Podcasts about Joby Warrick

PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey (***TIMESTAMPS in Description Below) ~ Johnny MF Glenn is a former Green Beret with over a dozen combat deployments - more than 21 years of back-to-back, nonstop, kinetic action in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and parts unknown. He's seen gunfights, IED's, combat dressings, and human shields - he's been blown up five times, shot once, and had two cracks in his frontal lobe, all over the course of a career that's dotted with wild tales of 'organized' chaos that only a veteran operator could know. JOHNNY'S LINKS: INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/johnnymfglenn/ YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@johnnyglenn-3112 FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Johnny Joining Military & Background, Split Operation (Military + High School) 11:16 - 1st Phase of Selection (Individual), Guns & Communications Skills 23:56 - Real Firefight Footage Breakdown 31:31 - Head Cams Controversy & Few Hundred Firefights 37:06 - Glenn Fighting Since Balkins to Now (1990's - Present) 01:15:19 - Green Beret's Unique Skills & Issues Post War 01:09:30 - Deployments Constantly Refreshing Marriage, Psychopaths are All SF's 01:26:18 - Green Beret Team Starting a School in Afghanistan 01:28:28 - Afghanistan's Darkest Underworld 01:33:57 - How Johnny would Fix Cartels 01:42:17 - 1st Deployment (Africa) Teaching Military, Day of 9/E1leven, 01:55:58 - North Carolina SF's Transformers Incident (Attacks), Power Grid Attack Fears 01:59:58 - Fort Bragg by September 12th, Kandahar & Working w/ SEALs 02:09:42 - Johnny's 15 Year Hat Story, Ambush & How to Occupy Space OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Episode 97 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/2PUs7l2jW9c - Episode 107 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/7jNz3-WPV5I - Episode 150 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/dUlc2d6fDzg - Episode 224 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/Gv-YWfNWwkM - Episode 249 - John Kiriakou: https://youtu.be/5_FDZozJ9zE - Episode 250 - John Kiriakou: https://youtu.be/5HuyORiWoDM - Episode 278 - John Kiriakou: https://youtu.be/_CFWmuIgQIE - Episode 279 - John Kiriakou: https://youtu.be/scrGRKVa-Q4 - Episode 261 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/gw6mpPIaxnM - Episode 198 - Joby Warrick: ​​https://youtu.be/F1fhuwCT9YE - Episode 134 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/Xaz7JfTLFQE CREDITS: - Host, Editor & Producer: Julian Dorey - In-Studio Producer: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@UCyLKzv5fKxGmVQg3cMJJzyQ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 300 - Johnny MF Glenn Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Author, Joby Warrick discusses his 2020 book "RED LINE on The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World" with AFIO President, James Hughes.  Interview of Monday, 27 January 2025. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President 

SPONSOR: 1) Get 15% off with code JULIAN at oneskin.co (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ John Kiriakou is a former CIA spy who was the agency's chief of counterterrorism in the Middle East prior to being prosecuted by the DOJ. PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY: INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey GUEST LINKS: All of John's uncensored content is available exclusively here: https://rebrand.ly/juliandorey YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@realjohnkiriakou X: https://x.com/JohnKiriakou IG: https://www.instagram.com/realjohnkiriakou/ John's European Tour: https://tigerslanestudios.com/an-evening-with-the-ex-cia/ OTHER LINKS Joby Warrick's Book: https://www.amazon.com/Triple-Agent-al-Qaeda-Mole-Infiltrated/dp/0385534183 ****TIMESTAMPS**** 0:00 - Epstein Files, Black Book & Who He Worked For 11:00 - Does the US do Epstein stuff too? 18:56 - AIPAC Controversy, Jordanian King's Thoughts on Israel Gaza 25:07 - Hunting Bin Laden, the Death of Jennifer Matthews (Khost) 30:52 - “Walk-in” Spies, Bin Laden 34:47 - How they caught Bin Laden & John Kerry dropping ball 40:57 - Why John Hates “Zero Dark Thirty,” Navy SEALs Claiming Bin Laden Kill 45:12 - Joby Warrick's Book, Jordan King's Rise to Power & Stance on Oct. 7 53:10 - Palestinians & failed 2-State deal during Clinton era 58:52 - Israeli Border Problems 1:02:22 - CIA relationship w/ Mossad (Stories) 1:06:39 - Future of Gaza War 1:12:07 - CIA Joke 1:14:25 - Ukraine vs Russia War, Crimea & Donbas History 1:23:17 - Zelensky a Dictator Question, Rare Earth Metals (Ukraine), Most Corrupt Country 1:36:47 - Why Kiriakou Likes Trump Now, Failed Audits, Bernie Sanders Screwed Twice 1:46:22 - John Fetterman is the Worst, Senators in the 80's Compared to Today, 1:52:42 - Kiriakou on UFO Files, UFO Story, DARPA Work (First Internet) 1:59:40 - USA & Russia Ukraine Build-up 2:06:18 - Actively Overthrowing Iranian Government Theory, Saudi Arabia Possible Nukes, 2:13:22 - MBS Arresting hie entire family story, MBS psychopathic rise 2:24:04 - John hanging w/ Saudi King's Favorite Son story 2:28:04 - John's Perspective on China, China's Soft Power 2:35:46 - Trump Declaring Cartel's Terrorist Groups (F3ntanyl Trade) 2:42:07 - John's endeavors CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian D. Dorey - In-Studio Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@alessiallaman Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 279 - John Kiriakou Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On New Year's Day in New Orleans, a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd of people, killing 14 and leaving many others injured. In the aftermath law enforcement found an Islamic State flag in the truck, and evidence that shows the man was inspired by the extremist group. This wasn't the only Islamic State-inspired incident in recent months.Today on “Post Reports,” guest host Rachel Siegel speaks with national security reporter Joby Warrick about how people become radicalized by the Islamic State and what the New Orleans attack and the canceled Taylor Swift concerts in Austria tell us about the power of extremist propaganda. Warrick's book “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS” was awarded a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. Today's show was produced by Elana Gordon, with help from Ariel Plotnick and Rennie Svirnovskiy. It was edited by Monica Campbell, with help from Reena Flores, and mixed by Sam Bair.Subscribe to The Washington Post here.

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Joby Warrick is a 2x Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and Middle East Expert. Since 1996, Joby has been at the Washington Post, where he currently serves as a National Security Reporter. His three books –– “The Triple Agent,” “Black Flags” (won Pulitzer Prize), & “Red Line” –– are all Best-Sellers (You can BUY all 3 of Joby's books using my Amazon Store link below) PATREON https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey JOBY LINKS: - TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JobyWarrick - BOOKS: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B004O53IVA LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Syria Falling, State of Syria Right Now, HTS Syria Origins 13:12 - History of IS1S in Syria 17:33 - Invasion of Iraq (IS1S Founding Father), Why Did Young People Join IS1S 26:45 - Kurds & Unique Culture (Women Must Fight), IS1S Prisons, Kurds Day of Syria Collapse, Turkey's Plan & Beef with Assad 36:13 - Turkey and Kurdistan's Conflict 43:06 - Observing Rise of IS1S Right Before Takeover 52:23 - Story of Assad Empire (Iron Grip), Syrian Civil War 01:02:01 - Assad & Putin Relationship, Assad Starts Drug Market in Syria 01:13:21 - Syria's Drug Empire 01:24:35 - Obama's Failed Military Strike in Syria 01:30:17 - Getting Top Secret Syria Intel (Story), IS1S Caught Before Attack 01:39:34 - 2nd Hand Conversation & Sources, CIA Base for Briefings/Intel, Scrutiny of Journalism 01:52:51 - Assad & Chemical Weapons (US Refusal of Getting into War/WW 2.5), Ukrainian Drones 01:59:22 - Where Was Assad on the Day of Collapse, Syria's Horrible Torture Methods 02:07:51 - Jordanian King's Take on the Syrian Collapse 02:14:11 - Israel's View on Syria (Earthquake Bomb) 02:23:35 - Radicalization from Bombing (Gaza)/Beepers Explosion 02:29:45 - Rising Anti-Semitism w/ World 02:38:47 - Biden Administration Provoking WW3, Putin's End Goal 02:48:51 - Israel & Gaza Peace Deal Possible, Does Netanhayu Want This to End? 02:58:11 - NJ Drone Situation (Joby's Take) CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian D. Dorey - In-Studio Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@alessiallaman Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 261 - Joby Warrick Music by Artlist.io Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Från 2021. Berättelsen om hur världens mäktigaste land letade över hela jorden för att hitta världens mest eftersökte terroristledare. Nya avsnitt från P3 Dokumentär hittar du först i Sveriges Radio Play. Sent en natt lyfter två militärhelikoptrar från den amerikanska basen i Afghanistan. De åker mot staden Abbottabad, där Usama Bin Ladin ska finnas. Det har tagit USA tio år att hitta dit.Sökandet efter terroristenElitsoldaterna är väl förberedda, ändå kraschar en av helikoptrarna vid landningen. Hemma i USA har jurister förberett flera sätt att rättfärdiga operationen – som i själva verket är minst sagt tveksam när det gäller internationell lag.Medverkande: Cindy Storer, fd analytiker på amerikanska underrättelsetjänsten, CIA. Will Chesney, fd elitsoldat som medverkade under räden i Abbottabad. Peter Bergen, journalist som intervjuade Usama Bin Laden 1997. Andreas Utterström, USA-expert. Saeed Shah, journalist baserad i Pakistan. Joby Warrick, författare.En dokumentär av: Love Lyssarides. Producent: Lars Truedson/ Tredje Statsmakten. Exekutiv producent: Jon Jordås. Dokumentären är producerad 2021.

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Daniel Sheehan is a Harvard attorney who has participated in legal cases of public interest, including the Pentagon Papers case, the Watergate Break-In case & Harvard psychologist Dr. John Mack's case. He is currently dedicated to advocating for the public release of information held by the government surrounding the issue of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP). EPISODE LINKS - PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 GUEST LINKS - X: https://x.com/danielsheehan45 - WEBSITE: https://www.danielpsheehan.com/ FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Episode 148 - Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/ib4atmvMqlk?si=iw3Rc5MUkBhiUpoe - Episode 188 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/3turgHTOS-I?si=7TEfGEtUe_8tPwFU - Episode 189 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/7rerXhVYqNA?si=SSErCojtCIrmbiqO - Episode 136 - Chris Cathers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLHBcyufdTw - Episode 137 - Chris Cathers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GBz-3A3Lk - Episode 117 - Ryan Tate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxcJSzgRkQ&feature=youtu.be - Episode 198 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/F1fhuwCT9YE?si=prIxtPZEElrYgC5u - Episode 188 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/3turgHTOS-I?si=7TEfGEtUe_8tPwFU - Episode 189 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/7rerXhVYqNA?si=SSErCojtCIrmbiqO - Episode 238 - Taylor Cavanaugh: https://youtu.be/6zsj2CHonQk ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Danny Sheehan Crazy Life & Career, Karen Silkwood Case 08:33 - Working Martin Luther King Riots & Protecting Journalists 14:04 - First Time Introduced to UFOs, French Field Infiltration Story in China 24:12 - Releasing Pentagon Papers Story 40:20 - Protecting Source in Pentagon Papers 49:01 - UFO Attempts to Reveal Secrets 58:46 - Bay of Tonkin, WMDs, Intelligence Agencies Lying to Citizens 01:13:02 - How Agencies Destroy Whistleblowers, Jewish Defense League 01:24:49 - Elite Level/Mega-Powerful Corporate Companies 01:33:13 - Attica Prison Riot Story 01:39:47 - Panther Bombing Case, Who Really Killed Bobby Kennedy 01:47:47 - Being Terminated from Cahill Law Firm 02:05:04 - Danny Working the Watergate Case 02:22:20 - Mafia Involvement in Watergate Issue, Operation 40 02:29:01 - JFK Wins Election over Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev 02:37:28 - The China Lobby, Sinking Ship Story, Frank Sturgis 02:45:03 - Story of Nixon Discovering Watergate Debauchery, 02:52:49 - Roger Morales is the JFK Shooter (Cuban Revolutionary) 03:01:19 - Watergate & Danny Sheehan's Role 03:12:03 - UFO Disclosure & Danny's Insight CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian Dorey - Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.youtube.com/@alessiallaman Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 245 - Danny Sheehan Music by Artlist.io

SPONSORS - BUY ZBiotics: https://zbiotics.com/pages/am-julian (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Daniel Corbett III served as an elite Navy SEAL operator in SEAL Teams 5, 6, and 17. In 2017, Daniel made international news when he was thrown in jail in Belgrade, Serbia, for eighteen months after traveling there as a private contractor to track a terrorist financier. EPISODE LINKS - PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 GUEST LINKS - BUY HIS BOOK: https://www.danieldavidcorbettiii.com/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ9QrSAWtnXdSGqaWNKpjoKHStzgYauXcrE7a7LQF97Jn_VW_T4vdTS-dQ_aem_PevGvNzkzmMs0NNQSoQyMw - IG: https://www.instagram.com/american_mercenary/?hl=en FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Episode 136 - Chris Cathers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLHBcyufdTw - Episode 137 - Chris Cathers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-GBz-3A3Lk - Episode 117 - Ryan Tate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PxcJSzgRkQ&feature=youtu.be - Episode 198 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/F1fhuwCT9YE?si=prIxtPZEElrYgC5u - Episode 148 - Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/ib4atmvMqlk?si=iw3Rc5MUkBhiUpoe - Episode 188 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/3turgHTOS-I?si=7TEfGEtUe_8tPwFU - Episode 189 - Dale Comstock: https://youtu.be/7rerXhVYqNA?si=SSErCojtCIrmbiqO - Episode 238 - Taylor Cavanaugh: https://youtu.be/6zsj2CHonQk ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Corbett Trained Taylor Cavanaugh, Sports Background & Intensity of BUDs 08:15 - Hardest Part of BUDs, SEAL Team 5 & Speciality (Listen & Learn) 18:40 - Deployed to Iraq, Being a Breacher 31:13 - First Tour and Learning Specialities, Joining SEAL Team 6 & Lore Around Them 39:04 - Fighting in Afghanistan (Different War Scene), Convincing Locals to Help (Scared), SEAL Team 6 Night Operations 46:07 - Fall of Afghanistan Reaction 52:55 - Sky Diving School 57:10 - Returns to Afghanistan, What a Firefight is Like, Watching Someone Die 01:05:00 - Saving Captain Phillips & Last Rotation, Getting Bin-Laden, Term Limits & Gov. Bureaucracy 01:20:25 - Leaving Navy SEALs, Anti-Piracy Operations (Boring), Learning Russian & Working that Sector 01:32:31 - Moved to Korea & Operating There, Fear of North Korea (King Jong Un), Nuclear/Radiation Training 01:40:41 - China's Power Grid Control 01:46:10 - Returning Home & Attending Schools, Meeting with SEAL & Mercenary Work in Yemen (Intense) 01:57:01 - Working in Belgrade (Serbia) & Getting Arrested 02:11:06 - Getting out of Prison, Prison Stories in Serbia, Trying to Get Out 02:21:33 - Finally Getting Charged & 1 Year Before Court 02:29:49 - Zero Contact w/ Family & Returning Home, Central America Mission 02:35:08 - Mercenary Work & Challenges, Writing Book 02:38:10 - Find Daniel Corbett CREDITS: - Host, Producer, and Editor: Julian Dorey - In-Studio Producer: Alessi Allaman - https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 241 - Daniel Corbett III Music by Artlist.io

