• Rep. Andre Carson on UAP / drone investigations: "our adversaries are watching and listening"
    Jan 3 2025
    Ask a Pol audio is 100% free — just scroll down! Who?Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN) — House Intelligence CommitteeLISTEN: Laslo & CarsonAsk a Pol asks:What do you make of the debate on the drones and this stuff?Key Carson:“It's an interesting debate. I mean, we've had briefings in the SCIF, and obviously they vary from the open hearing because it's a committee of jurisdiction,” Rep. Andre Carson* exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “But the challenge with the open hearings is that our adversaries are watching and listening for context, clues.”Yup? You are very good at saying that same thing…*Carson chaired the historic first public UFO hearing in the US Capitol in 50 yearsback in 2022 from his perch on the House Intelligence Committee under then-Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA). He’s also exclusively told Ask a Pol he’s interested in the top Democratic slot if Congress ever authorizes a Select UAP Committee.ICYMI — Play the tape! Caught our ear: Did you hear I got you in trouble?“Uh-oh, uh-oh,” Carson replies. “Talk to me, talk to me.”Got you all quoted up on the Joe Rogan podcast.ICYMI — the ‘no comment’ heard round the interwebs… “Stop playing,” Carson says. “No sir. No sir.” Yeah, bro.“Dude, c’mon man.” Laslo laughs. “Which episode?” Carson says. “Come on bro, which episode right now?” Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Andre Carson (D-IN), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Andre Carson SCENE: After voting on the House floor at the end of December, Carson’s walking to his car when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo chats him up... Matt Laslo: “Look at this young man.”Andre Carson: “There he is.” ML: “Did you hear I got you in trouble?” AC: “Uh-oh, uh-oh. Talk to me, talk to me.”ML: “Got you all quoted up on the Joe Rogan podcast.” AC: “Stop playing. No sir. No sir.” ML: “Yeah, bro.” AC: “Dude, c’mon man.” Laslo laughs. Subscribe for FREE!!!!!!! Or we have VIP options… AC: “Which episode? Come on bro, which episode right now?” ML: “It was this week. It was this week.” AC: “You were on Joe Rogan?”ML: “He mentioned me. I wasn’t on there. Not yet, I'm young.” Laslo laughs. AC: ”You're on your way.” ML: “Hey, give me your deets, I'll text it to you.” AC: “Uh, uh, uh, I just got a new phone.”The congressman starts looking up his new number. AC: “Man, you got me pumped up, 'cause I, I, I..” Laslo laughs. AC: “Damn.”ML: “Remember that thing that blew up…?”Carson’s focused on finding his new number… SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.ML: “When…” Carson’s focused on his phone… ML: “You might not love it, but it was funny…”Carson’s still scrolling… ML: “But that's my thing with this whole community. They're so starved for information...” AC: “Mm-hmm.”ML: “…that-that's where rumors just spark.” AC: “Absolutely. Absolutely.”ML: “As I told Sen. Warner, I'm like, ‘I've debunked more rumors in this space than the US government has in 50 f*****g years.’” Laslo laughs. AC: “Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely.”Carson to himself: ”I just got a new phone where can it be…”Metal security barrier creaks open. AC: “Uh, what are folks saying about, Mr. Musk?” ML: “Psh. I don’t even know. That guy…”AC: “Yeah, did you hear anything…?”ML: “I mean, you mean, President Musk?”Laughter. AC: “Uh, uh…” Momentary Radio Silence: Carson found his new number… ML: “Well here, so on the record right now. What do you make of the debate on the drones and this stuff?” AC: “Well, it's an interesting debate. I mean we've...”ML: “Yeah?” AC: “...we've had briefings in the SCIF, and obviously they vary from the open hearings...” ML: “Yeah?” AC: “…because it's a committee of jurisdiction. But the challenge with the open hearings is that our adversaries are watching and listening for context, clues.”ML: “Yup?”Carson jets to his car. ML: “You are very good at saying that same thing.” Carson opens his car door. AC: “I'm trying to be like you, my brother, you know.” ML: “You gonna be [Intel] Chair someday.” AC: “Man, help me, brother. Help me!” ML: “Have a good one!” AC: “You, too.” Social media companies throttle posts down, please help right that digital ship! Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe
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  • US House Oversight Chair Comer says a Select UAP Committee “is being discussed”
    Dec 22 2024
