Scott Israel suddenly finds himself embroiled in controversy over his agency’s response to the recent high school shooting & this week the worst stretch of Scott Israel’s life has gotten even worse.

Plus Trump’s surprising response, a high budget Cyber scare & someone finally asks the NSA the hard questions about backdooring encryption.

We wrap it up with a rant from Chase, a special high note & a packed Overtime!

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— Show Notes —

Links:

• No, Medical-Marijuana Legalization Doesn’t Make Teens Smoke More Pot
• Former Trump campaign aide pleads guilty in Russia probe
• Top Justice Dept. official alerted White House 2 weeks ago to ongoing issues in Kushner’s security clearance – The Washington Post
• Washington state lawmakers make speedy move to shield their records from the public | The Seattle Times
• U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of ‘phase two’
• U.S. imposes more North Korea sanctions, Trump warns of ‘phase two’
• Mueller adds new tax, bank fraud charges against Manafort, Gates – POLITICO
• Inside the Manafort money machine: A decade of influence-peddling, lavish spending and alleged fraud – The Washington Post
• Paul Manafort couldn’t convert PDFs to Word documents.
• Bernie Sanders promoted false story on reporting Russian trolls – POLITICO
• Democratic memo: Read the response to the Nunes memo – CNNPolitics
• Democratic memo
• Adam Schiff on Twitter: “Some time ago, Republicans on our committee released a declassified memo that omitted and distorted key facts in order to mislead the public and impugn the integrity of the FBI. We can now tell you what they left out: https://t.co/jeVCVTBUBZ”
• Dems’ rebuttal to GOP FISA memo is released; Trump deems it a ‘bust’ | Fox News
• !Heads Up!: Congress it trying to pass Bill H.R.1856 on Tuesday that removes protections of site owners for what their users post : technology
• The FCC’s Republicans went to a conservative confab. One won a gun, the other an ethics complaint. – The Washington Post
• A Former Manager At The Russian “Troll Factory” Is Now Living In The US, Report Says
• Air Force Chief Goldfein: ‘We’ll be fighting from space in a matter of years’ – SpaceNews.com
• China’s Xi could rule for life, as two-term limit set to be scrapped – The Washington Post
• Russia accused of “false flag” attack on Olympic opening | Ars Technica
• WIRED
• InfoWars Receives YouTube Termination Warning Over “Crisis Actor” Video | Zero Hedge
• NRA contributions: how much money is spent on lawmakers? | US news | The Guardian
• Google Spent More on Lobbying Than Any Other Company in 2017 | Fortune
• Kushner loses access to top-secret intelligence – POLITICO
• Officials from four countries discussed exploiting Jared Kushner – CNNPolitics
• Mueller’s charges against Rick Gates dismissed by court – Business Insider
• The Telegram ICO: What We Know (And Don’t) About 2018’s Biggest Token Sale – CoinDesk
• Ben Carson’s $31,000 dining room shows the gaudy looting habits of Team Trump have no limit – ThinkProgress
• Mueller Asking About Trump’s Russia Business Deals and Miss Universe Pageant
• Where Pedestrian Deaths Are Up, Is Marijuana to Blame? – The New York Times
• WA Gov. Jay Inslee Challenges Trump Plan To Arm Teachers: “Less Tweeting, More Listening” | Video | RealClearPolitics
• Bulletproof blanket for kids during school shootings – Business Insider
• Hope Hicks is resigning from the White House – CNNPolitics
• The Democratic party is now publicly attacking progressive candidates | Lawrence Douglas | Opinion | The Guardian
• Two weeks after Parkland massacre, students return to class at Florida high school, accompanied by armed police – Chicago Tribune