The John Batchelor Show

Sunday 7 June 2015

Air Date: 
June 07, 2015

 

Photo, left: An F-35B Lightning II makes the first vertical landing on a flight deck at sea aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Wasp (LHD 1). The F-35B is the Marine Corps Joint Strike Force variant of the Joint Strike Fighter and is designed for short takeoff and vertical landing on Navy amphibious ships. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Seaman Natasha R. Chalk/Released)
JOHN BATCHELOR SHOW
Guest-host: Francis Rose, Federal News Radio.
 
Hour One
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 1, Block A: Ron Marks, Senior Fellow, Center for Cyber and Homeland Security, George Washington University; author, Spying in America in the Post-9/11 World: Domestic Threat and the Need for Change; 16-year CIA veteran; intelligence advisor to two Senate Majority Leaders, in re: huge government cyberhack, and how bad actors will match databases to perform cyber espionage.  http://bitly.com/1QzmUFV  (1 of 2)
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 1, Block B: Ron Marks (continued), in re: The Patriot Act is dead; the Freedom Act lives; the difference and similarities, and whether we are more or less safe.  (2 of 2)
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 1, Block C: Ramesh Ponnuru, Senior Editor, National Review, writing in Bloomberg View, in  re how Republicans plan to replace Obamacare, and why the GOP is rarely saying “repeal” any more.  http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-06-03/a-conservative-obamacare-replacement-could-work
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 1, Block D: Derek Scissors, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, writing in Foreign Affairs, in re: Modinomics at One: Indian PM has structural challenges to drive economic growth.  https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/india/2015-05-24/modinomics-one
 
Hour Two
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 2, Block A: Michael Barone, Senior Political Analyst for the Washington Examiner, co-author of The Almanac of American Politics, Fox News contributor, writing in Real Clear Politics, in re: what exactly is kludgeocracy? And is it time for civil disobedience against government overreach and the nanny state? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2015/06/02/is_it_time_for_civil_disobedience_of_kludgeocratic_bureaucracy_126808.html  (1 of 2)
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 2, Block B: Michael Barone (continued), in re:  2016 politics - new D entries: O’Malley and Chaffee;  new R entries: every Republican past and present, (2 0f 2)
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 2, Block C: David Hawkings, Senior Editor, Roll Call; host, Hawkings Here blog, in re: Subsidized housing project springing up in House office buildings, mostly populated by GOP members
http://blogs.rollcall.com/hawkings/pay-freeze-era-living-house-rent-free-ads/
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 2, Block D: Guy Taylor, National Security Team Leader, Washington Times, in re: State Department’s virtual US Embassy in Tehran, laying groundwork/practicing for real embassy?
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jun/3/virtual-us-embassy-tehran-helps-us-connect-with-ir/
Hour Three
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 3, Block A: Molly O’Toole, Politics Reporter, Defense One, in re: 10 detainees transferring out of Guantanamo Bay soon, preceding the Obama Administration plan to close the prison; why did Senator McCain reveal the Administration plan before they did?
http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/expect-10-guantanamo-transfers-within-weeks/114424/?oref=d-river
http://www.defenseone.com/politics/2015/06/white-house-ash-carter-drafting-guantanamo-closure-plan-congress/114493/?oref=d-river
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 3, Block B: Charles Clark, Senior Correspondent, Government Executive Media Group, in re: Whatever happened to Lois Lerner? House Republicans want an update on the Justice Department’s case.
http://www.govexec.com/oversight/2015/05/house-republicans-demand-update-lois-lerner-charges/114049/
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 3, Block C: Michael Astrue, former General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Service; former Administrator, Social Security Administration, writing at Cleveland.com and the Weekly Standard; in re: Obamacare’s MIDAS is building a huge data repository inside Healthcare.gov. http://www.cleveland.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/05/obamacares_privacy_invasions_m.html
Also: oversight on Obamacare is poor, and would be better served by cross-agency inspector general  http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/congress-moves-strengthen-obamacare-oversight_958027.html
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 3, Block D: Richard Stiennon, founder, IT Harvest; author, Surviving Cyberwar; in re: cyberbreaches like Adult Friend Finder breach are more likely for espionage rather than identity theft.
 
Hour Four
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 4, Block A: Colin Clark, editor, Breaking Defense, in re:  Has the F-35 program, the most expensive in history, turned a corner, or is it circling the drain?
http://breakingdefense.com/2015/05/fundamental-change-in-direction-for-f-35-kendall-floats-plan-to-buy-450-planes/
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 4, Block B: Ari Levy, Senior Tech Reporter, CNBC; in re:  Apple’s Tim Cook scolds providers of iOS’s most popular apps on privacy and encryption.  http://www.cnbc.com/id/102730801
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 4, Block C: Michael Rubin, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute, in re:  his testimony to House Foreign Affairs Committee, that US policy toward IS is based on “false assumptions.”     https://www.aei.org/publication/us-policy-towards-the-islamic-state-after-its-seizure-of-ramadi-and-palmyra/
Sunday 7 June 2015 / Hour 4, Block D: Sydney Freedberg, Deputy Editor, Breaking Defense, in re: 19% of Marine Corps aircraft are out of commission, creating a vicious cycle affecting power projection now and in the future. http://breakingdefense.com/2015/06/19-of-marine-aircraft-down-for-repairs-paying-for-mistakes-of-1970s/
 
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