    SCROLL DOWN to listen for FREEEE!!!!!Who?Rep. James Comer (R-KY) — Chair, House Oversight Committee LISTEN: Laslo & ComerAsk a Pol asks:Where do you see your Oversight Committee’s ongoing UAP investigation going in the new year? Some committee members still want a Select UAP Committee. ICYMI — Comer’s been open to a Select UAP CommitteeKey Comer:“That's something that is being discussed,” US House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “So we'll see what happens.” Tis the season……to support independent journalism!If the mood strikes, Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or buy us a beer!Comer’s dilemma: “I don't have a single staff person…that knows a lot about UAPs” Rep. Eric Burlison and other UAP Caucus members talked about maybe hiring whistleblower David Grusch — who testified before your Oversight Committee last year — so he could get his clearance back, and then they’d have someone with expertise to help their investigation. ICYMI — UAP Caucus tried to hire David Grusch Would you be supportive of the UAP Caucus hiring Grusch?“Well, I don’t know,” Comer replies. “I can’t remember the guy you’re talking about exactly.” Yeah? “But if we were gonna do something on our committee, we would need a little bit of staff that knows something about it,” Comer says. Reminder: Comer didn’t prepared to question GruschCaught our ear:“We’ve gotta see who’s gonna be Speaker,” Comer tells us. “There's still some committee slots that haven't been filled. The budgets haven't been approved yet for the committees, so you can't hire staff.”Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. James Comer (R-KY), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. James Comer SCENE: After quickly voting on the end of year government funding package, Chair Comer rushes down the Capitol steps, briefly answers a few quick questions from the cable news crews and then starts briskly walking to catch his train to Baltimore. Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo was waiting in the wings and quickly catches up to the congressman.**As you’ll hear, the interview’s briefly interrupted by a holiday parade, with bass. Matt Laslo: “I wanted to ask you — the drone incursions, they’re really taking over…” James Comer: “I know nothing…” ML: “That's not you?”JC: “Yeah, I’m sorry. I don't know anything about it.” ML: “What would you like to see in the new year, because your committee's been doing the UAP investigation. You know, some people want a Select Committee still.” SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.JC: “That's something that is being discussed. So we'll see what happens. There's still a lot of — we've gotta see who's gonna be Speaker.”ML: “Yeah?” JC: “We got to see, there's still some committee slots that haven't been filled. The budgets haven't been approved yet for the committees, so you can't hire staff.”ML: “Right.” JC: “I don't have a single staff person on my staff that knows a lot about UAPs.” ML: “Interesting. So that might help the argument for it.” JC: “All of that — we had two hearings, but we really didn't have…” A small, loud and funky Christmas parade slowly rolls past Comer and Laslo. JC: “What is going on here?”Once the mini-holiday parade rolls past Comer picks up where he left off. JC: “We didn’t have a lot of staff…”Laslo’s cracking up at the funk-filled spectacle. JC: “I think to able to do that you’ve gotta have expertise.”ML: “Yeah.”JC: “We didn’t have that, so that’s all being discussed.” ML: “That’s interesting. Well, cause [Rep. Eric] Burlison and them have talked about maybe hiring the guy who testified — David Grusch, the guy who testified last year so he could get his clearance back so they could have someone with expertise. Would you be supportive of that or something…?” JC: “Well, I mean, I don’t know. I can’t remember the guy you’re talking about exactly.” ML: “Yeah?” JC: “But if we were gonna do something on our committee, we would need a little bit of staff that knows something about it.” ML: “Yeah?” JC: “And I have very smart lawyers that are very good investigators and know a lot of policy stuff, but they don't know anything about UAP.” ML: “Yeah, they’re hired for Hunter frickin Biden.” JC: “Right, right, right.” ML: “Alright. Preciate ya.” Comer hesitates crossing the street to the House Office Buildings.ML: “You can make it, sir.” Comer crosses and Laslo heads back to the Capitol steps to chase more lawmakers in the chilly 30 degree weather. ML: “Merry Christmas, sir.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode. ...
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  • “I don't think everything's fine," fmr. Navy SEAL, Rep. Eli Crane says after FBI testified on drones
    Dec 21 2024
