Rational Security: The "Mr. Page Goes to Washington" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Saturday, November 11, 2017, 8:40 AM

Trump campaign adviser Carter Page says officials knew about his conversations with Russians. The Saudi government launches an alleged anti-corruption push, but is it really a power grab? And CIA Director Mike Pompeo is entertaining an alternate theory about the Russia hacks. Plus, Tamara shares some depressing statistics about the Foreign Service. And I am unmasking—and drinking.

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Trump campaign adviser Carter Page says officials knew about his conversations with Russians. The Saudi government launches an alleged anti-corruption push, but is it really a power grab? And CIA Director Mike Pompeo is entertaining an alternate theory about the Russia hacks. Plus, Tamara shares some depressing statistics about the Foreign Service. And I am unmasking—and drinking.

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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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