Lose territory, they will lose people, they will lose momentum on the front line of the biggest War In Europe since world war ii. Our politics cant seem to process that. It is a real statement of priorities on behalf of the United States of america. My friend ben rhodes, thank you for your time and thoughts tonight, really appreciate it. Thanks, alex. That is our show for the evening. Now it is time for last word with lawrence odonnell. Alex, i was listening to your discussion and i have some concerns about the way we use the word strongman because i fear it can sound just too good to too many voters who think the president of the United States supposed to be a strong man . It is a term weve been using for decades in a way that everyone using it electively understood. Im not sure it communicates what we would like it to communicate here. You are so right. We should call it fascist fan and the boys. That is the essence of what is happening here. I dont have a suggestion, im feeling awkw
Autocracy. That has people around the world much more exercised than in washington, where it seems like this is just another political game. Its another government shutdown, or another fight over the debt ceiling. Know, if we dont deliver this money to ukraine, they will lose territory. They will lose people. They will lose momentum on the front line of the biggest War In Europe since world war ii. And our politics cant seem to process that. Its a real statement of priorities on behalf of the United States of america. Thank you so much for your time and thoughts tonight, really appreciate it. That is our show for the evening, now its time for last word with lauren, good evening, lawrence. At evening, alex. I was listening to discussion and i have some concerns about the way we use the word strongman, because i fear it can sound just too good to too many voters who think, well isnt the president of the United States supposed to be a strong man . Its a term weve been using for decades in
Thank you for your service. Liot carlson is a longtime , a graduate of the university of oregon and and the university, author of a book published in 2011 which explores the life and career of the officer carlson described as the most consequential shorebased actor. He also tells us code breaking at intelligence gathering pearl harbor was actually the work of many individuals, and to discuss the effort of these individuals who change the course of history, please welcome elliot carlson. [applause] mr. Carlson good morning. I want to thank the sponsors for having me in today. Appreciate it. Want to thank you all for coming. What was your right, sir . [inaudible] mr. Carlson ok. Very much an honor to have you here in the audience. Thank you. , midway and code breaking. When crypto analysis came of age. Might need a bit of an explanation. It suggests there was a time before midway when crypto was not of age, and this might seem odd because cryptanalysis, the art of breaking secret message
Now. This time its not because of russian hackers. It is not a bot army waging Information Warfare on facebook. This time the person leading a Disinformation Campaign is President Trump. He is confusing the public and telling people his political opponents are dirty. Hes gone on a twitter storm all weekend long smashing the media and democrats while smearing this whistle blower that we still dont know much about. It seems hes backed into a corner about this issue with ukraine, which we will get into in detail. This was first reported days ago by the Washington Post. A call trump made to the ukrainian leader. This is a punk, a punk who is snitching. Someone that is part of the deep state. Spying on the president of the United States. The trump whistle blower may not be a whistle blower at all. Thats the rhetoric. Thats whats happening on the right. This shows how polluted our information environment is. Scoops do breakthrough. Scoops have been breaking through all week long. Trump and h