Susan Katz Keating – In the wake of a report that the U.S. released unverified intelligence reports as a way to stop Russia from invading Ukraine, a former U.S. intelligence official said that the Biden administration needs to “clean house” at the National Security Council and other agencies.
“We have to have a major housecleaning of these agencies,” said Fred Fleitz, former chief of staff at the National Security Council and a longtime intelligence expert. “I mean, the whole top floor of some of these agencies has to be fired.”
Fleitz made his comments in response to a Wednesday report from NBC News that three senior U.S. intelligence officials admitted they released unverified intelligence in order to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to stand down from invading Ukraine. Continue reading
Alexandra Bruce – During many recent episodes of 
Alexandra Bruce – Gen Tom McInerney and Gen Paul Vallely join John Chambers’ Making Sense of the Madness to say that perhaps the biggest danger in what’s happening right now is the media blackout and how half the country doesn’t understand that we are living through hybrid warfare and information warfare (the interview begins at 14:27).
Taylor Day – Have you sensed a pattern in the way stories like Jussie Smollett’s hoax or the Covington kids’ confrontation take over your social media? Do you read or listen to the news regularly, wondering in advance how each story can be spun? Is it increasingly frustrating to see facts distorted to bolster hate and fear? Have you been aware of pain you feel as you watched loved ones being fed lies by sources they trust?