Rational Security: The "Tapp My Wires" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Thursday, March 9, 2017, 2:59 PM

Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of tapping his phones, and all hell breaks loose. WikiLeaks releases thousands of pages of information on CIA hacking tools. And North Korea launches missiles that may or may not have been hacked by the NSA. Plus, I have coined a new word: "ENSH." And Shane and Susan have a hot ticket.

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Donald Trump accuses Barack Obama of tapping his phones, and all hell breaks loose. WikiLeaks releases thousands of pages of information on CIA hacking tools. And North Korea launches missiles that may or may not have been hacked by the NSA. Plus, I have coined a new word: "ENSH." And Shane and Susan have a hot ticket.

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Warning: The language on this episode of the podcast gets a little, uh, salty.


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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