Rational Security: The "Huddled Masses" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, February 2, 2017, 1:50 PM

The Trump administration’s executive order on immigration spurs chaos and protests. Speaking of protest, does the mass signing of a State Department dissent cable signal a new rise of bureaucratic resistance to Trump? And what to make of the re-structuring of the National Security Council?

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The Trump administration’s executive order on immigration spurs chaos and protests. Speaking of protest, does the mass signing of a State Department dissent cable signal a new rise of bureaucratic resistance to Trump? And what to make of the re-structuring of the National Security Council?

Plus, Rational Security’s biggest fan Phil Walter joins the podcast this week. Shane wants to read the new cyber security order, but it’s nowhere to be found. And I flag the photo of the week.

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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