We aim to discover, highlight and help to prevent an array of extraordinary threats to the integrity of the 2020 Election and Transition. Our civic creed is: Let all citizens vote. Let all votes be counted. Let the count stand.
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Threats Foreign and Domestic
In Episode One of Unconventional Threat, we identify and examine a range of threats, both foreign and domestic, that are endangering the integrity of our democracy. You will hear from: Former Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Congressional leaders Rep. Jim McGovern and Sen Bob Menendez, Counter-intelligence experts Asha Rangappa and Malcolm Nance, Former Cybersecurity Czar Richard Clarke, and a host of leading policy experts as they explore and dissect the perils we face as a nation.
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By Andrew Cockburn A few hours before the inauguration ceremony, the prospective president receives an elaborate and highly classified briefing on the means and procedures for blowing up the world with a nuclear attack, a rite of passage that a former official described as “a sobering moment.” Secret though it may be, we are at least…
By Richard Gephardt and Charlie Den Many people who have experienced a car crash or some other emergency frequently will say “it happened in slow motion.” Those of us watching the lead-up to the election could be excused for experiencing that feeling. We are witnessing all the elements of a national emergency fall into place:…
More than 40 former congressional leaders, former Cabinet secretaries, retired military officials, and leaders of civic organizations have formed the bipartisan National Council on Election Integrity to ensure a democratic outcome to the 2020 election. By Dick Gephardt and Tom Ridge A growing number of Americans understand that our magnificent experiment in democracy is under…