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THE STATION CHIEF #20: ONE PUTIN TOO FAR (http://www.thebeancast.com/the-station-chief/2017/3/31/the-station-chief-20-one-putin-too-far)
By Bob Knorpp (http://www.thebeancast.com/the-station-chief?author=50cf2c94e4b0a7200de56f98)
March 31, 2017
"HOSTS
Scott Uehlinger (http://twitter.com/thestationchief), Retired CIA Station Chief
Bob Knorpp (http://twitter.com/bobknorpp), Host
MP3
Audible Data: http://beancast.evanbooth.com/shows/tsc/0020_The_Station_Chief_One_Putin_Too_Far.mp3
TOPICS
North Korea Bank Robbery Plans
Sources: NYT reports (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/25/technology/north-korea-hackers-global-banks.html), WP offers analysis of Kim Jong Un (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/north-koreas-leader-is-a-lot-of-things--but-irrational-is-not-one-of-them/2017/03/25/67b458d8-0da8-11e7-aa57-2ca1b05c41b8_story.html)
Challenging Device Seizures
Sources: Globe and Mail reports (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/us-politics/group-sues-trump-administration-seeks-data-over-searches-of-electronics-at-border/article34438267/), Guardian reports (https://www.theguardian.com/law/2017/mar/27/us-customs-digital-device-searches-privacy-lawsuit-passwords)
More Echo Worries
Sources: Ad Age reports (http://adage.com/article/digitalnext/alexa-lie/308437/)
Russia Going Too Far
Sources: NBC on Cheney comments (http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/dick-cheney-russian-election-interference-could-be-seen-act-war-n739391), WP on need to stop Russian
interference (https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-needs-to-stop-russian-electoral-interference-nsas-top-civilian-leader-says/2017/03/25/485043a2-0fd9-11e7-ab07-07d9f521f6b5_story.html?utm_term=.75c946002ced), Forbes on growth of riches for Putin cronies (https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2017/03/29/putin-vladimir-donald-trump-russia-billionaires-oligarchs/), NPR reports
on protests (http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/03/26/521594477/russians-take-to-the-streets-in-nationwide-anti-government-protests), Economist reports on protests (http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21719588-protests-show-opposition-leader-alexei-navalny-remains-force-anti-corruption-demonstrations), The New Yorker with protest
analysis (http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/what-the-russian-protests-mean-for-putin), Newsweek with protest analysis (http://www.newsweek.com/putin-cant-stop-growing-dissent-against-his-corrupt-rule-575407), NYT with protest analysis (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/27/world/europe/in-protests-kremlin-fears-a-young-generation-stirring.html?_r=0),
France 24 on Russian meddling (http://www.france24.com/en/20170330-russia-actively-involved-french-election-warns-us-senate-intelligence-chief)