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Shawnee Delaney is an Ex DIA clandestine ops officer, expert on cybersecurity, insider threat program development, surveillance, & investigation. SHAWNEE'S LINKS: Website: https://www.spyex.com/expert/shawnee-delaney LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spyex/ EPISODE LINKS - Julian Dorey PODCAST MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - Support our Show on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - BUY Guest's Books & Films IN MY AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY INSTAGRAM (Podcast): https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM (Personal): https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ X: https://twitter.com/julianddorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple Podcasts ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 JULIAN YT CHANNELS - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE - Episode 97 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/2PUs7l2jW9c - Episode 107 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/7jNz3-WPV5I - Episode 150 - Andrew Bustamante: https://youtu.be/dUlc2d6fDzg - Episode 198 - Joby Warrick: ​​https://youtu.be/F1fhuwCT9YE - Episode 134 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/Xaz7JfTLFQE - Episode 162 - Mark Turner: https://youtu.be/rJng36M3BcI - Episode 197 - Tommy G: https://youtu.be/tO0UFfo54KA - Episode 216 - Danny Hall: https://youtu.be/49h6YOxiTrI - Episode 217 - Danny Hall: https://youtu.be/9HVd2G3NvBo ****TIMESTAMPS**** 00:00 - Wanting always to be Spy, Obsession w/ Spycraft 11:21 - What is DIA, Spy Training & Operational Tasks, Jim Lawler CIA Story, Spy Hypnotization 19:47 - Moving to Egypt to Train in Language, Attempting to Join DIA Again & Counter Terrorism Study 26:01 - Espionage Day 1 Training/Vetting, Heading to Iraq (Mosul), Sneaking into Syria w. Hezbollah 35:01 - Hezbollah in South America Operations, Belly Dancing into Syria, Heading to Iraq & Challenges 46:53 - 2nd Tour in Mosul (Small Budgets), DIA Operations in the Middle East 51:01 - Developing Leads & Returning to US & Working “The Farm” 58:22 - How People Get Cut, Edward Snowden Debate 01:03:01 - Havana Syndrome Story, Updated News on Havana Syndrome! 01:11:50 - Leaving Farm to Mosul & Difficulty Working w/ CIA, Targeting Assets 01:21:31 - Firing Assets & Working as a Spy 01:31:47 - Xi Jinping Origin Story, Anthrax Attacks Story 01:36:34 - Middle East's Most Unique Group (The Kurds) 01:41:23 - Hunting/Tracking Playing Cards of Iraq, Spreading Democracy Debate 01:55:19 - Making Sources 02:04:21 - Tracking Bin Laden, Interrogating Bin Laden's Source 02:15:49 - DIA Sharing Intel w/ CIA to Hunt Bin Laden 02:23:14 - Deep Dive Research into Suspect, Kenya Trip (Bin Laden Theory) 02:29:22 - The Day of Catching Bin Laden 02:36:51 - Getting Translators Out & Funding Millions to Taliban, Fall of Afghanistan 02:41:27 - Working in Gambia Story 02:48:21 - Hezbollah Operations w/ Drug & Violence, Iran Situation 02:55:07 - Israel/Middle East Dilemma & Finding Solution 02:57:31 - Leaving DIA (Spy Agency) & Starting Company, Any Major Regrets 03:03:35 - Find Shawnee CREDITS: - Host & Producer: Julian Dorey - Producer & Editor: Alessi Allaman - https://www.instagram.com/allaman.docyou/ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 239 - Shawnee Delaney Music by Artlist.io

In late April, 2004, Nicholas Berg was grusomelly beheaded, by hand, by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. The 5 minute and 37 second long video was recorded and distributed thoughout the internet for all the world to see. It was an instant hit. It would be the worlds sobering and tragic intoduction to the tactics and commitment that would come to represent al Qaeda in Iraq. It would prove to be a monumental domino among many that would soon fall. On this episode... - The Nick Berg story - Ramadi and Fallujah crumble - Zarqawi attacks his home - Jordan and the United States join forces - Keeping the pressure on - "Thats him" - Looking into American eyes, as he took his last breath   This episode was recorded in late March, 2024.  

As the historical dominoes are lining up, a critical and world changing even happens on September 11th, 2001. It will be a major tipping point in the events that follow in the months and years to come. For the United States the gloves are now off, and the memory of that fateful September morning will fuel a fire that will see the deployment of U.S. Military forces to both Afghanistan and Iraq. The dominoes are lined up, and they will slowly fall, one by one.  The dominoes... - September 11th, 2001  - Invasion of Afghanistan - Assassination of U.S. Diplomat Laurence Foley - Invasion of Iraq - The disbanding of the Iraqi military and Baath party - The arrival of Zarqawi 

If you enjoyed this episode, you might also enjoy these similar eps we've previously recorded on the show: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-ICwfCgQ-Z1kMWO9ivlSpSuMvAfe1WuI (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ The Vile Eye (Jamal Shreki) is a documentary filmmaker, psycho-analyst, and YouTuber. His Channel, “The Vile Eye” covers the psychological breakdowns of evil characters in pop culture and history. - BUY Guest's Books & Films IN MY AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952 EPISODE LINKS: - Julian Dorey PODCAST MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/ - Support our Show on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey - Join our DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Ajqn5sN6 THE VILE EYE LINKS: - YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@TheVileEye - INSTAGRAM: ​​https://www.instagram.com/thevileeye/?hl=en - Hans Landa Video: https://youtu.be/8WsM1A0xfh0?si=vGcdnQUCitS3i5AQ George Peryutan Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=george+peyrouton JULIAN YT CHANNELS: - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP OTHER JDP EPISODES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: - Episode 134 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/Xaz7JfTLFQE - Episode 198 - Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/F1fhuwCT9YE - Episode 133 - David Satter: https://youtu.be/Ci-FSsdhFig?si=bPEDofm4FhhRMyYW ***TIMESTAMPS*** 00:00 - Jamal's Background, Studying Villains, Root of All Evil 10:37- Josh Story, Ted Bundy, Genetics vs Environment, Empathy 23:37 - Forgiving Evil, Sociopaths vs Psychopaths 32:20 - Antisocial Personality: Tony Soprano Breakdown, Narcissism vs Antisocial 45:30 - Syrian/Irish Background, No Relationship w/ Dad 54:31 - Story of Fallout w/ Dad, Eli Cohen (Greatest Mossad Spy), Syrian Civil War; Joby Warrick 01:05:27 - Short Man Complex, Most Evil Person Ever 01:18:01 - Origins of Stalin 01:26:32 - Why Satlin Most Evil, Genetic Threshold of Evil, Stalin's Granddaughter 01:37:10 - WWII & Germany's 1930's Rise, German Citizens Innocent From Crimes? 01:49:01 - Types of Murder & Punishments (Ed Kemper), Bill Cosby & Meek Mill's Lawyer 02:01:00 - Brain Playing Tricks on Us, Evil Thoughts vs Actions, Hans Landa, Inglorious Bastard 02:21:13 - Julian's Editing Process/Greatest Actors' Ability, Hans Similarity to Hannibal, Levels of Evil 02:29:17 - Reasons Behind NOT Doing Evil, Morality, Jamal's Difficulty Sleeping 02:40:05 - Great Leaders of US; Slave Owners, R. Kelly 02:52:21 - The Godfather Movie, Godfather III Last Scene 03:04:38 - Evil of Michael Corleone, Complexity of Family & Evil, Fredo's Death FOLLOW JULIAN DOREY: INSTAGRAM 1: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey/ INSTAGRAM 2: https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreypodcast/ INSTAGRAM 3: https://www.instagram.com/juliandoreyclips TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realjuliandorey LISTEN to Julian Dorey Podcast: Spotify ▶ https://open.spotify.com/show/5skaSpDzq94Kh16so3c0uz Apple Podcasts ▶ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trendifier-with-julian-dorey/id1531416289 CREDITS: - Hosted by Julian D. Dorey - Intro, Edited, Produced Edited by Alessi Allaman: Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 204 - The Vile Eye Music by Artlist.io

Historically, when the proper dominoes are arranged and then fall in the correct order, amazing and positive things can happen, unfortunately, however, that same reality exists for evil and darkness as well. This is the story of ISIS, a very real form of indescribable evil that still exists and even thrives in parts of the world today. On today's episode I welcome 2-time Pulitzer Prize winning author and Washington Post correspondent, Mr. Joby Warrick, to discuss his 2016 Pulitzer Prize winning book, Black Flags, the rise of ISIS. We discuss his background as a journalist, his road to developing a passion and interest in Middle East politics and events, and how the dominoes of history laid a framework for one of the darkest and most evil ideologies to ever exist, and allowed it to germinate and spread throughout much of the middle east. This is part 1 of our 4 part series. Enjoy!

WATCH my other podcast w/ Joby (Episode 134): https://open.spotify.com/episode/54X8oWGEeahCdsIFmlMKmq?si=Qv_Ms56oTdS8V9v70uxBGw  (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Joby Warrick is a 2x Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, author, and Middle East Expert. Since 1996, Joby has been at the Washington Post, where he currently serves as a National Security Reporter. His three books –– “The Triple Agent,” “Black Flags” (won Pulitzer Prize), & “Red Line” –– are all Best-Sellers (You can BUY all 3 of Joby's books using my Amazon Store link below) EPISODE LINKS: - BUY Guest's Books & Films IN MY AMAZON STORE: https://amzn.to/3RPu952  - Julian Dorey PODCAST MERCH: https://juliandorey.myshopify.com/  - Support our Show on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey  - Join our DISCORD: https://discord.gg/ugT4aayT  JULIAN YT CHANNELS: - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Clips YT: https://www.youtube.com/@juliandoreyclips  - SUBSCRIBE to Julian Dorey Daily YT: https://www.youtube.com/@JulianDoreyDaily  - SUBSCRIBE to Best of JDP: https://www.youtube.com/@bestofJDP  JOBY LINKS: - TWITTER: https://twitter.com/JobyWarrick  ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Joby's Syria Book, “Red Line”; Joby just returned from Gaza & Middle East 9:08 - Getting into Syria during 2011 Arab Spring; Iraq & Stockpile; Kurds 18:15 - Geographic & Historical Value of Syria; Syria's relationships w/ Russia & Iran; Sunni & Shia 28:30 - Russian Expats in Syria; Bashar Al Assad; Syria Sarin Attacks 39:22 - History of Syria' Chemical Weapons stockpile; Obama's “Red Line” w/ Assad story 48:28 - Syria forced to give up biological weapons; How UN destroyed weapons 1:00:58 - Syria's brewing Narco State 1:11:08 - Yemen; Houthi Rebels; Most Dangerous Port in the world 1:23:57 - Private mercenaries in Yemen; AQ presence; Houthi pirates 1:34:22 - Joby's trips to Middle East covering Hillary Clinton; Middle East vs America 1:45:35 - Houthi takeover in Yemen 1:46:55 - Iran; Iranian Revolution Recap; Resistance of Iran Younger Generations 1:55:56 - Woman who removed veil & burned story; Iran Mass Poisoning; Iran Drones & Missiles 2:06:52 - Iran's partnership w/ Russia; Iran's Nuclear Program; Ayatollah of Iran 2:17:26 - Shah of Iran's son (Reza Pahlavi); Masih Alinejad's story; Iran's future 2:29:11 - Iran funding: Hezbollah, Hamas, Houthis; Netanyahu & Israel vs Iran 2:43:02 - Israel's surprise; Israel vs Hamas; King of Jordan; Jordan's poor geography 2:53:33 - Status of Israel Gaza War 3:04:02 - Tragic Story of Palestinian Doctor Izzeldin Abuelaish after IDF rocket; How Israel Gaza War will end 3:16:41 - Joby's crazy new book concept CREDITS: - Hosted & Produced by Julian D. Dorey - Intro & Episode Edited by Alessi Allaman ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “JULIANDOREY”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Music via Artlist.io ~ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 198 - Joby Warrick

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Joby Warrick is a national security reporter for The Washington Post, covering terrorism, rogue states, weapons proliferation and the middle east. He is also an author and has published three nonfiction books. “The Triple Agent,” “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” which was awarded a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction and "Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World." You can find Joby on X (@JobyWarrick), online (www.jobywarrick.com) and his reporting for The Washington Post online (www.washingtonpost.com/people/joby-warrick).   Be on the lookout for his new book slated for 2025.

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Joby Warrick, National security reporter with the Washington Post

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- SIGN UP FOR MyBookie: https://www.mybookie.ag/mobile-betting/  - Julian Dorey Podcast GEAR: https://www.23point5.com/creator/Julian-Dorey-9826?tab=Featured  - Support Our Show on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/JulianDorey  - Hosted, Edited, & Produced by Julian D. Dorey (***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Mark Turner is an ex-Recon-Marine who now serves as a military trainer in Israel, Ukraine, and other countries. Currently, Mark is the founder and CEO of Overwatch Foundation –– an organization that recruits, trains and deploys high-level former Special Operations Military Veterans to warzones and natural disasters. In the past 2 years, Mark has instructed Ukrainian platoons and Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) Soldiers on the Gaza and West Bank borders. DONATE to Mark's “Overwatch Foundation”: https://www.overwatchfoundationusa.org/  Mark's 1st Episode w/ @Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/zzjBAJk_DRw?si=ZTqpTO0lvy1mzDQu  Mark's 2nd Episode w/ @Shawn Ryan: https://youtu.be/MxJJSGN_WCc?si=dbbcHmq-qee9rMn6  Julian Dorey Podcast Ep 134 w/ Joby Warrick: https://youtu.be/Xaz7JfTLFQE?si=qcS5-sCY_CL0wbXl  BUY “RED LINE” by Joby Warrick: https://shorturl.at/eNR15  BUY “BLACK FLAGS” by Joby Warrick: https://shorturl.at/bkKSX  ***TIMESTAMPS*** 0:00 - Hamas invades Israel from Gaza Border; Hamas background 9:29 - Israel Layout and Gaza Strip Explained 15:25 - Gaza Border Town Story; Balloon Bombs; Kibbutz System 21:10 - Israeli Gov and Palestinian people relationship; Israeli Settlements; Gaza “Free” 33:15 - Hamas doesn't want Israel to exist; Mark on Jewish vs. Palestinian history 44:00 - Obama & Netanyahu; The Munich Olympics Massacre 49:49 - Israel attacked by Hamas 59:30 - Hezbollah & Iran; Mossad Intelligence on Gaza Attack 1:12:54 - The latest news on the Hamas attacks; Abducted IDF soldiers 1:17:28 - Israel's Iron Dome 1:21:19 - How Mark got involved working in Israel; Missions on Gaza Border; Egyptian Border 1:33:54 - IDF & Gaza Inspection; The West Bank Border 1:38:11 - Why does Israel's Military trust Mark? 1:47:22 - Mark training untrained soldiers in Ukraine; Israeli Tank Outpost Story 1:54:31 - The survival instincts of the Jewish people; Hebew Language History 1:58:30 - The beauty of Israel; Israelis have to fight back 2:06:43 - Breaking down the Israel Apart-State Angle 2:13:33 - An Unexpected Terror Group in Egypt; West Bank Smuggling 2:18:03 - Jordan & Israel Relationship; Debating King Abdullah & Jordanian Intel's credibility 2:22:09 - Iran threat to Israel 2:27:42 - Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu 2:35:00 - Mark's connections w/ Israeli Intelligence & Ukrainian Intelligence 2:40:36 - What happens next in Israel Hamas War? 2:46:01 - Mark - Ukraine info ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “JULIANDOREY”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Music via Artlist.io ~ Julian Dorey Podcast Episode 161 - Mark Turner

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An especially risky kind of virus hunting aims to identify new viruses in animals that have yet to jump to humans. Imagine trips to distant caves and wrangling bats to pull blood and DNA samples. The hope is to use that knowledge to be a step ahead and develop therapeutics and surveillance that could help prevent a future outbreak or, worse yet, a deadly pandemic from erupting.But a year-long Post investigation by David Willman and Joby Warrick has found that such research may be putting the world at greater risk for the very thing it's trying to contain, as a result of potential leaks and accidents in the wild and in the labs. The Post discovered that the world lacks oversight for such high-risk research, yet a main driver of its expansion in recentyears has been the United States. Experts within the administration have been raising red flags.The covid-19 pandemic, Willman and Warrick continue, is forcing difficult and uncomfortable conversations around doing such research and how to responsibly prepare for and prevent the next big pathogen threat to humans.“There are thoughtful, well-informed scientific experts who are saying, ‘look, it's time for a reckoning. We have observable lessons from the pandemic. We need to apply those,'” Willman tells Post Reports.Read more: How controls on ‘gain of function' experiments with supercharged pathogens have been undercut despite concerns about lab leaks.NIH biosecurity advisers urge tighter oversight of pathogen researchLab-leak fears are putting virologists under scrutinyWhat we know about the origin of covid-19 and what remains a mystery. Don't miss a chance to experience Post Reports live! Post Reports senior host Martine Powers will be in conversation with author Curtis Sittenfeld at Sixth & I in Washington, D.C., at 7 p.m. on April 13. Get tickets here.

