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FBI Director Jim Comey bites into Apple. The Obama administration unveils its plan for closing Guantanamo. And the Homeland Security Department will start scouring social media for warning signs of viole...
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If you missed the Triple Entente Beer Summit yesterday evening, more's the pity for you. Three of the podcasts hosted on Lawfare—Rational Security, The Lawfare Podcast, and the Steptoe Cyberlaw Podcast—g...
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This week on the podcast, Susan Hennessey comes in as special guest. We ask whether things could get worse in Syria? And we decide, "Oh yes!" Meanwhile, the U.S. brings charges against an ISIS member in ...
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Tamara talks about the administration's revamping of its efforts to staunch ISIS recruitment. Shane discusses how the NSA is making the line between cyber attacks and defense even blurrier. And I have a ...
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Tamara considers the Arab Spring five years later. What have we learned about the future of peace and stability in the region? Shane looks into who that mysterious fourth American hostage freed by Iran w...
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Four Americans are freed in a prisoner swap with Iran. Twitter is facing a lawsuit over jihadist messages posted on the site. And Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is cracking down on just about everybody...
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Obama delivers his final State of the Union address; we discuss all of the fun parts related to security and ignore the rest. Iran delivers ten sailors back into U.S. custody after briefly detaining them...
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The Rational Security gang starts the year with our 50th episode. Kim Jong-un says North Korea tested a hydrogen bomb. The Russians may have caused a blackout in Ukraine with a cyber attack. And Presiden...
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This week on the podcast, we wrap up the year that was 2015. What were the most important stories of the year? And what’s the big story we’ll all be talking about in 2016? Plus, Tamara learns that rumors...
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This week on Rational Security, special guest Will McCants joins Shane and Tamara to figure out what ISIS must have thought about the Republican presidential candidates’ plans to carpet bomb them. We ask...
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This week on the show, Susan Hennessey joins us again. Shane Harris talks about President Obama's effort to reassure the nation that ISIS is not winning. We discuss Donald Trump's different sort of plan ...
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It's a fun week on Rational Security. Shane and I both try our hands at singing. Tamara wisely refrains. Meanwhile, President Obama is sending 200 more special operations forces to Iraq to combat ISIS. ...
