Skullduggery

Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker and Historian Rick Perlstein join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Walker takes us inside the heart of the protests in front of the White House this past weekend painting a picture both peaceful and aggressive. Then Perlstein, author of the book Nixonland, discusses the parallels between events of the past to those happening today.

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Vanita Gupta, President and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and the Former Chief of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." From protests to violence to press members of CNN getting arrested live on television, Minneapolis has become a hotbed of tension after the death of George Floyd. Gupta discusses her work during the Obama administration which focused specifically on police abuses. The group also discuss the threat the President has cast over the right to vote in the upcoming election.

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New York Times contributing writer and Recode co-founder Kara Swisher as well as Pundit and Author Ann Coulter join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Swisher discusses the mess Twitter has put itself in allowing Trump to continue to peddle conspiracy theories via the platform. Then, Coulter talks about her recent tweet storm about the President, the Alabama Senate race, and her love for Jeff Sessions.

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Former Head of the Pandemic Office at the White House Beth Cameron and Yahoo News National Political Correspondent Andrew Romano join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Romano discusses Yahoo News' latest YouGov poll that shows coronavirus conspiracy theories spreading on the right which may hamper vaccine efforts. Then Cameron, current Vice President at NTI for Bio, explains the crippling effect the Trump administration has caused by shrinking the NSC in 2018.

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Author and Investigative Reporter Bart Gellman joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on Skullduggery's "Buried Treasure." Gellman discusses his new book - Dark Mirror - a gripping inside narrative of investigative reporting about Edward Snowden as it happened and a deep dive into the machinery of the surveillance state. The Snowden case has had a rippling effect that we still feel today.

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Comedian J-L Cauvin and Former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs and Author Richard Stengel join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." Disinformation, what's real and what's not? Conspiracies run rampant these days. And rebutting them could perpetuate them even further. First up on the pod is a very special guest, one that some would claim, spreads disinformation every day. Then, Stengel joins to discuss his latest book, Information Wars, and introduces us to the term "infodemic."

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Frank Figliuzzi, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI, joins Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Isikoff and Klaidman discuss the recent FBI court filing slip-up that revealed the name of the Saudi Official suspected of directing support for the 9/11 hijackers. Then, Figliuzzi warns that there may be more coming from AG Bill Barr to discredit the Mueller Investigation aside from his request to drop the criminal charge against General Flynn.

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Journalist and Novelist David Ignatius and Yahoo News White House Correspondent Hunter Walker join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Walker joins Isikoff and Klaidman for a crosstalk on Coronavirus, how it has infiltrated the White House, and the translation of a Trump press conference. Then Ignatius, a prize-winning columnist for the Washington Post, discusses his new novel -The Paladin - a story of a high-tech CIA operation that goes wrong.

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Former Amazon Employees Emily Cunningham and Maren Costa and Former US Ambassador to China Gary Locke join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First, Isikoff and Klaidman discuss the recent news about Bill Barr and the DOJ dropping the charges against Former US National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. Then, Cunningham and Costa tell their story about being fired from Amazon for bringing attention to the current conditions at the company during the Coronavirus pandemic. Finally, Locke talks about his experience as Ambassador to China and what we should be doing with our current relationship with the country.

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Former Editor-in-Chief of Time Magazine Nancy Gibbs, Yahoo News Medical Contributor Kavita Patel, and Former Health Commissioner of Baltimore Leana Wen join Michael Isikoff and Daniel Klaidman on "Skullduggery." First up, Mike and Dan discuss Jared Kushner's shadow role in the Coronavirus Task Force. Then, Gibbs joins to talk about the ethical questions we're all facing while states begin to reopen. Finally, Dr. Patel and Dr. Wen compare how various countries have taken on the pandemic and how catastrophic a "second wave" could be.

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