How did the Iraq war fuel terror and extremism around the world? What is the connection between Al-Qaeda and ISIS? How did figures like Abū Muṣʻab Zarqāwī and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi become such prominent figures in Jihadism's global civil war? On episode four of this series Iraq: Legacy of War, brought to you by Intelligence Squared, foreign correspondent Secunder Kermani is joined by Lina Khatib, Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute; Joby Warrick, journalist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS; and Tam Hussein, investigative journalist and author of The Darkness Inside. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/joby-warrick The Darkness Inside by Tam Hussein: https://tinyurl.com/bddmmz7m To listen to the whole series now please subscribe via Intelligence Squared Premium on Apple Podcasts or here: https://iq2premium.supercast.com/ for ad-free listening, bonus content, early access and much more. This series was produced by Farah Jassat and Catharine Hughes, with editing and artwork from Catharine Hughes. Music is by Alexander Nakarada. Excerpts featured in this episode are from DW News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did the Iraq war fuel terror and extremism around the world? What is the connection between Al-Qaeda and ISIS? How did figures like Abū Muṣʻab Zarqāwī and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi become such prominent figures in Jihadism's global civil war? On episode four of this series Iraq: Legacy of War, brought to you by Intelligence Squared, foreign correspondent Secunder Kermani is joined by Lina Khatib, Director of the SOAS Middle East Institute; Joby Warrick, journalist and author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS; and Tam Hussein, investigative journalist and author of The Darkness Inside. Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS by Joby Warrick: https://www.pulitzer.org/winners/joby-warrick The Darkness Inside by Tam Hussein: https://tinyurl.com/bddmmz7m This series was produced by Farah Jassat and Catharine Hughes, with editing and artwork from Catharine Hughes. Music is by Lesfm. Excerpts featured in this episode are from DW News. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michael talks with Joby Warrick, who won a Pulitzer Prize for his book "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS." Original air date 7 October 2015. The book was published on 29 September 2015.

In this KEEN ON episode, Andrew talks to the Pulitzer prize winning journalist and Syria expert Toby Warrick on the chances for a peaceful solution to the Syrian civil war in 2023. ABOUT JOBY WARRICK Washington Post National security reporter covering terrorism, rogue states, weapons proliferation Education: Temple University, BA in journalism Joby Warrick joined The Washington Post's National staff in 1996. He has served with the Post's investigative and national security teams, and currently writes about the Middle East, terrorism and weapons proliferation. He is the author of three nonfiction books, including his 2021 book "Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World." His second book, “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” which was awarded a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. His first book, “The Triple Agent,” recounts the 2009 suicide attack by an al-Qaeda informant on a CIA base at Khost, Afghanistan, that killed seven U.S. intelligence operatives. Before joining The Post, Warrick covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe as a UPI correspondent and worked as a reporter at the Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. While in Raleigh, he co-authored “Boss Hog,” a series of investigative stories that documented the political and environmental fallout caused by factory farming in the Southeast. The series won the 1996 Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for public service. Honors and Awards: Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction, 2016; Pulitzer Prize Gold Medal for public service, 1996; White House Correspondents Association Edgar A. Poe award, 1996; Overseas Press Club of America Bob Considine Award for best newspaper interpretation of international affairs, 2003 Languages spoken in addition to English: conversational German Books by Joby Warrick: Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS The Triple Agent Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World ABOUT ANDREW KEEN: Name as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

(***TIMESTAMPS in description below) ~ Joby Warrick is a 2x Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, author, and Middle East Expert. Since 1996, Joby has been at the Washington Post, where he currently serves as a National Security Reporter. His three books –– “The Triple Agent,” “Black Flags,” & “Red Line” (the second of which won him a Pulitzer Prize) –– are all Best-Sellers (links below). “Black Flags” by Joby Warrick: https://amzn.to/3WdiGwp “The Triple Agent” by Joby Warrick: https://amzn.to/3kgNvmu “Red Line” by Joby Warrick: https://amzn.to/3XxTe5W ***TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Joby's remembers his first Pulitzer Prize 6:08 - Joby explains his first book on the infamous 2009 Attack on CIA Base in Afghanistan 14:48 - The hot Jordanian Translator who got Joby into bomber's house; No judgment journalism 26:13 - Homeland's CIA accuracy; General McChrystal's Iraqi kid story 35:51 - The CIA's tracking of Bin Laden in the leadup to Sepp 011 38:55 - Joby's Nucalear Weapons reporting during Iraq War; Building trust in Middle East 45:20 - Rogue translators & developing sources 50:32 - How to determine whether CIA sources are telling the truth 56:39 - The Tom O'Neill WAPO CIA source story 1:03:27 - King Abdullah II of Jordan; Jordan & its role in the Middle East 1:13:28 - Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi, The Founder of ISIS; The murder of Nick Berg 1:20:50 - Al Zarqawi's radicalization in prison 1:24:29 - Al Zarqaqi meets Bin Laden; CIA & Zarqawi's early standoffs 1:29:50 - King Abdullah told President Bush NOT to invade Iraq; Sectarian Violence (Sunnis & Shiites) 1:36:36 - Al Qaeda makes Al Zarqawi a franchisee; Iraq's implosion post-invasion 1:41:30 - Nada Bakos - CIA's chief Al Zarqawi targeter; How the US merked Al Zarqawi 1:46:33 - ISIS vs. ISIL naming; Al Baghdadi succeeds Al Zarqawi 1:50:19 - The Arab Spring of 2011; Al Nusra in Syria; ISIS leadership doesn't do dirty work 1:56:22 - When did ISIS come on Joby's radar? 2:01:05 - Caliphate explained; the brutality of ISIS 2:05:49 - The Kurds; 20th Century European Agreements that led to Middle East violence 2:14:04 - Strongman leaders; Bashar Al-Assad & Syria 2:21:43 - The Yazidi Genocide 2:26:56 - How the US neutralized ISIS 2:35:12 - The US Drone Program; The War in Yemen 2:42:37 - What's happening in Iran right now? 2:48:32 - Iran's race to a nuclear weapon 2:52:46 - Israel's new far-right government 2:56:52 - The Jordanian Intelligence Service (Mukhabarat); The Laurence Foley hit 3:00:34 - Joby's Middle East schedule; Joby's upcoming book project Intro Credits: “Homeland” (Showtime) “The Looming Tower” (Hulu) “Body of Lies” (2008) “Munich” (2005) “The Physician” (2013) “Zero Dark Thirty” (2012) ~ Get $150 Off The Eight Sleep Pod Pro Mattress / Mattress Cover (USING CODE: “TRENDIFIER”): https://eight-sleep.ioym.net/trendifier Julian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julianddorey ~ Music via Artlist.io

Before Russia invaded Ukraine, it intervened in Syria in 2015 to shore up the beleaguered regime of their ally, Bashar al-Assad. How did this experience inform upon Vladimir Putin's catastrophic decision to invade and attempt regime change of the democratically elected government in Kyiv? This week's episode of Departures features Joby Warrick, a Pulitzer Prize-winning national security reporter for the Washington Post, and author of the book, "Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World."  In their conversation, Bob Amsterdam and Joby Warrick discuss the contrasting experiences of Russia's relatively successful military intervention in Syria, with the catastrophic setbacks they have encountered in the invasion of Ukraine, which in recent days has called attention to horrific war crimes committed by the Russian military. Through the indiscriminate targeting of residential areas and hospitals, Putin's destruction of infrastructure is designed to cripple Ukraine. Instead, the outcome has been devastating for Russian forces. Warrick argues Russia's systems are not just corrupt at the official level, but importantly at the military level, where platoons lack command and control, and forces can't operate ground support for armored battalions. But do these corrupt institutions explain Russia's failures? Or was the chaos of the Ukraine invasion primarily an issue of poor intelligence and the isolation of the Russian leader? Warrick and Amsterdam debate how the blame falls and how it will make peace negotiations more difficult and more protracted.

In this week's episode of Horns of a Dilemma, we hear from author and journalist Joby Warrick about his new book, Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World. Warrick details the international effort to find, collect, remove, and destroy Syria's stockpile of Sarin nerve agent in 2013. Although the story was largely overshadowed at the time by the subsequent increase in violence in Syria's civil war and the rise of the organization that became ISIL, this effort was unprecedented in destroying an arsenal that, had it fallen into the hands of terrorists or been further used by the Asad regime, could have caused untold thousands of deaths and injuries.  Warrick spoke at the University of Texas, Austin, and is introduced by Paul Edgar, Associate Director of the Clements Center for National Security at the University of Texas, Austin.

Abbiamo analizzato i possibili risultati dei colloqui di Istanbul tra Russia e Ucraina e le ricadute con Giampiero Massolo (presidente di ISPI - Istituto per gli studi di politica internazionale) e la posizione russa con Andrey Kortunov(direttore del think tank Russian Council). Abbiamo esaminato il Nagorno-Karabakh, un altro fronte dove le frizioni tra Russia e NATO si stanno riproponendo, insieme a Emanuele Giulianelli (giornalista freelance, esperto conoscitore dell'aria, ha coperto più volte il conflitto tra Armenia e Azerbaijian). E infine abbiamo indagato l'attitudine della Russia verso l'impiego di armi chimiche con Joby Warrick (inviato del Washington Post, Premio Pulitzer, il suo ultimo libro è "La Linea Rossa- La devastazione della Siria e la corsa per distruggere il più pericoloso arsenale del mondo", edito da La nave di Teseo).

In this episode of “Keen On”, Andrew is joined by Joby Warrick, the author of “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World”. Joby Warrick has served with the Washington Post's investigative and national security teams, and currently writes about the Middle East, terrorism and weapons proliferation. He is also an award-winning author. Before joining The Post, Warrick covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe as a UPI correspondent and worked as a reporter at the Delaware County Daily Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. Visit our website: https://lithub.com/story-type/keen-on/ Email Andrew: a.keen@me.com Watch the show live on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ajkeen Watch the show live on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ankeen/ Watch the show live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lithub Watch the show on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LiteraryHub/videos Subscribe to Andrew's newsletter: https://andrew2ec.substack.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joby Warrick, author of RED LINE and reporter for The Washington Post, has won the Pulitzer Prize twice. He tells uq the inside story of the Syrian chemical weapons program.

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The idea of terrorism as a franchise isn't new, maybe, but nobody's done it better than Islamic State. Most Americans thought the fight against ISIS was over with the fall of Raqqa. But on August 26, at least 169 Afghans and 13 US troops were killed in Kabul by a group calling itself ISIS-K. Islamic State, apparently, lives on.Joby Warrick of the Washington Post joins us to talk about ISIS - how it started and what it is now. Angry Planet has a substack! Join the Information War to get weekly insights into our angry planet and hear more conversations about a world in conflict.https://angryplanet.substack.com/subscribeYou can listen to Angry Planet on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or follow our RSS directly. Our website is angryplanetpod.com. You can reach us on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/angryplanetpodcast/; and on Twitter: @angryplanetpod. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pulitzer Prize-winner Joby Warrick returns to the show and chats with Daniel Ford about his latest book Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World. They also discuss the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan and the humanitarian crisis there, as well as other U.S. national security issues around the globe. To learn more about Joby Warrick, visit his official website and follow him on Twitter. Also listen to our first chat with the author in 2016 and read more of Warrick's work with The Washington Post.  Today's Friday Morning Coffee is sponsored by Libro.fm.

When Syrian protesters tore down pictures of their dictator, Bashar al-Assad, toppled statues, demanded government reform and braved a military crackdown in 2011, Feras Fayyad was twenty-six years old. He picked up a camera and filmed it all. As his country devolved into warring factions, Fayyad bore witness, documenting the horror, and went on to make two Academy Award nominated films. More than ten years after that first protest, 600,000 people have been killed, more than 6 million Syrians are now refugees, and Assad's forces have retaken much of the country. This war may have fallen off the front page, but it's not over, and it's not just some humanitarian crisis on the far side of the world. On this week's episode of the podcast we revisit a program about Syria's war. We explore what was accomplished after 10 years of bloodshed and what could happen if justice is not served for Syria's people. Guests: Feras Fayyad, documentary filmmaker, Last Men in Aleppo and The Cave; Tima Kurdi, author of The Boy on the Beach: My Family's Escape from Syria and Our Hope for a New Home; Joby Warrick, national security reporter for The Washington Post and author of Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Danger Arsenal in the World Hosts: Teresa Cotsirilos, senior producer, WorldAffairs; Ray Suarez, co-host, WorldAffairs If you appreciate this episode and want to support the work we do, please consider making a donation to World Affairs. We cannot do this work without your help. Thank you.

Joby Warrick, award-winning author and national security correspondent for the Washington Post, joins Press the Button to discuss efforts to dismantle Syrian chemical weapons and hold the Syrian government accountable for its use of chemical weapons on the battlefield. Warrick is the author of Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World. Early Warning features Jessica Lee of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft on the Biden administration's recently released review of US policy toward North Korea, and what it means for efforts to contain North Korea's nuclear program. Karim Kamel of the Carnegie Corporation features as guest announcer.

This week, in the debut edition of the SpyTalk podcast, co-host Jeff Stein talks to the Washington Post’s Joby Warrick about an extraordinary CIA operation in Syria, as told in his new book, Red Line. Jeff and co-host Jeanne Meserve also discuss the Biden administration’s recent expulsion of suspected Russian spies, then Jeanne talks with former NSA Director and Cyber Command chief Admiral Mike Rogers about Chinese, Russian and other hackers’ infiltration of U.S. computer networks.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/words-matter. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode of The Interview, Hugh is joined by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Joby Warrick to discuss his latest book, "Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World." See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Joby Warrick discusses Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World.

This week, in the debut edition of the SpyTalk podcast, co-host Jeff Stein talks to the Washington Post's Joby Warrick about an extraordinary CIA operation in Syria, as told in his new book, Red Line. Jeff and co-host Jeanne Meserve also discuss the Biden administration's recent expulsion of suspected Russian spies, then Jeanne talks with former NSA Director and Cyber Command chief Admiral Mike Rogers about Chinese, Russian and other hackers' infiltration of U.S. computer networks. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, in the debut edition of the SpyTalk podcast, co-host Jeff Stein talks to the Washington Post’s Joby Warrick about an extraordinary CIA operation in Syria, as told in his new book, Red Line. Jeff and co-host Jeanne Meserve also discuss the Biden administration’s recent expulsion of suspected Russian spies, then Jeanne talks with former NSA Director and Cyber Command chief Admiral Mike Rogers about Chinese, Russian and other hackers’ infiltration of U.S. computer networks.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, in the debut edition of the SpyTalk podcast, co-host Jeff Stein talks to the Washington Post’s Joby Warrick about an extraordinary CIA operation in Syria, as told in his new book, Red Line. Jeff and co-host Jeanne Meserve also discuss the Biden administration’s recent expulsion of suspected Russian spies, then Jeanne talks with former NSA Director and Cyber Command chief Admiral Mike Rogers about Chinese, Russian and other hackers’ infiltration of U.S. computer networks.Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/deepstateradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Joby Warrick, National Security Correspondent for The Washington Post and former Public Policy Fellow with the Wilson Center’s Middle East Program. He discusses his new book “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World,” which tells the unknown story of the U.S. mission to find and destroy Syria’s chemical weapons and keep them out of the hands of the Islamic State.

On the 13th episode of World War Brew, the boys discuss the 2019 Netflix Original action/war movie "Mosul." Topics covered include the Iraq War, the Russo Brothers, Royal Air Maroc, Morocco, Bertucci's pizza and much more.  This episode's drink was Beale's Gold Helles Lager. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Articles and Books mentioned: "The Desperate Battle to Destroy ISIS" by Luke Mogelson (article that appeared in the New Yorker in 2017. Basis for the movie): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/02/06/the-desperate-battle-to-destroy-isis"The ISIS Apocalypse" by Will McCants: https://www.amazon.com/ISIS-Apocalypse-History-Strategy-Doomsday/dp/1250112648/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1PZ02XA2A7MP&dchild=1&keywords=the+isis+apocalypse&qid=1617975041&sprefix=the+isis+apo%2Caps%2C533&sr=8-2"Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS" by Joby Warrick: https://www.amazon.com/Black-Flags-Rise-Joby-Warrick/dp/0804168938/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3LWGJ4C9C4UT8&dchild=1&keywords=black+flags+the+rise+of+isis&qid=1617975781&sprefix=black+flags+%2Caps%2C372&sr=8-1

The Obama administration's warning not to Syria not use chemical weapons went unheeded. How close did we come to a global disaster? Joby Warrick details how Syria fell apart and ISIS almost got all of their weapons.

