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The Washington Roundtable is joined by Jeff Stein, the veteran political reporter and founding editor of the e-newsletter “Spytalk,” to look at Donald Trump’s appointment of Invoice Pulte as the brand new appearing Director of Nationwide Intelligence, a place that, in principle, oversees the C.I.A., N.S.A., F.B.I., and fifteen different businesses. Pulte has no intelligence background and no national-security expertise, however does have a monitor file of going after the President’s perceived enemies. Plus, the panel discusses a latest Washington Put up investigation that raised new questions in regards to the outgoing director, Tulsi Gabbard, and her alleged ties to a spiritual cult.

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“Everybody Needs to Contact the Blue Coating within the Reflecting Pool,” by Jesús Rodríguez

“Chronicle of a Catastrophe Foretold,” by David Remnick

“The Distinction Between the Knicks and the White Home Cage Battle,” by Adam Gopnik

“How the Trump Administration Pushed Judges to Deport Kids,” by E. Tammy Kim

“Do Netanyahu’s Home Opponents Supply a Actual Different?” by Isaac Chotiner

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