{"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/62ced946efe51c0012a1f549?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The \"Coke Party\" 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, Alan, Quinta, and Scott were reunited to hash&nbsp;through the week's national security news,&nbsp;including:&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>“A Thousand and One Arabian Flights.” President Biden is conducting his <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/09/joe-biden-saudi-arabia-israel-visit/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">first official visit to the Middle East</a> this week with the stated goal of building ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia, beginning with more direct airline routes. Why this sudden high-profile engagement and what does Biden hope it will yield?</li><li><br></li><li>“Loose Bannon.” Trump ally Steve Bannon has <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/07/11/bannon-trial-hearing/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">signaled that he may be willing to speak to the Jan. 6th committee after all</a>, just as his contempt trial for refusing to do so gets under way and a disagreement between the former president’s lawyers and his own regarding whether he can invoke executive privilege goes public. What does this all mean for his legal future?</li></ul><p><br></p><ul><li>“Crossing the International Hate Line.” FBI Director Chris Wray and his U.K. counterpart recently <a href=\"https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/08/wray-fbi-terror-extremists-global-threat/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">made a joint statement</a> on the growing international ties between violent right-wing nationalist movements in various Western countries. What could this mean for counterterrorism strategy moving forward? </li></ul><p><br></p><p>For object lessons, Alan recommended his latest favorite show about an old spy, \"<a href=\"https://www.fxnetworks.com/shows/the-old-man\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">The Old Man</a>.\" Quinta brought a blast from the past with a tech review by Mark Twain, who gave&nbsp;<em>The Atlantic&nbsp;</em>an&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1880/06/a-telephonic-conversation/306078/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">account of his first telephonic conversation</a>. And Scott recommended&nbsp;<a href=\"https://magazine.atavist.com/follow-the-leader-nazi-putin-sonntag-cold-war/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">a recent piece in&nbsp;<em>The Atavist&nbsp;</em>on young Vladimir Putin's ties to neo-Nazi group</a>s while handling spies for the USSR.&nbsp;</p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}