Nearly two dozen people are arrested in Jordan as confusion swirls about whether a coup was being plotted there. Calls to boycott the 2022 Olympics in Beijing pick up momentum, including from within the United States. New reporting sheds light on violence taking place in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. And more. Then, Tommy talks with Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick about his book, “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World.” For a closed-captioned version of this episode, please visit crooked.com/podsavetheworld.  For a transcript of this episode, please email transcripts@crooked.com and include the name of the podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Washington Post's Joby Warrick discusses America's effort to destroy chemical weapons in Syria during its Civil War. He's interviewed by Georgetown University professor and author Angela Stent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Syria’s Bashar Al Assad had no such hesitancy. Thousands of people died. The U.S. threatened to strike Syria, but Russia suggested striking a deal instead.It was weird.To talk us through the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons throughout the country’s civil war is Joby Warrick of the Washington Post. Warrick is the winner of an improbable two Pulitzer Prizes, including one for his book on ISIS, Black Flags. His new book, Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World, is just out.Recorded 3/19/21 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Joby Warrick is a distinguished journalist, a longtime Washington Post national security reporter, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. His latest book is: “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World.” To discuss Bashar al-Assad's use of chemical weapons to mass murder his fellow Syrians, and what the U.S. did – and did not – do about it, he joins David Adesnik, FDD's Director of Research and senior fellow on Syria, and FDDs president and Foreign Podicy host Cliff May.

Joby Warrick is a distinguished journalist, a longtime Washington Post national security reporter, and a Pulitzer Prize-winner. His latest book is: “Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America’s Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World.” To discuss Bashar al-Assad’s use of chemical weapons to mass murder his fellow Syrians, and what the U.S. did – and did not – do about it, he joins David Adesnik, FDD’s Director of Research and senior fellow on Syria, and FDDs president and Foreign Podicy host Cliff May.

What’s in the coronavirus relief bill — and what’s not. The story of a Syrian spy. And the royal fallout from that Oprah interview. Read more:Economic policy reporter Rachel Siegel lays out what made it into the Senate’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill, what didn’t, and how soon Americans could be receiving financial relief.Joby Warrick covers national security and weapons proliferation for The Post. In his latest book, “Red Line,” he looks at how a spy working for Syria’s chemical weapons program ended up delivering secrets to the CIA. Meghan and Harry sat down for a blockbuster interview with Oprah Winfrey that aired Sunday on CBS. The Post’s Jennifer Hassan reports that this isn’t the first time British royals or British tabloids have been accused of racism and sexism.

When Syrian president Bashar al-Assad deployed chemical weapons against his own people in 2012, he crossed the “red line” drawn by President Obama. To avoid committing to another never-ending war, the U.S. president accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s offer to facilitate the removal of Assad’s chemical weapons. But it soon became clear that Russia’s end goal was to preserve Assad’s rule, leaving the U.S. with dwindling influence over the outcome of the civil war in Syria – all the while ISIS gained more territory as the group took advantage of the gaping power vacuum created by the region’s instability. In Red Line, Joby Warrick draws on his original reporting to tell “a character-driven narrative” about how avoiding one catastrophe can unintentionally lead to another. Joby Warrick is a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and national security reporter for the Washington Post. In addition to Red Line, Warrick has authored two books – “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS” and “The Triple Agent”, which recounts the 2009 suicide attack by an al-Qaeda informant that killed seven U.S. intelligence operatives. Warrick holds a BA in journalism from Temple University. Moderated by Jim Falk, who served as president and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth for twenty years and is co-host of “The McCuistion Program,” public television’s long-running weekly discussion forum syndicated by the Foundation for Responsible Television. . . Do you believe in the importance of international education and connections? The nonprofit World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth is supported by gifts from people like you, who share our passion for engaging in dialogue on global affairs and building bridges of understanding. While the Council is not currently charging admission for virtual events, we ask you to please consider making a one-time or recurring gift to help us keep the conversation going through informative public programs and targeted events for students and teachers. Donate: https://www.dfwworld.org/donate

Jill and Sheldon Bonovitz Endowed Lecture Joby Warrick won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction for Black Flags, ''a revealing, riveting and exquisitely detailed account'' (San Francisco Chronicle) of the rise of ISIS and its mastermind's life and death. He also won the 1996 Pulitzer for public service for his contribution to a series about the devastating effects of factory farming on the southeastern United States. A reporter at the Washington Post for the last 25 years, Warrick is also the author of The Triple Agent, the narrative nonfiction story of a 2009 suicide bombing that killed seven CIA employees in Afghanistan. Red Line is a true-life thriller that details the largely unreported American effort to find and destroy Syria's chemical weapons. Books may be purchased through the Joseph Fox Bookshop (recorded 3/2/2021)

Berättelsen om hur världens mäktigaste land letade över hela jorden för att hitta världens mest eftersökte terroristledare. Sent en natt lyfter två militärhelikoptrar från den amerikanska basen i Afghanistan. De åker mot staden Abbottabad, där Usama Bin Laden ska finnas. Det har tagit USA tio år att hitta dit. Elitsoldaterna är väl förberedda, ändå kraschar en av helikoptrarna vid landningen. Hemma i USA har jurister förberett flera sätt att rättfärdiga operationen - som i själva verket är minst sagt tveksam när det gäller internationell lag. Medverkande: Cindy Storer, fd analytiker på amerikanska underrättelsetjänsten, CIA. Will Chesney, fd elitsoldat som medverkade under räden i Abbottabad. Peter Bergen, journalist som intervjuade Usama Bin Laden 1997. Andreas Utterström, USA-expert. Saeed Shah, journalist baserad i Pakistan. Joby Warrick, författare. En dokumentär av: Love Lyssarides. Producent: Lars Truedson / Tredje Statsmakten. Exekutiv producent: Jon Jordås. År: 2021.

ISIS shocked many when it rose to prominence in 2014 announcing a caliphate in Syria and Iraq. It took years to defeat them but understanding the rise of the organization goes many years back. To help us understand the origins of ISIS, we interview Joby Warrick who is a National security reporter for the Washington Post covering terrorism, rogue states, weapons proliferation. He is the author of two books, including 2015's “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” which was awarded a 2016 Pulitzer Prize for nonfiction. His first book, “The Triple Agent,” recounts the 2009 suicide attack by an al-Qaeda informant on a CIA base at Khost, Afghanistan, that killed seven U.S. intelligence operatives. Before joining The Post, he covered the fall of communism in Eastern Europe as a UPI correspondent and worked as a reporter at the Delaware County (Pa.) Daily Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer and the News & Observer of Raleigh, N.C. We examine the organizations origin, its leaders, and how it rose to prominence and shocked many across the world.

This season, there’s more I Spy with I Spy Plus. Get ad-free episodes and access to weekly bonus material right in your favorite podcast app. This week, Dan Ephron and Amy Mackinnon discuss 'The Targeter' with Joby Warrick, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS. Listen to this excerpt of the episode and subscribe to I Spy Plus at foreignpolicy.com/ispy.

On Sunday President Donald Trump announced that ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died during a U.S. raid in Syria. Today on Front Burner, Joby Warrick explains the significance of Baghdadi’s death and what this means for the future of ISIS. Warrick is a national security reporter for the Washington Post and Pulitzer-prize winning author of Black Flags: The Rise Of ISIS.

Joby is the author of “The Triple Agent: The Al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA” and the Pulitzer Prize Winning “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS” The Rundown The episode begins with a discussion of...

While the ladies of Bombshell will talk with just about anyone, should the U.S. government? Bombshell dives into President Trump's proclivity for theatrical political summits with adversaries, following up on current efforts in Afghanistan, North Korea, and Iran.  Radha introduces a new segment on trade: It's Aghast!  And the National Defense Authorization Act is a 2500 page gold mine of wonky policy fun.    Keeping up Foreign Relations North Korea "North Korea continuing nuclear programme - UN report," BBC News Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, "U.S. spy agencies: North Korea is working on new missiles," Washington Post Uri Friedman, "Two Ways to Read the Newest Intelligence on North Korea," Atlantic Pakistan Elections Colin Cookman, "A Tilted Playing Field: What Pakistan's Electoral Shifts Could Mean for Imran Khan's Government," War on the Rocks Alyssa Ayres, "Election 2018: So Far, No Cause for Celebration," Council on Foreign Relations Afghanistan Strategy Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Helene Cooper, "Newest U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan Mirrors Past Plans for Retreat," New York Times Spencer Ackerman, "Inside the Secret Taliban Talks to End America's Longest War," Daily Beast Idrees Ali, "Exclusive: After discouraging year, U.S. officials expect review of Afghan Strategy," Reuters It's Aghast Jack Ewing, "Europe Feels the Squeeze of the Trump Trade Tariffs," New York Times Shawn Donnan, "Trump's hopes for EU trade deal hampered by agriculture," Financial Times Doug Palmer, "US sides with Russia in WTO national security case against Ukraine," Politico White House Mayhem NDAA Mark Cancian, "What Really Matters In The Defense Authorization Act & What Didn't Get Done," Breaking Defense Aaron Mehta and Joe Gould, "Senate moves to empower Pentagon's policy chief as enforcer," Defense News Office of Management and Budget, "Follow-on to Statement of Administration Policy," Executive Office of the President Leo Shane III and Tara Copp, "Pentagon braces for massive change to officer promotions," Military Times Tom Vanden Brook, "Generals and admirals caught in sex scandals could lose clearances under defense funding bill," USA Today Space Force Marcus Weisgerber, "Exclusive: Pentagon To Start Creating Space Force -- Even Before Congress Approves It," Defense One Paul Scharre, "The US Military Should Not Be Doubling Down on Space," Defense One

While the ladies of Bombshell will talk with just about anyone, should the U.S. government? Bombshell dives into President Trump's proclivity for theatrical political summits with adversaries, following up on current efforts in Afghanistan, North Korea, and Iran.  Radha introduces a new segment on trade: It's Aghast!  And the National Defense Authorization Act is a 2500 page gold mine of wonky policy fun.    Keeping up Foreign Relations North Korea "North Korea continuing nuclear programme - UN report," BBC News Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick, "U.S. spy agencies: North Korea is working on new missiles," Washington Post Uri Friedman, "Two Ways to Read the Newest Intelligence on North Korea," Atlantic Pakistan Elections Colin Cookman, "A Tilted Playing Field: What Pakistan's Electoral Shifts Could Mean for Imran Khan's Government," War on the Rocks Alyssa Ayres, "Election 2018: So Far, No Cause for Celebration," Council on Foreign Relations Afghanistan Strategy Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Helene Cooper, "Newest U.S. Strategy in Afghanistan Mirrors Past Plans for Retreat," New York Times Spencer Ackerman, "Inside the Secret Taliban Talks to End America's Longest War," Daily Beast Idrees Ali, "Exclusive: After discouraging year, U.S. officials expect review of Afghan Strategy," Reuters It's Aghast Jack Ewing, "Europe Feels the Squeeze of the Trump Trade Tariffs," New York Times Shawn Donnan, "Trump's hopes for EU trade deal hampered by agriculture," Financial Times Doug Palmer, "US sides with Russia in WTO national security case against Ukraine," Politico White House Mayhem NDAA Mark Cancian, "What Really Matters In The Defense Authorization Act & What Didn't Get Done," Breaking Defense Aaron Mehta and Joe Gould, "Senate moves to empower Pentagon's policy chief as enforcer," Defense News Office of Management and Budget, "Follow-on to Statement of Administration Policy," Executive Office of the President Leo Shane III and Tara Copp, "Pentagon braces for massive change to officer promotions," Military Times Tom Vanden Brook, "Generals and admirals caught in sex scandals could lose clearances under defense funding bill," USA Today Space Force Marcus Weisgerber, "Exclusive: Pentagon To Start Creating Space Force -- Even Before Congress Approves It," Defense One Paul Scharre, "The US Military Should Not Be Doubling Down on Space," Defense One

Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick have a bombshell story about North Korea producing one, possible two, Hwasong-15 ICBMs at its Sanumdong facility.  Aaron and Jeffrey discuss the role that MIIS and open source played in corroborating the report. This episode brought to you by Jeffrey's new novel, The 2020 Commission Report.   Links of Note: Ellen Nakashima and Joby Warrick's article in the Washington Post about ICBM production at Sanum-Dong. Ankit Panda's Diplomat article on continuing ICBM production in North Korea. Jeffrey's new book, The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against the United States - A Speculative Novel, can be preordered here! Support us over at Patreon.com/acwpodcast!

There's more Tales of Justice within this episode of The Armstrong & Getty Show! Plus, Iran evades sanctions for 11 years, earning billions. The Washington Post's Joby Warrick joins the show to share the story.

There's more Tales of Justice within this episode of The Armstrong & Getty Show! Plus, Iran evades sanctions for 11 years, earning billions. The Washington Post's Joby Warrick joins the show to share the story.

In this week's episode John talks to Prof. John Horgan a Distinguished University Professor at the Global Studies Institute and Department of Psychology at Georgia State University. He has a PhD in applied psychology, and his research focuses on understanding psychological qualities of the pathways into, through, and out of terrorist behavior. His work is widely published, with books including The Psychology of Terrorism (published in over a dozen languages worldwide), Divided We Stand: The Strategy and Psychology of Ireland’s Dissident Terrorists; Walking Away from Terrorism, Leaving Terrorism Behind, and Terrorism Studies: A Reader. In 2017 he became Editor of the journal Terrorism and Political Violence and serves on the Editorial Boards of several further journals, including Legal and Criminological Psychology, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism and Journal of Strategic Security. He is a member of the Research Working Group of the FBI’s National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime. He has held positions at the University of Massachusetts (Lowell), Penn State and the University of St. Andrews, UK. Professor Horgan’s research has been featured in such venues as The New York Times, Foreign Affairs, Vice News, CNN, Rolling Stone Magazine, Nature, Scientific American and the Chronicle of Higher Education. Research that has influenced John's career Max Taylor (1988). The Terrorist. Paul Wilkinson and Alastair .M. Stewart (Eds.) (1987). Contemporary Research on Terrorism. Joby Warrick (2015). Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS. Some of John's key research Psychology and Terrorism: Introduction tothe Special Issue. American Psychologist. (2017) From Profiles to Pathways and Roots to Routes: Perspectives from Psychology on Radicalization into Terrorism. (2008) Interviewing the Terrorists: Reflectionson Fieldwork and Implications for Psychological Research (2012)

We are joined by two times Pulitzer Prizes winner, Journalist Joby Warrick( The Washington Post), comedian Mike Yard, comedian Keren Margolis and producer Stephen Calabria.

The Defense Intelligence Agency has produced a new assessment that indicates the North Korean regime, led by Kim Jong Un, will have an intercontinental ballistic missile that can carry a nuclear weapon as early as 2018. Joby Warrick from The Washington Post, who broke the story, joins us with the details about what he and his team learned. Also, Ambassador Joe Detrani, the former U.S. Special Envoy on North Korea, joins us to put North Korea's threat to the U.S. into context.

