on "The Cyber Posture of the Services." The subcommittee will hear testimony from the following...
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The Senate Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 10:15 a.m. on "The Freedom of Information Act: Examining the Administration's Progress on Reforms and Looking Ahead." The committee ...
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The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on U.S. Central Command and U.S. Africa Command. The committee will hear testimony from Gen. Joseph Votel, commander ...
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Out on spring break but still listening to the podcast? We love it! Actually, your hosts are out on spring break too, but before they left town they sat down to record episode 63 on March 9. If things ha...
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Long before the election of Donald Trump, Yascha Mounk predicted that democracy was in trouble. A leading voice on the crisis of democracy and the growth of populism, Mounk has now written a book that ad...
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Let the record reflect that I dissent from this episode's title, which was imposed upon me because I joined remotely from Maui.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller zeroes in on a mysterious Lebanese business...
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The House Homeland Security Subcommittees on Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection and Oversight and Management Efficiency are holding a hearing Wednesday affternoon at 2:00 p.m. on "Examining DHS'...
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The Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is holding a hearing Wednesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on "Security Clearance Reform." The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses:
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Though some have closed the book on those who loomed large during the Vietnam War, Max Boot has penned a new one.
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The Senate Armed Services Committee is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on "Worldwide Threats." The committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses:
Daniel Coats, director o...
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It’s not every week on this show that we get to talk about the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade! And if that’s not an appealing hook to get you to listen, we don...
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Zhanna Nemtsova is a journalist at Deutsche Welle, the founder of the Boris Nemtsov Foundation for Freedom, and the daughter of Boris Nemtsov. Feb. 27 marked the three-year anniversary since the assassin...
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No shortage of topics this week, but then again there was no shortage last week, or before that, or … ever. So, what’s on tap? Tune in to explore:
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Jared Kushner is under scrutiny for his contacts with foreign officials. Democrats in Congress release their own memo about surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser. And ahead of a U.S. visit by Saudi Ar...
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Spy movies and television shows often overlook the analysts who make sense of the nation’s intelligence. That changes with the premiere of “Liberty Crossing,” a workplace comedy co-created by “Daily Show...
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The Senate Committee on Armed Services is holding a hearing Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. on "United States Cyber Command." The committee will hear testimony from Adm. Michael Rogers, commander of U.S. Cy...
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Today’s news roundup begins with Maury Shenk and Brian Egan offering their views about the Supreme Court oral argument in the Microsoft-Ireland case. We highlight some of the questions that may tip the J...
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Vasily Maklakov was a political reformer in pre-revolution Russia who offered his country an alternative to radicalism that it chose to forego. This week, I speak to Judge Stephen Williams of the D.C. Ci...
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Bob Mueller indicts a slew of Russians who interfered in the 2016 election. Can the president distinguish between the national interest and his own? And the school shooting in Florida brings students to ...