Episode 404: FARA Faucet

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We talk about the allegations concerning Tenet Media’s Discord-based foreign influence operation and the rise of FARA busts

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  • Bardamu
    at 1:08:29
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    Ivy Lee's nephew was a certain William S. Burroughs

  • Bruh
    at 1:24:22
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    Israel is unironically super important to the field of computer science.

  • Andrew Diener
    at 1:21:39
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    This past Spring, US media outlets condemned the Georgian parliament --the Asian country, not the US state-- for passing the 'Transparency On Foreign Influence' law, which is essentially FARA. US media claimed enforcement of the law would restrict freedom of the press and suppress political dissent.

  • Andrew Diener
    at 1:18:08
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    One exemption to registration in FARA is for "defense of a foreign government vital to US defense." Basically, 'national security' is exempt from FARA.

  • User 66060360
    at 56:58
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    Was Liz a theatre kid?

  • David Hinkley
    at 0:01
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    That he converted to Judaism on jail only brings to mind a fictional weird dude on the lam, often pretending to be someone else on Arrested Development. Until now, only Trump and his family reminded me of that show.