Exxon Mobil’s CEO is now the Secretary of State. The Koch Brothers’ Congressman is the CIA Director. We’ve already seen signs that the Trump Administration and the fossil fuel industry are merging. In this episode, hear the highlights of the confirmation hearings of the two men now most responsible for environmental law enforcement in the United States: Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt. Will they protect the environment from the fossil fuel industry or did President Trump appoint foxes to guard the henhouse? Please support Congressional Dish: Click here to contribute using credit card, debit card, PayPal, or Bitcoin Click here to support Congressional Dish for each episode via Patreon Mail Contributions to: 5753 Hwy 85 North #4576 Crestview, FL 32536 Thank you for supporting truly independent media! Recommended Congressional Dish Episodes CD144: Trump's War Manufacturers Additional Reading Article: Trump's EPA is reconsidering a rule that limits mercury from power plants by Samantha Page, Think Progress, April 19, 2017. Article: 'Like a slow death': families fear pesticide poisoning after Trump reverses ban by Sam Levin, The Guardian, April 17, 2017. News Release: EPA Launches Back-To-Basics Agenda at Pennsylvania Coal Mine, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, April 13, 2017. Op-Ed: Now we know Scott Pruitt isn't serious about fighting smog by Jack Lienke, Grist, April 12, 2017. Article: What's at Stake in Trump's Proposed E.P.A. Cuts by Hiroko Tabuchi, The New York Times, April 10, 2017. Article: Federal Judge Orders Supplemental EIS For Nevada Sage Grouse Plan by Richard Nemec, Natural Gas Intel, April 6, 2017. Article: E.P.A. Chief, Rejecting Agency's Science, Chooses Not to Ban Insecticide by Eric Lipton, The New York Times, March 29, 2017. Article: Herbert pushing for Interior Secretary Zinke to visit Utah and Bear Ears by Bryan Schott, UtahPolicy.com, March 27, 2017. Press Release: Interior Department Auctions Over 122,000 Acres Offshore Kitty Hawk, North Carolina for Wind Energy Development, U.S. Department of the Interior, March 16, 2017. Press Release: Secretary Zinke Issues Lease for 56 Million Tons of Coal in Central Utah, U.S. Department of the Interior, March 15, 2017. Article: Zinke pledges big changes at Department of the Interior by Rob Chaney, Missoulian, March 10, 2017. Press Release: Secretary Zinke Announces Proposed 73-Million Acre Oil and Natural Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of Mexico, U.S. Department of the Interior, March 6, 2017. Article: Fate of Bears Ears in question as Senate confirms Montana Rep. Zinke as Interior secretary by Thomas Burr, The Salt Lake Tribune, March 1, 2017. Article: Oklahoma's earthquake threat now equals California's because of man-made temblors, USGS says by Rong-Gong Lin II, The Los Angeles Times, March 1, 2017. Article: Thousands of emails detail EPA head's close ties to fossil fuel industry by Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, February 22, 2017. Article: Scott Pruitt makes it clear that the Clean Power Plan is going away by Natasha Geiling, Think Progress, February 19, 2017. Article: Utah Representative Wants Bears Ears Gone And He Wants Trump To Do It by Kirk Siegler, NPR, February 5, 2017. Article: Good Question: What Exactly Is The Dakota Access Pipeline? by Heather Brown, CBS Minnesota, January 24, 2017. Document: State of the Air 2016 by The American Lung Association Article: Obama Designates Atlantic, Artic Areas Off-Limits To Offshore Drilling by Merrit Kennedy, NPR, December 20, 2016. Article: Ryan Zinke, Donald Trump's Pick for Interior Secretary, and the Rising American Land Movements by Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, December 16, 2016. Press Release: Interior Department Announces Final Rule to Reduce Methane Emissions & Wasted Gas on Public, Tribal Lands, U.S. Department of the Interior, November 15, 2016. Article: Incumbent Ryan Zinke says security, jobs, health care top priorities by Holly Michels, Montana Standard, October 14, 2016. Article: Obama announces moratorium on new federal coal leases by Joby Warrick and Juliet Eilperin, The Washington Post, January 15, 2016. Article: With Only $93 Billion in Profits, the Big Five Oil Companies Demand to Keep Tax Breaks by Daniel J. Weiss and Miranda Peterson, Center for American Progress, February 10, 2014. References Encyclopedia Britannica: Deepwater Horizon oil spill of 2010 Fact Sheet: Methane and Waste Prevention Rule, US Department of the Interior U.S. Energy Information Administration: Natural Gas Overview U.S. Energy Information Administration: U.S. Energy Mapping System Environmental Protection Agency: EPA History Environmental Protection Agency: California Greenhouse Gas Waiver Request Environmental Protection Agency: Order denying petition to revoke tolerances for the pesticide chlorpyrifos GovTrack: On the Nomination PN31: Ryan Zinke, of Montana, to be Secretary of the Interior GovTrack: H.R. 5259 (114th): Certainty for States and Tribes Act Overview OpenSecrets: Sen. Lisa Murkowski - Summary OpenSecrets: Sen. Lisa Murkowski - Career Profile Sound Clip Sources Hearing: Interior Secretary Confirmation - Ryan Zinke, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, January 17, 2017. Part 1 Part 2 Timestamps & Transcripts Part 1 42:54 Senator Lisa Murkowski: Will you commit to a formal review of all of the Obama administration’s actions that took resource-bearing lands and waters in Alaska effectively off the table, including the decisions that specifically prevented the leasing of those lands and those waters for development, and determine whether or not they can be reversed? Ryan Zinke: Yes. I think the president-elect has said that we want to be energy independent. As a former Navy Seal, I think I’ve been to 63 countries in my lifetime, and I can guarantee it is better to produce energy domestically under [missing audio] than watch it be produced overseas with no regulation. I’ve seen the consequences of what happens when you don’t have any regulation in the Middle East. We can do it right. The backbone of our environmental policies has been NEPA, and I’m a strong supporter of NEPA, but we also have to understand that we need an economy. And, look, if we don’t have an economy as a country, then the rest of it doesn’t matter, because we’re not going to be able to afford a strong military, nor are we going to be able to afford to keep the promises we’ve made as a great nation; and we’ve made a lot of promises to education, to our children’s future, to infrastructure, to Social Security; all that takes an economy that’s moving forward, and energy is a part of that economy, and Alaska is a critical part of that economy. Alaska’s different for a reason: you are blessed with great resources, you are blessed with great recreation—a little cold in the winter, but it’s not Palm Springs. Murkowski: You’re from Montana. You can handle it. Zinke: We can handle it. But, yes, I think we need to be prudent. And always, I think we need to review things to make sure we’re doing it right because over time the government keeps on getting bigger and bigger, the bureaucracy gets larger and larger, and we can’t get something done. 53:12 Senator John Hoeven: Also in North Dakota, we’ve had a real challenge with the Dakota Access Pipeline protest. You and I talked about it. State and local law enforcement has worked very hard to keep the peace and to keep people safe, but we need federal law-enforcement help as well, and so in your case, that’s going mean BIA law enforcement. And, so, my question is, if you’re confirmed, will you ensure that BIA law enforcement works with state and local law enforcement to resolve the situation, to keep people safe, and to make sure that the rule of law is followed? Ryan Zinke: Yes, sir. And we talked about it in your office, and if confirmed, I’m going to be a very busy man, travelling. I’m going to travel to Utah, travel to Alaska, and travel to North Dakota. Those are three impending problems that we need to resolve quickly. I have great respect for the Indian nations. I’m adopted Assiniboine. Last time the Sioux Nations all got together, I would say General Custer probably would say that was not a good issue. So, you look at this, and there is deep cultural ties, there is a feeling that we haven’t been a fair consultant, a fair partner, and so I think we need to listen to that voice. 57:45 Senator Bernie Sanders: President-elect Trump has suggested—more than suggested—stated in his view that climate change is a “hoax.” Now I know that you’re not here to be administrator of the EPA or secretary of the Energy, but the issue of climate change is in fact very important for issues that the Department of Interior deals with. Is President-elect Trump right? Is climate change a hoax? Ryan Zinke: I can give you—the best answer is three things: First of all, climate is changing. That’s indisputable. I’m from Glacier National Park, and I’ve seen— Sanders: You don’t have any more glaciers there, huh? Zinke: Well—and I’ve seen glaciers over the period of my time recede. Matter of fact, when my family and I have eaten lunch on Grinnell Glacier, the glacier has receded during lunch. Sanders: All right. But I have—if you could— Zinke: Yeah. Sanders: —is the president-elect right? Is climate change a hoax? Zinke: Well, if I can give you two more points— Sanders: Okay. Zinke: —I’ll make it short. The second thing is man has had an influence. I don’t think—I think that’s indisputable as well. So, climate is changing, man is an influence. I think where there’s debate on it is what that influence is, what can we do about it, and as the Department of Interior, I will inherit, if confirmed, the USGS. We have great scientists there. I’m not a climate-scientist expert, but I can tell you I will become a lot more familiar with it, and it’ll be based on objective science. I don’t believe it’s a hoax; I believe we should— Sanders: You do not believe it's a hoax. Zinke: No. I believe we should be prudent to be prudent. That means I don’t know definitively; there’s a lot of debate on both sides of the aisle— Sanders: Well, actually, there’s not a whole lot of debate now. The scientific community is virtually unanimous that climate change is real and causing devastating problems. There is the debate on this committee but not within the scientific community. 59:40 Senator Bernie Sanders: If climate change is already causing devastating problems, should we allow fossil fuel to be drilled on public lands? Ryan Zinke: Again, we need an economy and jobs, too. And I, in my experience, have probably seen 63 different countries. I’ve seen what happens when you don’t have regulated— Sanders: I’m taking your—I don’t mean to be rude, but this is not a whole lot—I’m taking your answer to be yes, we should allow fossil fuel to be drilled on public lands. Zinke: I’m an all-the-above energy, and I want to be honest with you—I’m all the above. Sanders: Will you encourage wind and solar on public lands? Zinke: I will encourage, absolutely, wind and sol—all the above. Sanders: Okay. Zinke: So I think that’s the better solution going forward is all-the-above energy. 1:00:40 Ryan Zinke: I want to be clear in this point: I am absolutely against transfer or sale of public land. 1:39:40 Senator John Barrasso: The war on coal: it is real for communities across the West, including Wyoming, including Montana; it’s devastated small towns, ultimately threatens our country’s energy security. If confirmed, will you commit to ending this moratorium on federal coal leasing? Ryan Zinke: The war on coal, I believe, is real. I have Decker, Montana, in my area, and behind me is a gentleman that works in the coal mines of the Crow Agency, which, by the way, the Crow Agency, if you were to take coal out of the picture, the unemployment rate would probably in the 90 percent. So they’re very keen on making sure they have their jobs and we give them the ability for self-determination. The moratorium, I think, was an example of many, is that one size fits all. It was a view from Washington and not a view from the states, particularly if you’re a state such as Wyoming, parts of Montana, West Virginia, where coal’s important. So overall, the president-elect has made a commitment to end “ the war on coal.” I think we should be smart on how we approach our energy. “All the above” is a correct policy. Coal is certainly a great part of our energy mix. To your point, I’m also a great believer that we should invest in the research and development, particularly on coal, because we know we have the asset. Let’s work together to make it cleaner, better. We should be leading the world in clean-energy technology, and I’m pretty confident that coal can be a part of that. 1:41:36 Senator John Barrasso: With the use of the Congressional Review Act, and I’m planning introducing a disapproval resolution on the BLM’s venting and flaring rule. To me that rule far exceeds the authority of the BLM, will ultimately put federal lands at a greater competitive disadvantage to state and private lands. Will you support our efforts to reverse this rule under the Congressional Review Act? Ryan Zinke: Yes, and I think what the driving force is is we’re venting a lot, and we’re wasting energy. And that is troubling to me, is that the amount of venting in North Dakota alone almost exceeds what we get out of the fields. So, a lot of the wasting can be approached by having an infrastructure. So let us build a system where we capture that energy that is otherwise being wasted. And that’s an enormous opportunity. It’s an enormous opportunity, our natural gas and geopolitically as well. We haven’t talked a lot about overseas, but energy is so critically important. If we want to check Russia, then let’s do it with liquid natural gas. If we want to put pressure on Iran, then let’s supplant every drop of Iranian crude. This is all part of a larger package, and it cannot be done without the great state of Wyoming and their assets, or Alaska. But we have to think globally on it, and it is better—and I’ve said this once before—but it is better to produce energy in America under reasonable regulation and get better over time than watch it be produced overseas with no regulation. That is indisputable. 1:43:23 Senator John Barrasso: And I want to talk about sage grouse management plans. The administration has ignored input from key stakeholders, including Western governors during the development of their plans, plans which were used to justify [missing audio] unwarranted status under the Endangered Species Act. But at the core, the plans fundamentally oppose the multiple-use mandates of the BLM, which includes grazing, recreation, energy development. Will you commit to returning conservation and management authority of the sage grouse back to the states in preventing this top-down mandate like this in the future? Ryan Zinke: My understanding is the sage grouse decision is going to come before the Department of Interior some time in March. I understand there’s going to be options and alternatives, proposed alternatives. I will work with you when I see those documents, and I’ll work with all of you when I see those documents, to make sure we’re doing the right thing. What concerns me about sage grouse is there’s no target number. I’m not sure how you can manage without a number. If we just grab a management of property without a number, I look at that with a suspect eye. So I think we’ve got to look at, everyone loves sage grouse, everyone understands that we have to protect the species, and generally those living in the ground are in a better position, and we should be an advocate and a partner in this rather than heavy-handed and just dictate terms, particularly when we don’t have a number. 2:33:40 Senator Mazie Hirono: In the discussion about energy, you’ve said a number of times that you support “all of the above,” which sounds really great except that in “all of the above,” what’s happened is that the fossil-fuel side of energy has gotten a lot of support over decades. So I hope that when you say “all of the above” that you will also be committed to providing more resources and support, particularly R&D for alternative and renewables, aside from, or in addition to, fossil fuels. So we need to have a more-level playing field for policies that truly reflect support for “all of the above.” Ryan Zinke: Yeah. I’ve always been a strong proponent on the record for research and development of different technologies, different innovations, different opportunities in this complete spectrum of the energy to include looking at traditional sources to make sure we’re better at doing that, you know, certainly horizontal drilling, fracking— Hirono: Yeah. Zinke: —coal. But “all the above” I think is the right approach. And when it comes out of the test tube and into fielding, energy needs to be affordable, reliable, and abundant. Part 2 12:15 Ryan Zinke: On the Gateway Pacific Terminal, what I raised my eyebrow on is I didn’t take a position, whether yes or no, on the Terminal. I took a position to make sure the NEPA process was followed and the EIS was completed before making a judgment. What I found was we were close to ending the NEPA process, with the EIS, after years and millions of dollars were spent on it, and then that was truncated and stopped by affidavits—and I didn’t judge whether the affidavits from the tribe were true or not true—if you don’t finish the NEPA process and don’t finish an EIS, and then all of a sudden that process can be interrupted and a permit can be pulled on the basis of something outside the EIS, why would you ever consent to spend millions of dollars on an EIS? That was my objection. And I don’t mean to speak for Senator Daines. Senator Maria Cantwell: So, you believe in the tribal sovereignty of the Lummi tribe to object in this case. Zinke: They certainly had every right to object as well as, in this case, the Crows, who also have a treaty obligation. 15:06 Senator Steve Daines: You have been a champion fighting on behalf of the Crow tribes, as you mentioned here in that last exchange, their sovereign right to develop their coal resources. And as you said in your testimony, the unemployment rate in Crow country will go north of 90 percent if they lose those jobs. Hearing: EPA Administrator Confirmation - Scott Pruitt, Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, January 18, 2017. Part 1 Part 2 Timestamps & Transcripts Part 1 01:30 Chairman John Barrasso: Good morning. I call this hearing to order. We have a quite a full house today. I welcome the audience. This is a formal Senate hearing, and in order to allow the committee to conduct its business, we’ll maintain decorum. That means if there are disorders, demonstrations, by a member of the audience, the person causing the disruption will be escorted from the room by the Capitol Police. 22:50: Senator Jim Inhofe: Yes, as attorney general, Scott Pruitt has fought the EPA, the Fish and Wildlife Service, the oil companies, and the out-going administration on many fronts, but all of these suits were brought to protect state and local interests from overzealous and activist executive agencies. Over the last eight years, the Obama administration has advanced a radical environmental agenda, has exhibited a deep distrust of state governments and private land owners, and has worked to obstruct the fossil-fuel industry and agriculture producers, the most-ardent protectors of the environment. 29:52 Scott Pruitt: I would lead the EPA with the following principles in mind: First, we must reject as a nation that false paradigm that if you’re pro-energy, you’re anti-environment; and if you’re pro-environment, you’re anti-energy. I really reject that narrative. In this nation we can grow our economy, harvest the resources God has blessed us with, while also being good stewards of the air, land, and water by which we’ve been favored. It is not an either-or proposition. Next, we should celebrate the great progress we’ve made as a nation since the inception of the EPA and the laws that have been passed by this body, but recognize that we have much work to do. Third, rule of law matters. Process matters. It inspires confidence in those that are regulated. The law is static, not transient. Regulators are supposed to make things regular, to fairly and equitably enforce the rules and not pick winners and losers. A regulator should not be for or against any sector of our economy; instead, a regulator ought to follow the law in setting up the rules so that those who are regulated can plan, allocate resources, to meet the standards versus operating in a state of uncertainty and duress. Fourth, federalism matters. It matters because Congress says so. And because we need to achieve good outcomes as a nation for air and water quality, we need the partnership of the states to achieve that. It is our state regulators who oftentimes best understand the local needs and the uniqueness of our environmental challenges, plus our state regulators possess the resources and expertise to enforce our environmental laws. Fifth, public participation is key. We need to hear all voices as we make decisions in behalf of our country with respect to environmental laws. 39:07 Senator Tom Carper: In 2011 the EPA required dirty coal power plants to clean up mercury and air toxic emissions by issuing the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards rule. This rule will reduce the mercury, a neurotoxin that contaminates our streams and our oceans, pollutes our fish, and harms our children’s health. As attorney general, I believe you’ve been part of at least 14 legal cases against the EPA, and at least three of these cases against the EPA’s rules, to reduce mercury emissions from power plants. Is that correct? Just yes or no. Scott Pruitt: Senator, we have been involved in litigation around the MATS rule. Carper: Is that correct? Yes or no. Pruitt: As I indicated, yes, we’ve been a part of litigation involving the MATS rule. Carper: Thank you. It’s my understanding that at least one of these cases against the mercury rule is still pending. Is that correct? Just yes or no. Pruitt: I believe so, Senator, yes. Carper: Thank you. 43:40 Senator Jim Inhofe: I’m glad you brought up this thing about the Clean Air Act. The amendments from 1990, I was one of the cosponsors, it’s been incredibly successful. I mean, you mentioned that we’ve reduced those pollutants by 63 percent, but what you didn’t add was that it is in spite of the fact that we had 153 percent increase in our economic activity. That’s a major thing. 48:52 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: In Rhode Island, we have bad air days, and because of EPA’s work, there are fewer and fewer. A bad air day is a day when people driving into work hear on the radio that ozone from out-of-state smokestacks has made the air in Rhode Island dangerous and that infants and the elderly and people with breathing difficulties should stay home on an otherwise beautiful day. Because those smokestacks are out of state, we need EPA to protect us, and I see nothing in your record that would give a mom taking her child to the hospital for an asthma attack any comfort that you would take the slightest interest in her. And your passion for devolving power down to states doesn’t help us, because our state regulators can’t do anything about any of those problems; they all come from out-of-state sources. 49:45 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: One of the things I’d like to ask you about here is the connection between you and some of these fossil-fuel companies. These are some of the companies that have supported you. These are some of the political organizations that you’ve raised money for. You’ve raised money for them for Pruitt for Attorney General, correct? Scott Pruitt: Yes, sir. I have a campaign committee for that, yes. Whitehouse: And Devon Energy, Koch Industries, ExxonMobil have all maxed out to that account. Pruitt: I’m not aware— Whitehouse: At various times. Pruitt: —if they maxed out or not, Senator, but I’m sure they’ve given to that committee. Whitehouse: Oklahoma Strong PAC is your leadership PAC? Pruitt: It was, yes. Whitehouse: It was? And, similarly, they gave money, they maxed out to that organization as well, which you controlled? Pruitt: I’m unsure about that, Senator. Whitehouse: Okay. But they contributed to it. Pruitt: I’m even unsure about that as well. I haven’t looked at that. Whitehouse: You closed your super PAC, Liberty 2.0, but that took fossil-fuel contributions as well, correct? Pruitt: That particular entity has been closed, yes. Whitehouse: Now, you helped raise money for the Republican Attorney General’s Association. While you were a member of its executive committee, they received $530,000 from Koch Industries, $350,000 from Murray Energy, $160,000 from ExxonMobil, and $125,000 from Devon Energy, the company whose letter you transposed onto your letterhead and sent as an Oklahoma attorney general document. 1:11:57 Senator Jeff Merkley: Over a number of years, information started pouring into EPA that the estimate of the amount of fugitive methane escaping in gas and oil drilling had been deeply underestimated. In 2011 the EPA put out its best estimates based on the information that was being presented. And this is relevant because methane is a global-warming gas, more potent than CO2. Gas companies didn’t like this because, well, it presented a vision of natural gas being more damaging environmentally than folks had previously understood. Devon Energy is one of the groups that sought to cast doubt on this scientific information, and it came to you to be their spokesperson, and they asked, will you be our mouthpiece in casting doubt and send a letter we have drafted to the EPA, and you sent that letter. And I just want to ask, first, are you aware that methane is approximately 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a global-warming gas? Scott Pruitt: I am, Senator. It’s— Merkley: Thank you. Pruitt: —the impact on human health— Merkley: That’s the answer. Yes. Thank you. It’s a yes-no question. And on a one to 10 scale, how concerned are you about the impacts of fugitive methane in driving global warming? Pruitt: Methane, as you indicated, has— Merkley: One to 10 scale. Highly, 10, very concerned; or one, not so concerned? Pruitt: The quantities of methane in the atmosphere compared to CO2 is less, but it’s far more potent, and it is— Merkley: Are you concerned? I’m asking about your level of concern. Pruitt: Yes, yes. Merkley: Highly concerned? Pruitt: I'm concerned. Merkley: Thank you. 1:13:34 Senator Jeff Merkley: Do you acknowledge sending this letter to the EPA in October 2011? Pruitt: Senator, that is a letter that’s on my letterhead that was sent to the EPA, yes, with respect to the issue. Merkley: You acknowledge that 97 percent of the words in that letter came directly from Devon Energy? Pruitt: I have not looked at the percentages, Senator. Merkley: The statement that’s been analyzed many times is that all of the 1,016 words, except for 37 words, were written directly by Devon Energy. Pruitt: Senator, that was a step that was taken as attorney general representing the interest of our state. Over 25 percent of our— Merkley: Yeah, so, I didn’t ask that question. I was just asking if you copied the letter virtually word for word. You have acknowledged that, yes, it’s in the record, people can count it, is correct. All right, so, a public office is about serving the public. There is a public concern over the impact of methane on global warming. There is scientific research showing that it’s far more devastating than anticipated and far more is leaking than—but you used your office as a direct extension of an oil company rather than a direct extension of the interests of the public health of the people of Oklahoma. Do you acknowledge that you presented a private oil company’s position rather than a position developed by the people of Oklahoma? Pruitt: Senator, with respect, I disagree. The efforts that I took as attorney general were representing the interests of the state of Oklahoma. Merkley: Earlier you said you— Pruitt: And there was a concern about— Merkley: No, no, excuse me. I’m asking the questions. You said earlier you listen to everyone. In drafting this letter, you took an oil company’s position, and then, without consulting people who had diverse views about the impact, you sent it off. How can you present that as representing the people of Oklahoma when you simply only consulted an oil company to push its own point of view for its private profit? Pruitt: Senator, there’s an obligation the EPA has to follow processes as established by this body. The cost-benefit analysis under Section 112 is something that they have to engage in. There was a concern about the overestimated percentages that the EPA put in the record—it was a record-based challenge—that was the expression of the letter to the EPA, and it was representing the interests of an industry in the state of Oklahoma— Merkley: Thank you. Pruitt: —not a company, an industry. Merkley: So, my question was, what other groups—environmental groups or other groups—did you consult so that you had that full perspective before representing simply a for-profit oil company using your official office and your official letterhead? Pruitt: There—I consulted with other environmental officials in Oklahoma that regulate that industry and learned from them with respect to the concerns about the estimates that were provided by the EPA. Merkley: Can you provide this committee with information showing who you consulted in representing this letter specifically for Devon Energy, because the information that’s in the public realm only shows that they simply sent you a letter, asked you to send it, and you sent it without questions. Pruitt: