Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Comey firing: What we know now, where the FBI goes from here
President Donald Trump is now contradicting his own letter to James Comey, and saying that he would have fired Comey regardless of the recommendation from his deputy attorney general. Also, how has all this news been affecting agents within the FBI?
By Madeleine Brand • • 46m ListenPhoto: FBI director James Comey at a press conference, New York, 2016 (Rich Girard).
In this episode
5 storiesThe White House’s changing Comey story
The fallout from the James Comey firing continues to dominate the news. The White House today contradicted the narrative it presented yesterday, saying the President would have fired Comey regardless of the recommendation from his deputy attorney general.
Read the story9 minAnger and fear among FBI agents after Comey firing
Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said former director James Comey enjoyed broad support within the FBI. What does this mean for the FBI’s investigation into the Russian meddling in the election? What does it mean for the relationship between the agency and the White House?
Read the story7 minFrench President Macron fights back against hackers
Russians are suspected of interfering in the recent French election. The campaign of now President-elect Emmanuel Macron was hacked. But Macron’s technology team saw it coming and launched a counteroffensive. Also, LA-based Snapchat has lost more money in the past three month that the company has made, ever.
Read the story8 minIn ‘Archduke,’ young men manipulated into terrorism
The play “Archduke” follows three men with tuberculosis and nothing left to lose. Poor and lost, these aimless youths end up involved in the killing of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the start of World War I. You can see it now at the Mark Taper Forum.
Read the story15 minCalifornia design: The View from London
In London, a new museum exhibition depicts California as a place where hackers and hippies came together to design the future of personal liberation.
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