Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut and Former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First off, Murphy joins us from the road just after the Senate passed their $2 trillion economic rescue package, what it took to get it done, and why it took so long. Then Johnson walks us through his past experience of dealing with a crisis and what we should expect moving forward.
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Coronavirus: Murphy's Warning

Underhandedness. Trickery. Unscrupulous behavior.&nbsp;Skullduggery&nbsp;breaks down the conduct of Washington's political class, tracks the latest in conspiracy theories and disinformation campaigns coursing through social media — and who is pushing them — and keeps you up to date on the latest investigations into misbehavior by members of Congress as well as current and former government officials.&nbsp;Yahoo News’ veteran investigative journalists Michael Isikoff, Editor in Chief Daniel Klaidman, and Senior Council at States United Victoria Bassetti, break news, offer authoritative analysis on sensitive national security and law enforcement issues and draw intriguing historical parallels from decades of covering D.C. scandals.&nbsp;Come prepared to learn something every week.

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We talk to two leading experts on the subject of the JFK assassination about the newly released material on the matter, former New York Times reporter Phil Shenon and former Washington Post Reporter Jeff Morley.

JFK: The Mother of all Conspiracy Theories (w/ Phil Shenon & Jeff Morley)

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The Autocrat in your Phone (w/ Ron Deibert)

On this episode of the podcast, we sit down with Robert Draper to talk about just how the GOP has, as he says, “lost its mind.”

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On this episode of “Buried Treasure,” we sit down with Hochschild to look back on this all too often unremembered period that gave birth to the Espionage Act - some of the “darkest years of the republic” in which the government and political establishment weren’t at all opposed to blatantly illiberal approaches to achieving their desired outcomes.

Coronavirus: Murphy's Warning

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