We have seven or so individuals in our office that are involved in these kinds of issues, and we will collect the information they have and provide it to this body pursuant to the chairman’s direction. Merkley: Your staff expanded substantially while you were in charge, to 251 staff members. Why do you need an outside oil company to draft a letter when you have 250 people working for you? Pruitt: Senator, as I’ve indicated, that was an effort that was protecting the state’s interest in making sure that we made the voices of all Oklahomans heard on a very important industry to our state. Merkley: You said that all heard, but you only sent it on behalf of a single voice: the oil company. Pruitt: That— Merkley: Thank you. 1:24:11 Senator Cory Booker: You’ve joined or filed 14 lawsuits against the EPA, challenging clean air and clean-water rules, yes? Scott Pruitt: We’ve been involved in multiple pieces of litigation, Senator. Booker: Yeah, but I’m looking at specifically 14, and, Mr. Chairman, I’d like to put those 14 lawsuits into the record, of where you specifically challenged the EPA on air quality. And let me just go through some of those. Chairman Barrasso: Without objection. Booker: Thank you, sir. To refresh your recollection, you filed two lawsuits challenging the EPA Mercury and Air Toxics Standards; you filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA’s 2015 National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone; you filed four lawsuits challenging the EPA’s Clean Power Plan; you have sued to challenge the EPA’s 111(b) standards for carbon dioxide emissions from new power plants; and you also sued to challenge the EPA’s Federal Implementation Plan for Oklahoma under the Regional Haze rule. You’re familiar with those, I imagine. Pruitt: Yes, Senator. Booker: And you filed a lawsuit challenging the EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, something in New Jersey we’re very concerned with. And are you aware that that Rule, which you lost in that suit, scientists estimate that that alone prevents 400,000 asthma attacks nationally each year? Are you aware or those estimations? Pruitt: Yes, Your Honor. Or, yes, Senator. May I offer— Booker: I appreciate your promotion to judge. Let me continue, Mr. Pruitt. I don’t have that much time. Pruitt: Okay. Booker: So, each of these lawsuits that I just went through and that we analyzed, all of them challenge attempts by the EPA to reduce air pollution. In all of them except one you filed those lawsuits, joining with polluting companies that were also suing the EPA. And, so, in addition to filing those lawsuits with some of the polluting companies, or at least one that has now been specifically mentioned by two of my colleagues, you used substantial portions of the letters from those companies, put them on your official attorney general letterhead; and what was sort of surprising to me is that when you’ve been asked about this in the public, you basically represented that, “That’s actually called representative government in my view of the world.” Your testimony here says that you were representing industry; you were representing the polluters. And, so, with all of these lawsuits you filed, and with all of these letters like this one written to the EPA, on behalf of the industries that are causing the pollution, it seems clear to me that obviously the fact pattern on representing polluters is clear, that you worked very hard on behalf of these industries that have their profits externalized, negative externalities are their pollution. And, so, I just have a question for you specifically about the children of Oklahoma. Do you know how many kids in Oklahoma, roughly, have asthma? Pruitt: I do not, Senator. Booker: Well, according to the data published by the very non-partisan group, the American Lung Association, more than 111,000 children in Oklahoma, which is more than 10 percent, more than one in 10 of all the kids in Oklahoma, have asthma. That’s one of the highest asthma rates in the entire United States of America. Now, this is a crisis—similar data, for where I was mayor—and I can tell you firsthand the devastating impacts that asthma has on children and families: affecting their economic well-being; parents who have to watch their children struggle to breathe; people that have to miss work, rushing their kids to the hospital. One in 10 kids having a disease, missing school, is a significant problem. And so if you’ve been writing letters on behalf of polluting industries, I want to ask you, how many letters did you write to the EPA about this health crisis? If this is representative government, did you represent those children? I want to know what actions you’ve taken in the past six years in your capacity as protector of the welfare of Oklahoma citizens to protect the welfare of those 111,000 children. Did you ever let any of them write letters on your letterhead to the EPA, and did you even file one lawsuit—one lawsuit—on behalf of those kids to reduce the air pollution in your state and help them to have a healthy life? Pruitt: Senator, I’ve actually provided a list of cases to the chairman with respect to enforcement steps we’ve taken in multiple pieces of environmental litigation, but let me say to you, with respect to Cross-State Air Pollution and some of the cases you referred to, the state has to have an interest before it can bring those cases, as you know. You can’t just bring a lawsuit if you don’t have standing, if there’s not been some injury to the state of Oklahoma. In each of those cases, the court determined that there was a state interest— Booker: My time has expired, but if I could just say, injury, clearly asthma is triggered and caused by air pollutants. Clearly there is an air pollution problem, and the fact that you have not brought suits in any of the levels which you’ve represented the industries that are causing the pollution is really problematic when you’re going to sit in a position that is nationally supposed to be affecting this reality. And asthma in our country is the number one reason why children in America, health reason, why children in America miss school. 1:37:28 Senator Ed Markey: Eight of those cases are still ongoing, including your litigation that challenges critical rules that reduce levels of hazardous smog, mercury, and carbon pollution. As EPA administrator, you would be in a position to serve as plaintiff, defendant, judge, and jury on these ongoing eight lawsuits, and that would be wrong. In your ethics agreement, you have said that you would not participate in any matter that is ongoing litigation within one year, but, Mr. Pruitt, isn’t it correct that these lawsuits may very well continue for much longer than one year? Scott Pruitt: Well, Senator, I have the letter from the ethics counsel at the EPA, and the one-year time period is intended to address covered entities, entities that I served in a chairmanship or an officer capacity. The Southern Theological Seminary, the Windows Ministry, those entities are covered entities. So if there is a matter that arises before the EPA within a one-year period, a particular matter, a specific case that involves those entities, then the recusal would be in order. But that’s really the focus of the one-year timeline. Markey: So, will you agree to recuse yourself from those lawsuits which you brought as the attorney general of Oklahoma against the EPA, not just for one year, but for the entirety of the time that you are the administrator of the EPA? Will you commit to doing that? Pruitt: Senator, for clarity, I think that it’s important to note that the one-year time period, again, is for those covered entities that were highlighted in the EPA letter. With respect to pending litigation, the EPA ethics counsel has indicated, with respect to particular matters and specific parties, there will be an opportunity to get counsel from the EPA at that point to determine what steps could be taken to avoid appearances of impropriety. Markey: So, you will not recu—are you saying that you will not recuse yourself from the actual matters which you’re suing the EPA on right now as attorney general of Oklahoma for the time that you are the head of the EPA? Pruitt: I’m not saying that at all, Senator. Markey: You are saying that. Will you recuse yourself? Pruitt: I’m saying that the EPA ethics counsel has indicated those cases will require a review by the EPA ethics counsel, and if it involves a particular matter with a specific party, then recusal would potentially be in order, and I would follow the guidance and counsel of EPA ethics. Markey: I just think this is—this is a clear line for the American public, given your record from Oklahoma in suing the EPA on all of these matters, that if you don’t agree to recuse yourself, then, again, you become plaintiff, defendant, judge, and jury on the cases that you’re bringing right now as attorney general of Oklahoma against the EPA; and the EPA is for all of the people of the United States, not just the fossil-fuel industry of Oklahoma. So you’re not committing—and I think that’s a big mistake, Mr. Pruitt—to recuse yourself from those cases. It is critical. 2:19:49 Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: I’ve looked at your record. Most of the lawsuits you filed as attorney general were related to businesses, specifically what was important for your state in terms of employers and businesses, and the few lawsuits you did file about human safety were few and far between, but this role as head of the EPA, you’re going to have a much more important role to play. And I want to talk specifically about mercury. If you believe that mercury is a threat to public health but oppose the remedy of reducing mercury air pollution from power plants because it’s too costly, what, then, do you think you should do or what should be done to address the mercury pollution? Scott Pruitt: Let me say, Senator, mercury is something—it is a hazardous air pollutant under Section 112. It is something that the EPA has authority to regulate and should regulate. It should do so, though, within the framework established by this body, and the Supreme Court said that the EPA did not follow the cost-benefit obligations. It’s not that the benefits outweigh the costs, it’s just that they simply didn’t engage in a proper record-based support for their rule. And so that goes back to earlier questions with other senators about the process mattering, being committed to the rule of law and the rulemaking authority that Congress has given the EPA in making sure that as rules are passed, that they can be upheld in court. Gillibrand: But, I need you also to be worried about human health. I understand there’s a cost, but when you’re talking about lives, when you’re talking about children who can’t breathe—I’ve been to the emergency room at two in the morning with a child who can’t breathe; it’s a horrible thing. We’ve had children die in New York City because none of their teachers, no administrators in the schools knew what to do when a child has an asthma attack. It’s a huge problem. So I need you to care about human health and really believe that the cost, when human health is at risk, when people are dying, is far higher than it is the cost to that polluter to clean up the air and change their processes. I need you to feel it as if your children sitting behind you are the ones in the emergency room. I need you to know it. 2:31:32 Senator Bernie Sanders: And I apologize for being late, but we were at a hearing with Congressman Price, who is the nominee for HHS, and perhaps not a great idea to have important nominating hearings at exactly the same time. 2:33:30 Scott Pruitt: I believe the ability to measure with precision the degree of human activity’s impact on the climate is subject to more debate on whether the climate is changing or the human activity contributes to it. Senator Bernie Sanders: While you are not certain, the vast majority of scientists are telling us that if we do not get our act together and transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, there is a real question as to the quality of the planet that we are going to be leaving our children and our grandchildren. So, you are applying for a job as administrator for the EPA to protect our environment; overwhelming majority of scientists say we have got to act boldly, and you are telling me that there needs to be more debate on this issue and that we should not be acting boldly. Pruitt: No, Senator. As I’ve indicated, the climate is changing, and human activity impacts that. Sanders: But you haven’t told me why you think the climate is changing. Pruitt: Well, Senator, the job of the administrator is to carry out the statutes as passed by this body and to _ Sanders: Why is the climate changing? Pruitt: Senator, in response to the CO2 issue, the EPA administrator is constrained by statutes Sanders: I'm asking you a personal opinion. Pruitt: My personal opinion is immaterial— Sanders: Really?! Pruitt: —to the job of carrying out— Sanders: You are going to be the head of the agency to protect the environment, and your personal feelings about whether climate change is caused by human activity and carbon emissions is immaterial? Pruitt: Senator, I’ve acknowledged to you that the human activity impacts the climate. Sanders: Impacts. Pruitt: Yes. Sanders: Scientific community doesn’t tell us it impacts; they say it is the cause of climate change, we have to transform our energy system. Do you believe we have to transform our energy system in order to protect the planet for future generations? Pruitt: I believe the EPA has a very important role at regulating the emissions of CO2. Sanders: You didn’t answer my question. Do you believe we have to transform our energy system away from fossil fuel, to do what the scientific community is telling us, in order to make sure that this planet is healthy for our children and grandchildren? Pruitt: Senator, I believe that the administrator has a very important role to perform in regulating CO2. Sanders: Can you tell me, as I think all of us know, Oklahoma has been subjected to a record-breaking number of earthquakes. Scientists say that Oklahoma is almost certain to have more earthquakes, with heightened risk of a large quake, probable to endure for a decade and that the cause of this is fracking. Can you point me—picking up on Senator Harris’s discussion with you, can you point me to any opinion that you wrote, any enforcement actions you took, against the companies that were injecting waste fracking water? Pruitt: Senator, let me say I’m very concerned about the connection between activity in Oklahoma and- Sanders: And, therefore, you must have taken action, I guess. Can you tell me who you fined for doing this, if you are very concerned? Pruitt: The Corporation Commission in Oklahoma is vested with the jurisdiction, and they have actually acted on that. Sanders: And you have made public statements expressing your deep concern about this. Pruitt: We have worked with, through our- Sanders: You have made public statements. You’re in a state which is seeing a record-breaking number of earthquakes. You’re the attorney general. Obviously, you have stood up and said you will do everything you can to stop future earthquakes as a result of fracking. Pruitt: Senator, I’ve acknowledged that I’m concerned about the- Sanders: You acknowledged that you are concerned. Pruitt: Yes. Sanders: Your state is having a record number of—well, if that’s the kind of administrator for the EPA—your state’s having a record-breaking number of earthquakes, you acknowledge you are concerned; if that’s the kind of EPA administrator you will be, you are not going to get my vote. 2:37:43 Senator John Barrasso: I want to talk about some of the concerns I have with overregulation, and I’ll ask, do you have the same concerns with the overregulation of U.S. manufacturing over the last eight years? I believe we’ve _____(00:08) exported manufacturing jobs overseas, jobs that go with them in terms of the manufacturing of those goods to places like China and India that are going to produce those products in a less environmentally friendly way. And do you agree with this notion that this approach harms not just the environment, but also our own U.S. economy? Pruitt I believe, Senator, that it puts us in an economic disadvantage when we don’t hear all voices in the rulemaking process with respect to these issues, absolutely. Part 2 17:04 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: Let me just ask you this as a hypothetical: if you had raised significant amounts of money for the Rule of Law Defense Fund from corporations who will be subject to EPA’s regulation, before EPA, with matters before EPA, might that place you in a conflict of interest? Scott Pruitt: The EPA ethics counsel has said—and by the way, these are career individuals as you know, Senator. Justina Fugh is a career person at EPA ethics, and so as they’ve reviewed these potential conflicts, I’ve disclosed all entities I’ve been affiliated with. Whitehouse: I understand that, but I’m asking you if you think it might place you in a conflict of interest, because we both understand that the ethics rules that the EPA’s enforcing predate Citizens United, predate dark money, and they’ve said in the letter that they aren’t even looking at that because they don’t have the authority to. That doesn’t mean it’s not a conflict of interest; it means that the regulatory authority on government ethics hasn’t caught up with this post-Citizens United, dark-money world. Pruitt: I think— Whitehouse: My question is, you’re a lawyer, you know conflicts of interest, you’ve been an attorney general, might it be a conflict of interest, within your definition of the term, if you had raised significant amounts of money for this Rule of Law Defense Fund and they’ll have business before EPA with you? Is that a potential conflict of interest? Pruitt: I think Justina Fugh actually did address those entities to the degree that I was never an officer of the super PAC that you referred to earlier, the Liberty 2.0, and so they looked at those entities to determine— Whitehouse: The question was fund raising. Pruitt: They looked at those entities— Whitehouse: That’s the question we don’t have any answers on is what you raised. Pruitt: They looked at those entities to determine what the nature of my relationship was and then indicated that those would have to be evaluated in the future as cases arose, and— Whitehouse: Right now, the chairman asked you a question which is, are there matters that might place you in a conflict of interest that you have not disclosed? You answered no. Might not having raised significant money—let’s say $1 million, let’s say you made a call to Devon Energy and said, I did you letter for you, RAGA needs a lot of money, we’ve got this dark-money thing where we can launder your identity clean off it, and the money will go into RAGA, I need a million bucks out of you—might that not create a conflict of interest for you if that were the facts? Pruitt: Ms. Fugh has indicated in her letter to me—again, these are career individuals at EPA ethics—that if particular matters involving specific parties arise in the future, it will be evaluated at that point, but I want to call into account— Whitehouse: But how will they know if you’re not willing to disclose that you raised the hypothetical million dollars from Devon Energy? Pruitt: Well, those aren’t even covered entities under her letter at this point. Whitehouse: That's my point. Pruitt: But it’s factual— Whitehouse: But that may very well create a conflict of interest, mightn’t it? Pruitt: Senator, I did not serve in an office or capacity at that entity. In fact, I was not [unclear] in any way— Whitehouse: You’ve said that already, too, but that also is not the question. The question is a very simple one: did you raise money for the Rule of Law Defense Fund from entities that will appear before EPA as potential defendants in subjects of regulation, and if so, how much, and what did you tell them, and what did you ask? It seems to me that’s not an unusual or— Pruitt: The Rule of Law Defense Fund, according to Ms. Fugh, would need to be a party in the future for that to be an issue. That’s what she’s indicated in her letter to me. Whitehouse: So— Pruitt: At the time— Whitehouse: So let me— Pruitt: —if issues arise in the future, I will seek the counsel of EPA ethics and follow the advice of those career folks to make a decision and recuse if necessary. That is— Whitehouse: But at this point— Pruitt: —something I commit to doing. Whitehouse: At this point, what I deduce from your statement is that if that set of hypothetical facts were true, if you had raised a million dollars from a big energy corporation to go through the Rule of Law Defense Fund to support your efforts at RAGA, that that is not something anybody should care about, even if that corporation is before you at EPA and subject to your regulation at EPA. Pruitt: Well, I think something that, if presented in the future, Justina Fugh and myself, EPA ethics would evaluate that, and I would take the appropriate steps to recuse if they told me to do so. Whitehouse: But how would it be presented in the future if you’re not willing to present it now? Pruitt: If there’s a matter— Whitehouse: Why does it matter in the future and not now? Pruitt: If there’s a matter or cast that comes before the EPA’s authority, that would be something. There’s ongoing—as you know, Senator, Ms. Fugh indicated this in her letter—there’s ongoing obligations that I will have, if confirmed as administrator, to bring those kinds of matters to attention of EPA ethics. Whitehouse: Well, for what it’s worth, I think that the Senate has a role in policing this as well, that the whole purpose of advice and consent and the reason there are these government ethics filings is so we can look at this exact question, and the fact that they haven’t been updated to take into account dark money and all these big political organizations that have been created with dark money doesn’t take away our Senate obligation to find out what conflicts of interest you will bring to the position of administrator. And it gives me very little comfort that you’re not willing to answer those questions here. My time has expired. I’ll continue in other rounds. 1:07:50 Senator Ed Markey: Do you support the current California waiver for greenhouse gas standards? Scott Pruitt: Senator, that’s what would be evaluated, and I think it’s very difficult, and we shouldn’t prejudge the outcome in that regard if confirmed as administrator. Markey: So you’re questioning the current waiver. You don’t think they’re entitled to the current waiver. Pruitt: Well, the waiver is something that’s granted on an annual basis, and the administrator would be responsible for making that decision. Markey: Yeah. And so you say you’re going to review it. Pruitt: Yes, Senator. Markey: Yeah. And when you say review, I hear undo the rights of the states, and I think to a certain extent that it’s troublesome because, obviously, what we’ve heard all day is how much you support states’ rights when it comes to these issues, but now when it comes to the right of California or Massachusetts and other states to be able to reduce carbon pollution, you’re saying you’re going to review that. So my problem really goes to this double standard that is created that when you sue from the Oklahoma perspective, from the oil and gas industry perspective, and you represent Oklahoma, you say they have a right to do what they want to do in the state of Oklahoma. But when it comes to Massachusetts or it comes to California, and it comes to the question of those states wanting to increase their protection for the environment, protect their victimization from carbon pollution, you say there you’re going to review. 1:51:58 Senator Jim Inhofe: The cost of regulations: as you know, the Supreme Court overturned the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics—that’s MATS—rule in 2015 because the EPA failed to—ignored the fact that the cost was $9.6 billion annually of the rule. Now, in fact, the EPA’s regularly issued rules over the past eight years that are very costly for our industries and our job creators. According to the CRS—now, CRS, when they make an evaluation, are much more conservative, the figure is always a very conservative figure, but they said the Clean Power Plan would be at least $5 billion to $8 billion a year. The figures I’ve heard on that are far greater because it wouldn’t be that much different than the old systems that they tried to do through legislation: the methane standards on oil and gas facilities, $315 million a year; the new ozone standards, $1.4 billion; the 2015 coal ash standards, $587 million a year; and the 2011 sulfur dioxide standards, $1.5 billion a year. Now, when you hear this, all this money is being spent on compliance costs by our job creators, people out there that are working for a living, and they’re hiring people. What are you thoughts, and what do you believe should be the role of the costs of EPA’s decision making? Pruitt: I think it’s very important in the rule-making process, Senator, and the Supreme Court and courts have recognized that very important factor. 1:54:46 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: We have been talking about fundraising done by you for the Rule of Law Defense Fund during the time when you were both a board member and for a full year the chairman of the Rule of Law Defense Fund and the fact that we have exactly zero information in this committee about that fundraising. We also have zero—and let me ask unanimous consent for the page from— Chairman Barrasso: Without objection. Whitehouse: —the filing that discloses that he was in fact a member of the board of directors and chairman of the Rule of Law Defense Fund. We also have a meeting agenda from the Republican Attorney Generals Association during a time that you were executive committee member of the Republican Attorney Generals Association meeting at The Greenbrier, which I’ll stipulate for my friend from West Virginia is a lovely place to go, and the agenda, which I’d like to take this page of and put into the record, mentions a private meeting with Murray Energy. It mentions a private meeting with Southern Company. It mentions a private meeting with the American Fuel Petrochemical Manufacturers. If you’ll show the graphic, these are all the same groups that I’d been asking about in terms of your fundraising for the Rule of Law Defense Fund, and there’s Murray Energy, and there’s Southern Company, and I’m sure the American Fuel Petrochemical Manufacturers represent a lot of the others. As I understand it, we know nothing—no minutes, no statements, no reports—about what took place in those meetings that are described as private meetings on a sheet that is stamped “confidential.” Correct? We know nothing about the content of those meetings. Scott Pruitt: Senator, I didn’t generate the document. I know nothing about how that document got generated or what— Whitehouse: Are you denying that those private meetings took place? Pruitt: No, Senator. I just didn’t generate the document and don’t know about the content other than what you’ve represented. Whitehouse: Okay. And we don’t know. And because you were on the executive committee of RAGA, that’s information that we could get, right? I mean, it’s available, if there were minutes or reports out of those meetings, notes taken; but we don’t have them, correct? Pruitt: Senator, that would be a request made to the Republican Attorney Generals Association. And I might add, the Republican Attorney Generals Association, there’s a Democrat Attorney Generals Association as well. 1:59:43 Senator Sheldon Whitehouse: Given how many of these groups have important financial interests before the EPA, do you not think that 3,000 emails back and forth between you and your office and them are relevant to potential conflict of interest as an administrator and should be before us as we consider this? Scott Pruitt: Again, I think the EPA ethics council has put out a very clear process with respect to covered entities, as we described earlier, and on particular matters and specific cases, I will follow advice of that EPA career person, ethics, to make sure that there are recusing [unclear]— Whitehouse: You keep saying that, but the problem is— Chairman Barrasso: The senator’s time has expired. Whitehouse: Will you finish my sentence? Barrasso: Please do. Whitehouse: The problem with that is that if you haven’t disclosed any of this information, then the EPA ethics council would have no idea to even look. They would have no idea what the risks are. You can’t say, nobody can look at whether I did this, but by the way, they’re going to look at it. It just doesn’t add up. 2:12:30 Senator Jeff Merkley: Ten years ago we were talking about models that led to the conversation Senator Inhofe had about Climategate, about wrestling with assumptions and models. We don’t need models now; we have facts on the ground: the moose are dying because the ticks aren’t being killed by the winter being cold enough, the fish are migrating on the Atlantic coast, and Maine’s losing its lobsters to Canada. These facts on the ground are extraordinarily real, they have a huge economic impact, and shouldn’t we take a very serious approach to the urgency of this problem as we see it descending upon us? Scott Pruitt: Senator, I think the EPA—and if confirmed [missing audio] and obligation to deal with the issue. The Massachusetts v. EPA case says that CO2 is a pollutant under the Clean Air Act, and as such, that’s what generated the 2009 endangerment finding. So I think there is a legal obligation presently for the EPA administrator to respond to the CO2 issue through proper regulations. Cover Art Design by Only Child Imaginations

