{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/60518a52f69aa815d2dba41c/60518a63bd84d92f9a7e57d8?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Special Edition: The Kushnercast","description":"<p>Just before the holiday weekend, as you were drifting out of town, the <em>Washington Post</em> dropped its <a href= \"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-banner-main_kushner-705pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.410a7228bb75\" data-cke-saved-href= \"https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/russian-ambassador-told-moscow-that-kushner-wanted-secret-communications-channel-with-kremlin/2017/05/26/520a14b4-422d-11e7-9869-bac8b446820a_story.html?hpid=hp_rhp-banner-main_kushner-705pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.410a7228bb75\"> 15 kiloton Kushner bomb</a>. Over the weekend, the <em>New York Times</em> <a href= \"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/politics/kushner-talked-to-russian-envoy-about-creating-secret-channel-with-kremlin.html\" data-cke-saved-href= \"https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/26/us/politics/kushner-talked-to-russian-envoy-about-creating-secret-channel-with-kremlin.html\"> piled on</a>, and by the time we got here this morning, there was only one thing to do: A special edition of the podcast.</p> <p>Carrie Cordero, Susan Hennessey, and Benjamin Wittes talked through the details of the latest bizarro revelations about the attempted secret back channel between the Trump transition and the Russians, using Russian diplomatic technical means. </p> <p>If you'd like to read Carrie's <em>Lawfare </em>post on the Kushner story, you can find it <a href= \"https://lawfareblog.com/back-channel-wasnt-and-us-national-security-interests\" data-cke-saved-href= \"https://lawfareblog.com/back-channel-wasnt-and-us-national-security-interests\">here</a>. </p>","author_name":"The Lawfare Institute"}