Trump’s intelligence failure

Zack, Jenn, and Alex break down a new intelligence report that directly contradicts President Trump’s views on key policy issues from ISIS to climate change. The report caused Trump to blast his own spies on Twitter, writing that “Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!” — a shockingly public attack that illustrates just how broken US foreign policy is under Trump. On Elsewhere, the group runs through a medley of interesting topics they couldn’t cover during the month of music segments, a lightning round that ranges from Russian post offices selling beer to a rogue Japanese city mascot.


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We talked a lot about the most recent Worldwide Threat Assessment report this episode. You can read it in full, or read Alex’s write-up.


We dropped in clips of Trump on North Korea, Iran, climate change, Vladimir Putin, and ISIS.


This oral history of how Obama and his intelligence officials talked about Osama bin Laden is worth your time.


Yes, Trump basically called US spies Nazis one time.


The evidence that both the intelligence community and the Bush administration screwed up Iraq intelligence before the 2003 war is quite overwhelming.


The BBC has covered the new availability of beer at Russian post offices.


Here’s the New York Times article about Chiitan that Zack referenced.


The video of Chiitan stealing a baseball bat from a locker.

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