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Joby Warrick is an American Journalist who has won two Pulitzer Prizes. His work at The Washington Post covers topics on the Middle East, diplomacy, and national security. On today’s discussion, Warrick discusses his book, Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, in greater detail, and gives some history on how ISIS began.   Key Takeaways: [2:55] Even though we’re not under attack, the American people are still affected by ISIS. [6:10] Who is Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, really? [9:25] Warrick discusses Zarqawi and his relationship with his mother. [13:45] How did prison make Zarqawi more radical? [16:10] Prison helped form a brotherhood, a university, for a lot of these men. [21:25] Zarqawi and his associates were disowned by Al-Qaeda because they were almost too brutal. [22:20] ISIS and Al-Qaeda do not like each other. Al-Qaeda views them as ‘crazy heretics.’ [27:55] How was Zarqawi connected to Saddam's regime? [32:30] The U.S. decided to wait until after after the Iraq invasion to go after Zarqawi. [40:05] Zarqawi created a new and more brutal form of terrorism. [47:55] Zarqawi died by the hands of American soldiers. We finally got him! [48:20] The third part of Warrick’s book focuses on ISIS. [48:45] If Zarqawi was neutralized, how did ISIS rise up in Syria? [56:35] Who is Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and what was his role in all of this? [1:01:10] When ISIS takes credit for terrorist attacks/acts of violence, is it really them or are they just capitalizing on an opportunity? [1:02:50] What is happening in Iraq right now? [1:09:25] Warrick revisits the Sykes-Picot Agreement, and how it still applies today. [1:12:50] Where does Jordan stand in all of this?   Mentioned in This Episode: Joby Warrick Joby Warrick on Wikipedia Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, by Jody Warrick