    Scroll down: All our exclusive interviews are 100% FREE!!! Who?Rep. Eli Crane — fmr. Navy SEAL; Homeland Security Committee LISTEN: Laslo & Crane Ask a Pol asks:Last week, the House Homeland Security Committee heard testimony from FBI, DOJ and CBP officials who said their agencies don’t know — “we just don’t know, and that’s the concerning part,” an FBI official testified — what’s been flying over New Jersey and New York recently. ICYMI — DHS Committee drone hearing Dec. 10, 2024Is that testimony at odds with what White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby has been telling — “nothing that indicates a public safety risk” — the press corps and public alike this week? Key Crane:“Clearly, I don't think everything's fine based on what we're seeing, how concerned the American citizens are,” Rep. Eli Crane exclusively tells Ask a Pol.Happy holidays!!! Ignorance is far from bliss From what FBI, DOJ and CBP testified, it seemed like they kind of had no idea what these drones are? “Yeah,” Crane — a former Navy SEAL and Homeland Security Committee member — replies. VOTE in AskaPOLL: Which lawmaker should we drop next?**We staked out 5 separate UAP/ drone classified briefings this month alone, and we’re a tiny startup so we haven’t had bandwidth to post half of our new exclusives. Stay tuned: Subscribe for FREE to get our latest exclusives first as we drop them between now and New Years Eve. Caught our ear:“It's so hard up here because you don't know whether they don't really know or if they're lying to us, which I feel like they do all the time,” Crane tells us. Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Eli Crane (R-AZ), slightly edited for clarity.Say ‘Thanks!’ to Laslo for pulling an all-nighter Thursday into Friday to pump out fresh Ask a Pol UAP exclusives, even as he had to churn out some 6 stories on end of year government funding drama. Ask a Pol’s on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Eli Crane SCENE: Earlier this week, before Congress funded the government and bolted outta town, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo ran into Rep. Eli Crane as he was walking across the Capitol grounds ahead of a House vote. Matt Laslo: “Curious your thoughts, after that DHS hearing last week on the drones, from what they told you in that hearing to then hearing Kirby and them say, hey, everything's fine. It seemed like those two are at odds. No?” Eli Crane: “Well, I think, clearly, I don't think everything's fine based on what we're seeing, how concerned the American citizens are.”ML: “Yeah?” SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Or just plain broke this time of year? Don’t stress. Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.EC: “And then, as we found out in that hearing, what we're spending to counter drone warfare, I don't think we're fine at all.” ML: “And what do you — like, from what they testified it seemed like they kind of had no idea what it was.”EC: “Yeah.” ML: “And then to hear Kirby and them say, ‘there's no security threat,’ how do they know? There seems to be a disconnect between them.” EC: “Well yeah. It's so hard up here because you don't know whether they don't really know or if they're lying to us, which I feel like they do all the time.”Tell your friends to subscribe today! ML: “Yeah?” EC: “And they can get away with it, because they're never held accountable up here. So it'll be interesting to see what we learn in the weeks and months to come.”ML: “Yeah?” EC: “But I think it's very concerning.”ML: “Yeah? I’ll be watchin. Preciate ya.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe
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  • Year later, Pentagon doesn't know whose drones shut down Langley AFB, Intel Chair Warner says
    Dec 21 2024
    UN-paywalled: Merry whatever! Who?Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) — Chair, Senate Intelligence Committee LISTEN: Laslo & WarnerBackground:Last December, swarms of unmanned aerial craft forced the relocation of “an entire fighter wing” of F-22 Raptor stealth fighters at Virginia’s Joint Base Langley-Eustis. Two months earlier a similar incident was reported by officials at the Energy Department’s Nevada National Security Site. Recently, similar incursions have been reported at New Jersey’s Picatinny Arsenal, Naval Weapons Station Earle, the Air Force’s Plant 42 in California (home to top secret aerospace programs), President-elect Donald Trump's Bedminster country club, along with US military bases in the UK and Germany, etc. Ask a Pol asks:How’d Thursday’s classified briefing go? Key Warner:“Disappointing,” Sen. Mark Warner exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “We’re a year in and we still don’t have where they came from, who's behind it.”ICYMI — Langley alarm been raised for a year this month Caught our ear:“You gotta have the ability to take them down,” Warner tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Mark