{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/627bcf836cf5d400137e59e2?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The “Live Action Rational Security” Edition","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/60427f9d34b9a27f4b6e3a8d/show-cover.png?height=200","description":"<p>This week, Quinta and Scott were joined by RatSec 1.0 host emeritus Benjamin Wittes to talk through the week's big national security news stories, including:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>“Sharing is Caring.” Earlier this week, an unnamed senior U.S. official indicated that the United States is <a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/04/us/politics/russia-generals-killed-ukraine.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">providing targeting information to Ukrainian forces</a>–only to have other officials walk back that assertion almost immediately. What is actually happening? And why is the Biden administration so paranoid about discussing it openly?</li><li>“The Chief’s Thief.” Recent revelations have shown that former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows played an <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/05/09/inside-mark-meadowss-final-push-keep-trump-power/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">integral role</a> in leading efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 elections in the lead up to the Jan. 6 insurrection. But the Justice Department still has taken no steps toward prosecuting him for contempt of Congress for refusing to fully comply with the Jan. 6 committee’s investigation. What should we make of Meadows? And what should be done about him?</li><li>“Trolling Alone.” Incidents of harassment and hostility are an <a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/us-politics-threats-violence-harassment/629739/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">increasingly commonplace feature</a> of our political discourse, particularly for public officials working on hot button issues. What should we make of this breakdown in civility? What causes it? And where may it lead?</li></ul><p>For object lessons, Quinta passed along Susan Dominus's eye-opening piece on&nbsp;“<a href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/03/magazine/surrogates-ukraine.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Nightmare of Being a Surrogate Mother in the Ukraine War</a>.” Scott recommended NASA's amazing <a href=\"https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">virtual tour</a> of the solar system to all his fellow stargazers (as well as astronomer Paul Byrne's <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ThePlanetaryGuy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">amazing Twitter account</a>). And Ben announced a new podcast experiment he is launching: live discussions with Ukrainians living on the front lines.</p><p>Plus here are a few other stories we mentioned or recommended:</p><ul><li>Politico’s <a href=\"https://www.politico.com/news/2022/05/09/jan-6-panel-donald-trump-allies-00030781\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">piece</a> on the Jan. 6 committee’s focus on junior aides and staff;</li><li>Frank Michelman’s classic law review article “<a href=\"https://openyls.law.yale.edu/bitstream/handle/20.500.13051/16560/69_97YaleLJ1493_July1988_.pdf?sequence=2&amp;isAllowed=y\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Law’s Republic</a>”;</li><li>Radiolab’s piece on Israel and the global surrogacy industry, “<a href=\"https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/birthstory2018\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Birthstory</a>”</li></ul><p>Be sure to visit our&nbsp;show&nbsp;page at&nbsp;<a href=\"http://www.lawfareblog.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.lawfareblog.com</a>&nbsp;and to follow us on Twitter at&nbsp;<a href=\"https://twitter.com/RatlSecurity\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">@RatlSecurity</a>.&nbsp;</p><p><em>We lightly edited and re-posted this episode to eliminate an offensive term that one of our co-hosts used inadvertently. For an explanation and apology, see his </em><a href=\"https://twitter.com/S_R_Anders/status/1524512076982587397?s=20&amp;t=3dfya14Ge6lssbu3VFAFlQ\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Tweet thread here</em></a><em>.</em></p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}