These days, the terrorist organization known as ISIS has much of the world on high alert. How this happened is the subject of a book by today's guest, Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick.

SUMMARY: The 82d Airborne Division, the “All American” Division is an active-duty, modular airborne infantry division of the United States Army. From 1917 to 2017 this highly esteemed and decorated Division has left its mark on the landscape over conflicts around the world. Humanitarian and disaster relief missions both in war and in peacetime are amongst some of the most untold stories of this time-honored division. The Division is stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, one of the largest military training areas in the world. The 82d trains for airborne assault operations into enemy-denied areas, with a specialization in airfield seizure. The 82nd Airborne “All American” Division is currently under the command of the XVIII Airborne Corps, and is the nation’s Global Response Force. No other division can quite fill this critical role! Once ordered, it can mobilize, load, and land anywhere in the world in less than 36 hours to perform combat operations, assist U.S. allies, and provide humanitarian assistance. There is no other Division in the Army that can do what the 82nd Airborne can! In this week’s episode of Change Your POV Podcast, Eddie sits down with Staff Sergeant Will Reinier, 82nd Airborne Division’s Public Affairs NCO. Will manages the online communities of the 82nd – including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and the AA Legacy Podcast. IN THIS PARTICULAR EPISODE YOU WILL LEARN: Never before in our history have we been able to share the stories of those who have been there, done that! Podcasting combined with the reach of Social Media has transformed the way we tell stories, and share our history. SSG Will Reinier along with members of his Public Affairs Office have set out on a quest to share with the world this one of a kind retelling of the last 100-Years of All American History! Debuting on January 17th, 2017, The All American Legacy Podcast is bringing its 100-year history to you! Subscribe now so you don’t miss anything!! (See Links Below)   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Check out the All American Legacy Podcast on:  iTunes  Stitcher  Podbean  Google Play, or your favorite Podcast Catcher!     “The All American Legacy Podcast where we’ll take a look back at the people, places, and battles that shaped the first 100 years of the famed-82nd Airborne Division. The All American Legacy Podcast will be available to download starting January 17th.  2017” Connect With the 82nd Airborne on Social Media! Will’s Recommended Read: Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS   WINNER OF THE 2016 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTION “A Best Book of 2015”—The New York Times, The Washington Post, People Magazine, San Francisco Chronicle, Kansas City Star, and Kirkus Reviews In a thrilling dramatic narrative, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick traces how the strain of militant Islam behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison and spread with the unwitting aid of two American presidents. Drawing on unique high-level access to CIA and Jordanian sources, Warrick weaves gripping, moment-by-moment operational details with the perspectives of diplomats and spies, generals and heads of state, many of whom foresaw a menace worse than al Qaeda and tried desperately to stop it. Black Flags is a brilliant and definitive history that reveals the long arc of today’s most dangerous extremist threat. Change Your POV Book Club Don’t miss out! Check out the Monthly Book Club and be a part of the conversation! Tons of exclusive content just for the members. Membership is FREE! Click the image below to learn more!   Hey, It’s Eddie and Bennett! Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening! Have some feedback you’d like to share? Leave a note in the comment section below, or you can leave me a message about this episode by going to http://ChangeYourPOV.com/AskEddie If you enjoy the show I sure hope you’ll subscribe and download a bunch of episodes on iTunes. All these shows are free to download and listen to and I don’t ask for donations of anything to create this show. But if you’d like to totally make my day… I would be forever grateful if you would be so kind as to leave an honest review on iTunes. If you are new to reviews and need a little help, you can go to LEAVE A REVIEW and I will walk you through that step-by-step. Thank you in advance for doing that!  – plus, I read each and every one of them!   Please share this episode using the social media buttons you see at the left or bottom of this page. LISTEN TO THIS EPISODE NOW: Right click here and save-as to download this episode to your computer. Are you still reading this? Wow! That’s really cool, I can so relate! Ps… I hope you have an absolutely terrific day and I appreciate the extra time you took to look a little further! You are awesome!!

Nikolai DiPippa, Clinton School Director of Public Programs, sat down with Joby Warrick, Pulitzer Prize winning reporter. In his Pulitzer Prize winning book “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS”, he traces how the strain of muslims behind ISIS first arose in a remote Jordanian prison, and spread with the unwilling aid of two American Presidents. Drawing on unique, high-level access to CIA and Jordanian sources, he weaves moment by moment operational details, perspectives of diplomats and spies, generals and heads of state, many of whom foresaw a menace worse than Al-Qaeda, and tried desperately to stop it.

Invité des "Carnets du monde", Joby Warrick, auteur de l'enquête sur Daech "Sous le drapeau noir", est revenu sur la création de l'organisation djihadiste et sa situation actuelle.

ISIS surged to international prominence following its audacious prison camp raids in 2013 in Iraq, freeing more than 500 Iraqi insurgents. ISIS has since carried out increasingly bold attacks in Syria and beyond, cementing its reputation as a group more violent and ruthless than any that came before it. No longer an insurgency, ISIS’ focus is to establish its own rule on conquered territory, and declare a worldwide caliphate. Of course the roots of ISIS trace deeper, and are much more intertwined with the interventions of the West than they first appear. Today’s ISIS jihadists are the "children of Zarqawi," General Michael Flynn would later warn Congress, referring to Abu Musab Zarqawi, the once-obscure jihadist who led Al Qaeda in Iraq and laid ISIS’ philosophical foundations. How did Abu Musab Zarqawi, a “small-time thug,” rise to such world-changing prominence? How did ISIS emerge so forcefully from the chaos, and power struggles, of competing jihadist groups? Did the efforts of the West to crack down on Al Qaeda, inadvertently fuel the growth of ISIS ten years later? Pulitzer Prize winner Joby Warrick, a reporter with The Washington Post since 1996, will address these issues in a conversation at World Affairs about the birth of ISIS. His latest book, “Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS,” pursues a thoughtful reflection on the origins the most notorious terror group in the world today. As part of our "Engage" series, this event features a post-discussion Q&A, when you will have the chance to participate directly with the speaker and gain incredible insights that you won't get anywhere else. Speaker Joby Warrick is Author and Reporter at The Washington Post. The conversation is moderated by Kori Schake, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/events/event/1636

Author and Journalist, Joby Warrick by World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth

Washington Post national security reporter Joby Warrick, who won a Pulitzer Prize for Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, talks to Daniel Ford about why he pursued journalism, what led to the rise of al-Zarqawi and ISIS, and the value of debating foreign policy issues during a Presidential campaign.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Joby Warrick has written a new book, "Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS" that traces the roots of the terrorist state back several decades. He looks at the founder: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and the current leader and caliphate Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. In this special edition of the Townhall Review, Hugh Hewitt spends an hour with the author discussing ISIS's birth and how it might be defeated.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Joby Warrick.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author, Joby Warrick.

Joby Warrick, author of Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS, and William McCants, author of The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State, join Benjamin Wittes in the first Hoover Book Soiree. 

Benjamin Wittes interviews William McCants and Joby Warrick on their new books, The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State and Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS on the Islamic State including its history, the ideas behind it, and the people who made it happen and watched it happen.

INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL GUEST: William McCants and Joby Warrick Benjamin Wittes interviews William McCants and Joby Warrick on their new books, The ISIS Apocalypse: The History, Strategy, and Doomsday Vision of the Islamic State and Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS on the Islamic State including its history, the ideas behind it, and the people who made it happen and watched it happen.

In 2009, the CIA’s partners in the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate had a source named Humam Khalil al-Balawi working inside Al Qaeda and he knew where Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two man in al Qaeda was…or so they thought. In fact, Al Qaeda was running a deception. In December 2009 al-Balawi came to a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan and detonated bomb strapped to his chest, killing seven CIA officers and one Jordanian intelligence officer. It was the CIA’s greatest loss of life in decades. Join Pulitzer Prize winning author Joby Warrick for this gripping true story of miscalculation, deception, and revenge, and learn how Al Qaeda fooled the world’s greatest intelligence service. This event took place on 20 July 2011.

In 2009, the CIA’s partners in the Jordanian General Intelligence Directorate had a source named Humam Khalil al-Balawi working inside Al Qaeda and he knew where Ayman al-Zawahiri, the number two man in al Qaeda was…or so they thought. In fact, Al Qaeda was running a deception. In December 2009 al-Balawi came to a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan and detonated bomb strapped to his chest, killing seven CIA officers and one Jordanian intelligence officer. It was the CIA’s greatest loss of life in decades. Join Pulitzer Prize winning author Joby Warrick for this gripping true story of miscalculation, deception, and revenge, and learn how Al Qaeda fooled the world’s greatest intelligence service. This event took place on 20 July 2011.

--{ Population Decrease -- Plan of the Beast: "Velvet Glove's off the Iron Fist, Government's Agenda has its List, Training Public They have No Freedom, 'Til Will of New World Order be Done, Depopulated World Living in Fear, Afraid to Speak 'cause Youth might Hear, With Their Social Indoctrination, Idealism, An Impasse When Discussing Realism, Eliminating You with Zeal and Savour, They'll Believe They Do the World a Favour" © Alan Watt }-- Bernays, Consumerism, Creation of Egosyntonic-Hedonistic Society - Destruction of Cohesion, Bonding and Family Unit; Government Takes Over. Fiction and Entertainment, Conditioning You for Torture - Taser (Cattle Prod) Electrocution - Torturing of Detainees by CIA, "Interrogation" Techniques, Head Bashing, Water Boarding - Creating Learned Helplessness and Dependence - Finding Substitutes for War: Terrorists, Enemies Within - Filling Detention Quotas - Use of Fear and Coercion on Public. Century of Change, Brute Force - Cops Searching Babies for Drugs and Weapons - Spiked-Electrode-Bullet Wireless Taser Shotgun - Taser Shots to Skull, Brain - Man in Diabetic Coma Tasered - Sadist Police, Itching to Use Weaponry. Oath Keepers group - 9/11, War on Terror, Expansion of Executive Power - New American Century, Leo Strauss - Centralization of Power. $1000 Fine/Day and Jail for Refusing Swine Flu Vaccination - Tyranny = No Exit Left, No Choices. Global Warming / Climate Change Agenda - "Green" Weather Prediction Computer (Crystal Ball), Input Data Gives Wanted Answer. Fabian Socialism - Constant Crisis Since 2001 - Scientific Indoctrination - Build-up of Internal Armies - Military Think-Tank Projections - Saying NO. (Articles: ["CIA Releases Its Instructions For Breaking a Detainee's Will" [Torture] by Joby Warrick, Peter Finn and Julie Tate (washingtonpost.com) - Aug. 26, 2009.] ["Police search babies for weapons and drugs" (telegraph.co.uk) - Aug. 28, 2009.] ["Fears over new wireless police Taser gun that can deliver a 500v shock from 98ft away" (dailymail.co.uk) - Aug. 25, 2009.] ["Oath Keepers aim to curb federal power" by Jessica Mayrer (bozemandailychronicle.com) - Aug. 22, 2009.] ["$1000 Per Day Fine And 30 Days In Jail For Refusing The Swine Flu Vaccine In Massachusetts?" (thebirdflupandemic.com).] ["Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters" (dailymail.co.uk) - Aug. 27, 2009.]) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Aug. 28, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

--{ The Mind Tricks of Eugenics: "The Greening Con for Humanity is Detrimental, Plays with the Mind, Technique environMental, Same Old Agenda to Reduce Population, Infertile Seed and Useless Ovulation, Those Superior Scheduled to Go On, We're Holding Them Back, They Need Us Gone, With Psychology and Propaganda They've Reliance, In Obeyance to Law They're Sure of Compliance, Meek Inherit the Earth, There's the Blunder, They'll be Happy When We're Six Feet Under" © Alan Watt }-- Royal Society, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Eugenics Program - Selective Breeding, Arranged Marriages, Mass Weddings, Sun Myung Moon - Technocrats Wielding Power. Culling Population to "Manageable Level" - War Propaganda - Thinking in Words or Pictures, Intuition - Language of Symbolism, Repetition, Sequence. Media Giving Your Reality - Movies, Entertainment for Predictive Programming - NASA, Spending on Space Programs - Show of Democracy. Hinduism, Life's Beginning in Slime, "Inferior" Types (Commoners) Perish at End of Age and "Higher" Types Remain - Religion of Evolution Taught as Fact. Maurice Strong - Mandell House - Public-Private Partnerships - Britain, Energy Saving Trust, Banning Sales of "Energy-Inefficient" Homes, Mandated Upgrades - Getting What You Deserve. Identification with Groups, All Used - EU "Equal Rights" Law, Illegal to "Offend" - Freemasonry - Traps are Laid for Public - Bush-Obama Regime's Terror / Quarantine Policy. "Devil's Advocate" movie, Taking Over World with Armies of Lawyers - "It's The LAW": Immediate Obedience. Britain, BBC, Creating Apathy - Poll Tax Riots. (Articles: ["Ban sales of poorly insulated homes, says Energy Saving Trust" by Ben Webster (timesonline.co.uk) - Aug. 6, 2009.] ["Catholics alarmed by EU equal rights law" by Andrew Rettman (euobserver.com) - Aug. 4, 2009.] ["Obama team mulls new quarantine regulations" by Josh Gerstein (politico.com) - Aug. 5, 2009.] ["Obama's Battle Against Terrorism To Go Beyond Bombs and Bullets" by Spencer S. Hsu and Joby Warrick (washingtonpost.com) - Aug. 6, 2009.]) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Aug. 7, 2009 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)

"ORDO AB CHAO -- The 'Big Idea' is Becoming Clear, -- Crisis, Crisis, Growing Tension -- Brings in a Whole New Dimension, -- The Fittest Claim they Now are Leading -- The Masses with Inferior Breeding, -- Intensify Problems, Remove the Border, -- Then Out of Chaos will come Order" © Alan Watt }-- "Big Idea", New World Order - Eugenics Religion - New Norms - Darwinism - Census Data, DNA Collection, "Inferior Genes", Sterilization. Culture Clashes, Riots - British Department of Defence projections. "Overpopulation", Urban Sprawl, Cities, Appearance of Overcrowding. Dropping Sperm Count - United Nations - Terrorism - China, Atheistic Society - "International System" - Trotsky - Soviet Laboratory. "Pushing the Envelope", Hollywood, Hermaphrodite Characters. Malthus, Statistics - "Experimental Evolution", Extermination of Lower Classes and Races. Allegories - Khufu, Pyramids, Pharaoh's Plaque - "America B.C." book, Pyramids in Algonquin Park - Ancient Artifacts, North America - Columbus. U.S. Gold Shipments to Soviet Union. World Trade Center bombing, Bin Laden and Bush Families. Myth of Ancient Israel - Meanings of Zionism - World Under Law - Elite Aristocracy, Terminology - British Israel - Elite Modern Cities, China, Middle East. Symbolism of 911, Ides of September, Goddess born of Head of Zeus. Genetic Diversity, Hybridization. Venus, Lover at Night, Huntress in Morning - Lucifer - Morning Star. (Article: "CIA Chief Sees Unrest Rising With Population" by Joby Warrick (washingtonpost.com) - May 1, 2008; Page A15.) *Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - May 2, 2008 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)