Warner SCENE: Shortly after the US House of Representatives passed a last minute measure averting a government shutdown Friday evening, the US Senate was buzzing with anticipation ahead of the midnight government funding deadline. On his way back from covering the last House vote of the year — including scoring some new UAP exclusives; stay tuned! — Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo passed through the Senate basement when he spotted Sen. Mark Warner and an aide. He gave them space for a private conversation until a Senate tram arrived. After the senator and his aide boarded, Laslo approached, but the senator motioned he wasn’t welcome. Tis the season: Ask a Pol staked out 5 classified UAP briefings December alone! Say ‘Thank you’ on Venmo, PayPal, Cash App or just buy us a beer. Cheers!So Laslo stood just outside the tram door and asked the Intel Chair for an update on the classified briefing he and Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) received Thursday afternoon on the Langley incursions. Matt Laslo: “Sir.”Warner shakes his head ‘no’ from inside the tram car, so Laslo stops at the gap. ML: “How’d the briefing go?”Mark Warner: “Um.” ICYMI — FOUND IT! FREE link to WSJ Langley feature ML: “The Langley one.” MW: “Disappointing.” ML: “Disappointing?” Warner nods yes. MW: “We’re a year in and we still don’t have where they came from, who's behind it.”ML: “Yeah?” Subscribe for FREE. Or become a VIP supporter today!MW: “And, you know, there are — we've got to change some of the…um.” Warner turns to his aide. MW: “What’s the word I’m looking for?” Speaking to himself as he struggles finding the right word. MW: “Not borders, capabilities…”The self-driving tram’s digital bell rings, alerting everyone it’s taking off momentarily. ML: “Sensors or…?” MW: “No, no.” The tram’s heavy doors start lumbering closed. *Student? Lost a gig? Hard times? Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.MW: “You gotta have the ability to take them down.” ML: “Yeah, yeah.” The tram doors lock. ML: “Thank you.” As he starts heading back to the Capitol, Laslo repeats Warner’s last statement into his mic. ML: “They’ve gotta have the ability to take them down.” Laslo turns back to the tram. ML: “Merry Christmas, sir.”Please pardon any typos. We’re exhausted… Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe
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  • Intel member: "public needs to have faith" gov't on top of drones — contradicting FBI
    Dec 20 2024
    Who?Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) — House Intelligence Committee LISTEN: Laslo & GomezAsk a Pol asks:Last week the House Homeland Security Committee heard testimony from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice and Customs and Border Protection (among others) who all said, basically, ‘We don't know what this stuff is’ — were they lying? Does the Pentagon know what this stuff is? Key Gomez:“They're getting more and more information [by] the day,” Rep. Jimmy Gomez exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “I don't know. I didn't see that” hearing. ICYMI — Homeland Security hearing Dec. 10, 2024 “A joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement & Intelligence and Subcommittee on Transportation & Maritime Security entitled, ‘Safeguarding the Homeland from Unmanned Aerial Systems,’” according to the committee. Key testimony:“We just don’t know, and that’s the concerning part,” Assistant Director of the FBI’s Critical Incident Response Group Robert W. Wheeler Jr. testified in the US House of Representatives last week. Ask a Pol woos: As Gomez exits the SCIF — sensitive compartmented information facility — Ask a Pol woos the Congressman over to his colleagues with cameras. “You don’t look freaked out,” Ask a Pol smiles to the Congressman. Subscribe for FREEEEE!!! Or become a VIP…Press Corps Asks:“Did you get a sense that there was something that you were told in there that is not public information right now?” a made-for-TV reporter asks.*Gomez:“Off the top of my head, no,” Gomez replies. “There’s some information that I can’t discuss, but I think that the public needs to have faith that the federal government, as well as these agencies are on top of it. They have taken the steps, and I think they're taking additional steps, to ensure that their initial findings are backed up by additional data.” *STUPIDEST QUESTION EVER! Pro-Tip: Don’t ever PUBLICLY ask policymakers what classified information they were just told inside a classified briefing, because they’re legally obligated NOT to discuss classified information. Alms?!? We’ll take whatever you can spare. Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism — Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!Caught our ear:“The public needs to have faith,” Gomez tells press corps. Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Jimmy Gomez SCENE: Upon leaving the classified House Intelligence Committee briefing on Wednesday, Rep. Gomez stops and answers a few questions in front of the TV cameras set up outside the SCIF. Once Gomez is done with the made-for-cable questions, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo proceeds to interview him exclusively as they head up two flights of stairs before trekking though underground tunnels on the way back to the Congressman’s office. Jimmy Gomez: “Thank you guys.” Gomez says goodbye to the camera operators, producers and reporters outside the SCIF when Laslo starts walking and talking with the four-term Congressman. Matt Laslo: “It kinda sounds like you're saying there's no need for that to even be in the SCIF or maybe that should have been public?” JG: “Some stuff needs to be in the SCIF.”ML: “Yeah?” JG: “But it's like, I'm talking about like…” Gomez catches himself from divulging classified information… SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.JG: “Some stuff needs to be in the SCIF. So…” ML: “But with Americans freaking out up and down the East Coast…” JG: “They do need to provide, they do need to show how it, like, reveal certain stuff that they can — they need to kind of tell them in broad terms what additional steps they're taking to ensure that their initial findings are correct.” ML: “Cause, like, what the testimony was with the FBI and DOJ last week to the Homeland Security Committee, they said, ‘We don't know what this stuff is.’”Gomez laughs.ML: “Were they lying? Or does the Pentagon know what this stuff is?” JG: “Well, I think they're getting more and more information [by] the day, but it's a — I don't know, I didn't see that, what the Department of Homeland Security said.”**The Homeland Security Committee heard testimony from DOJ, FBI and CPB — not DHS. ML: “Yeah?” JG: “Yeah. Well, I can't compare.” Gomez has now entered an elevator in the basement if the Capitol, which Ask a Pol doesn’t hop on so we can get back to the SCIF stakeout. ML: “And that’s DOD [Department of Defense] in there [giving the briefing]?” JG: “Yeah, DOD’s in there.” ML: “Preciate you!” Elevator doors now closing… JG: “No problem.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a ...
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  • HASC Ranking Member Adam Smith: "I don't know what [UAP] means"
    Dec 20 2024
    SCROLL DOWN TO LISTEN FOR FREE. Who?Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) — Ranking Member, Armed Services Committee (HASC)LISTEN: Laslo & SmithWhat?We conducted this interview on Friday, Dec. 6th. The following week, the National Defense Authorization Act — or NDAA — sailed out of the House of Representatives before passing the US Senate this week. It’s now awaiting President Joe Biden’s signature — or (highly unlikely) veto. Ask a Pol asks:Have you heard what's up with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's UAPDA — Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act — with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD)? Key Smith:“Sorry, what are we talking about? What’s that?” Rep. Adam Smith pressed Ask a Pol. “I don't know what that means.” ‘UAP’ is the new ‘UFO.’“Okay,” Smith said. “I have a vague memory of it, but I don't know the specifics.”We can’t do what we do without YOU!ICYMI — eternal saga of Schumer’s UAPDA continues… Caught our ear:“It's tradition,” Smith told us at the start of the month. “We fly off to Reagan [National Airport], and we argue and hassle over the final details and then come back on Monday, release the bill and find a way to pass it.” Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive interview with Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Rep. Adam SmithSCENE: The Friday before the House voted on this year’s final NDAA, Rep. Adam Smith’s walking across the Capitol grounds after voting in the US Capitol when Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo catches up with him. Matt Laslo: “How are you?”Adam Smith: “Good.” ML: “How's the NDAA looking?”SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.AS: “Ah, we're close.”ML: “Yeah?”AS: “It's tradition, we fly off to Reagan [National Airport].” ML: “Yeah?”AS: “And we argue and hassle over the final details and then come back on Monday and release the bill and find a way to pass it, so we're sticking with tradition.”ML: “Have you heard what's up with Majority Leader Schumer's amendment with Senator Rounds? Their UAPDA amendment?”AS: “Sorry, what are we talking about? What’s that?”ML: “Their UAPDA amendment.”AS: “I don't know what that means.”ML: “‘UAP’ is the new ‘UFO.’”AS: “Okay.”ML: “They're UAPDA…”Every bit helps! Consider chipping in to support our independent journalism —Venmo, PayPal, Cash App — or just buy us a beer!AS: “Oh, no, I...”ML: “…it's a disclosure act.”AS: “Oh, I don't, actually.”ML: “Yeah? Cool.”AS: “I have a vague memory of it, but I don't know the specifics.”ML: “Yep. Sounds good.”AS: “Alright.”ML: “Thank you, sir.”Andrey Beregovskiy contributed to this report.Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe
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  • Sen. Kaine says gov't in dark on drones: "we're shocked at the amount of stuff that they don't know"
    Dec 18 2024
    LISTEN for FREE: Just scroll down! Who?Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) — Armed Services Committee LISTEN: Laslo & KaineAsk a Pol asks:After the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence — or HPSCI — was given a classified SCIF briefing on the drones sightings over the east coast this week, do you all plan to ask for one in the Senate? Key Kaine:“We have a more in-depth briefing later this week — [Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Mark] Warner and I and the Virginia delegation on, ‘Okay, a year after Langley, like, what can you tell us? And what can't you?’ If there's stuff you don't know, they don't know it for a year,” Sen. Tim Kaine exclusively tells Ask a Pol. “We don’t think they know stuff they're not telling us, we're shocked at the amount of stuff that they don't know.”ICYMI — Kaine’s called for Langley answers for months now Caught our ear:“There's a lot of people not taking responsibility for answering,” Kaine tells us.Below find a rough transcript of Ask a Pol’s exclusive Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA), slightly edited for clarity.TRANSCRIPT: Sen. Tim KaineSCENE: After leaving the stakeout for Tuesday’s House SCIF briefing, Ask a Pol’s Matt Laslo’s heading back to his cubicle in the Capitol when he runs into Sen. Kaine. Laslo drops everything and proceeds to ride an elevator with Kaine as he heads to the Senate floor to vote. The interview starts with Laslo filling Kaine in on Tuesday’s House Intel briefing…Matt Laslo: “One thing they didn't bring up is the US relying on 60 RAF forces over in the UK to help our four bases there.”Tim Kaine: “Right.”SUBSCRIBER-ONLY CONTENT**Student? Lost your gig? Hard times? Been there. Got you. No questions asked. Just ping us.M.L.: “So they're bifurcating this, and they're saying…”T.K.: “Well, there's huge: ‘Oh, that's not our job.’ You know, the FBI claims, ‘no that's for the DOD [Department of Defense], and the DOD says, ‘No, it's for the FBI’ or they say it's for the FAA. There's a lot of people not taking responsibility for answering.” M.L.: “Are you guys hoping — or is there anything scheduled — for you guys to get a brief? I know Schumer and…” T.K.: “I'm not getting a brief. We have a more in-depth briefing later this week — [Sen. Mark] Warner and I and the Virginia delegation…”M.L.: “Yeah?” T.K.: “…on, ‘Okay, a year after Langley, like, what can you tell us? And what can't you?’ If there's stuff you don't know, they don't know it for a year.”M.L.: “Yeah?” T.K.: “We don’t think they know stuff they're not telling us, we're shocked at the amount of stuff that they don't know.”M.L.: “Yeah?”T.K.: “So anyway, that'll be, that'll be Thursday.” M.L.: “That’ll be Thursday?”Kaine nods. M.L.: “Just the delegation?” T.K.: “Yes. Just the Virginia delegation.” M.L.: “I'll be houndin y’all after.”T.K.: “Alright.”M.L.: “Preciate ya, sir.” Content posted at AskaPol.com is copyrighted. Use our original content to move the story forward. And, please, link to us. Thank you for subscribing. Leave a comment or share this episode. This is a public episode. If you’d like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.askapoluaps.com/subscribe
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  • Rep. Spanberger post-classified NJ drone briefing: "Nobody should ever feel fine ever"
    Dec 18 2024

    Who?

    Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) — formerly C.I.A.; running for governor of Virginia

    LISTEN: Laslo & Spanberger

    Ask a Pol asks:

    After today’s classified briefing, should all Virginians feel fine?

    Key Spanberger:

    “Nobody should ever feel fine ever,” Spanberger exclusively tells Ask a Pol.

    Caught our ear:

    “Members of Congress need to not be opportunistic idiots who say s**t that’s not true,” Spanberger tells us (roughly 5min 39sec mark).

    TRANSCRIPT: Spanberger

    Coming…so so so sorry, we have a quick holiday engagement and then are rushing back to pump out more exclusives after today’s SCIF briefing.

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