federal judge in louisiana. here s his exchange with republican congressman mike johnson on wednesday. the fbi made the social media platforms pull that information off the internet if it came from conservative sources. they did this under the guise that it was disinformation. can you, can you define what disinformation is? our focus is on malign, foreign disinformation; that is, foreign hostile actors who engage in mr. wray to use our social media platforms i have to stop you for time. that s not accurate. you need to read this court opinion, because you re in charge of enforcing it. paul: joining the panel, columnists dan henninger, kim strassel and bill mcgurn. so, bill, first, let s start with that exchange on disinformation. what do you make of the fbi director s answers? i think he answered very weakly. he came across as a man who either hadn t read the material as congressman johnson suggested, or he just didn t take the whole oversight process very
continued support for ukraine, the broader focus on this alliance that s so important. and it is important to step back and remember this is probably one of the most successful military alliances in history. it helped us win the cold war, certainly, and, you know, nato members came to our defense after 9/11. a lot of americans forget that. but making sure other members meet their defense obligations, in my view, is critical for a sustainable nato for the next 70 years. paul: so on the question of ukraine in nato, do you think that the9 alliance came out in the right place on eventual ukraine membership, no firm timeline? essentially saying that we ll get there someday after of the war concludes. well, look, i think that the issue, and zelenskyy s view, it s understandable. if i were him, i d want to to join nato immediately. but i think that it was an issue
if smart? i don t know, it depends on the outcome. is cutting his salary going to get you the cooperation and oversight that you want? i doubt it. it might make them feel good. i think there s still a lot of primarily by getting people on the record and using their contempt powers to do it. paul: all right, thank you, all. when we come back, as president biden wraps up his trip to europe, we ll talk to alaska senator and armed services committee member dan sullivan about what was accomplished at the nato summit and ukraine st uncertain pathim to joining the alliance. rs, neuriva plus is a multitasker supporting 6 key indicators of brain health. to help keep me sharp. neuriva: think bigger.
while eight nato nation is being attacked. that guarantees we are in a war. we are in the third world war. that is not whether about whether they should or shouldn t joint is about when they can join. president biden in helsinki on thursday warning of the risks of admitting ukraine to the nato alliance right now saying kyiv membership could spark a third world work let s bring in dan henninger and bill wasser journal columnist, also joins the panel. so dan was the nato summit a success for u.s. interests? i do indeed think it was a success it was a significant success, paul. i know we are focused right now on the war in ukraine. that is important but this is nato and alliances formed after world war ii is going to be needed we brought finland into the nato alliance, sweden at looks like it s going to be allowed by turkey. these both of these countries
ukraine join the alliance? it absently is for it fortifies, as dan describes that it fortifies the west position in europe. basically adding members strengthens the overall message of nato which is that it defense democracies. i think one of the really big gains of this was holding it in lithuania for that was so important symbolically. paul: on the board of russia. also marched i to lithuania 1940. the lithuanians dread the russians. i think by having it there, generate a lot for the whole summits to kind of speak with one voice. even though zelenskyy did not get, he complained not having a path to nato membership he did get the security guarantees. i do not know exactly what they are pretty got more weapons from france, from germany, from the