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Rational Security: The 'New Digs' Edition
A bombshell new book shows the Trump presidency on the verge of a nervous breakdown. The US pulls funding for a Palestinian relief agency. And the president lashed out again at the attorney general and t... -
Rational Security: The 'Kim Jong Umm Just Kidding' Edition
A former NSA contractor receives a stiff prison sentence for giving classified information to journalists. Nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea hit big roadblocks. And the administration backs off ... -
Rational Security: The 'Individual-1 and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day' Edition
The gang breaks down one helluva day. Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, and what it means for the president. -
Rational Security: The 'Frenzied Commentary' Edition
This week, we talk about what Paul Manafort's fraud trial tells us, and doesn't tell us, about l'Affaire Russe; the tussle between executive and legislative authority in the new National Defense Authoriz... -
Rational Security: The 'Ask Us Anything' Edition
With Shane and Susan away, Ben and Tamara are joined by Quinta Jurecic and Shannon Togawa Mercer to answer the questions you submitted on Twitter! It’s a potpourri of NatSec analysis, with a dollop of hu... -
Rational Security: The 'Flying the Friendly Skies' Edition
The National Security Council has a (very brief) meeting on election security. The TSA has been quietly tracking air travelers for years. And President Trump says he’s willing to meet Iran’s president wi... -
Rational Security: The 'What Did We Miss?' Edition
President Trump has one of the most tumultuous, and possible disastrous, weeks of his presidency. The president then lashes out at his political enemies in unprecedented ways. And the Justice Department ... -
Rational Security: The 'With Enemies Like These Who Needs Friends?' Edition
President Trump picks Judge Brett Kavanaugh for the Supreme Court. What are his national security views? Trump blasts NATO allies ahead of a one-on-one meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. And ... -
Rational Security: The “I Thought You Said RE-nuclearization” Edition
U.S. intelligence says North Korea is not giving up its nukes. Should the next Supreme Court justice recuse on matters involving Trump and the Russia probe? And the war in Afghanistan grinds on, with lit... -
Rational Security: The SCOTUS Hearts POTUS Edition
The Supreme Court upholds President Trump’s travel ban. Jared Kushner hits the road to drum up support for his peace plan. And chaos ensues as border agents and the Justice Department roll out Trump’s or... -
Rational Security: Special Edition: Rational Security + Bombshell
The gang from Bombshell joins us for a roundup of the week’s news: President Trump signs an order to keep immigrant families together, trying to defuse a crisis of his own making. Is the U.S. in a trade ... -
Rational Security: The 'De-Nuked' Edition
President Trump returns from a summit meeting with Kim Jong Un, praising the North Korean dictator and castigating U.S. allies. A senior Senate staffer is indicted in an investigation of press leaks. And...
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