Brett McGurk
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Sep 21, 2026
Antony LoewensteinHOST
The theme throughout your whole book, Akbar, and I think you may even say it at one point, maybe it's a quote from someone else, I forget now, is from the Biden administration's perspective, and I don't want to say every single person who worked in there because there are lots of people and you certainly have what I would call more dissenting voices.
Antony LoewensteinHOST
They're anonymous, so of course I have no idea who they are, and I'm guessing they're not obviously the Brett McGurk, Antony Blinken level, of course, but lower down the food chain.
Antony LoewensteinHOST
But a theme that is constant is that Palestinian life is cheap.
Antony LoewensteinHOST
It doesn't really matter.
Antony LoewensteinHOST
I don't think we have a date yet, but I think next year.
Antony LoewensteinHOST
That's going to be a joy to read.
Antony LoewensteinHOST
And Brett McGurk, who, remind me, his position was National Security Advisor, is that
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
right? Middle East coordinator.
Elizabeth HagedornGUEST
The U.S. just removed Syria's state sponsor of terror designation, which should, in theory, open the door to more commercial investment in Syria.
Elizabeth HagedornGUEST
And then just personally, I'm looking forward to seeing his sit down with Brett McGurk later this week at the Atlantic Council.
Elizabeth HagedornGUEST
I think that'll be quite the pairing.
Adam LucenteHOST
Elizabeth, thanks a lot for your time, and we look forward to more of your reporting from the Assembly.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
And I do think it's very, very worrisome.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
Because, you know, it's almost like it seems hyperbolic, but no less than, you know, Brett McGurk, a former Biden administration official, you know, also involved in the Gaza genocide.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
He also warned about this about a month ago.
Murtaza HussainPANELIST
He said like a world war like scenario is coming about or seems to be emerging.
Jasper NathanielHOST
Walk us through the main cast of characters.
Jasper NathanielHOST
There's the ones that people know, of course, Joe Biden, Anthony Blinken, and then there's Sullivan McGurk.
Jasper NathanielHOST
And so I'm sure the list goes on and on.
Jasper NathanielHOST
But who would you say are the sort of main characters that had influence during those 14
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
Which for him became a factor in his expertise, but for Palestinians, feel them, right? Because when you have the highest level person disregarding what hundreds of other professionals are meant to be doing, the Israelis can very easily narrow down the conversation.
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
Sullivan, really important.
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
Brett McGurk, who I've profiled.
Akbar Shahid AhmedGUEST
Folks can go look at my profiles of him.
Borzou DaragahiHOST
First Yemen, tomorrow Saudi Arabia.
Borzou DaragahiHOST
If you're a Western analyst, if you're like Brett McGurk sitting there in Washington, D.C., hoping to game this out and get a position in the next administration.
Borzou DaragahiHOST
If you're some dude sitting in the National Security Council in the White House who has like ties to the think tank world and Israel, you're like, oh, my God, this is a peril and an opportunity situation.
Borzou DaragahiHOST
This is peril in that if Saudi Arabia falls, that is a huge, huge deal for the global economy.
Jeremy AppelHOST
There was also John Kirby, sort of a U.S. government spokesperson who is incredibly flippant about Palestinian lives.
Jeremy AppelHOST
There was, of course, Brett McGurk, a you know, who I think has gained some notoriety by now for you know, really only seeing things from Israel's perspective and then Jake Sullivan as well.
Jeremy AppelHOST
And you write in the book and this line, this turn of phrase really stood out to me and it was sort of like stuck with me that they were trapped in a mental prison of their own making.
Jeremy AppelHOST
What did you mean by that?
Assal RadGUEST
well first i wanted to mention since you were talking about like the the you know people who land then at the Washington Post or these major institutions.
Assal RadGUEST
You have someone like Brett McGurk, who was really the one of the most important members of the Biden admin in charge of his Middle East policy, including the Gaza genocide.
Assal RadGUEST
Now he writes for CNN.
Assal RadGUEST
So that's that's the level of, you know.
7 MINS LATER
Assal RadGUEST
If I'm really bad at my job, I lose it.
Assal RadGUEST
If I'm an analyst and I keep getting it wrong over and over and over again, you lose the job.
Assal RadGUEST
So I don't understand how someone like Brett McGurk who's got it wrong over and over and over again, is sitting there as an analyst for CNN.
Assal RadGUEST
So there's that kind of accountability.
Juan GonzálezHOST
La campaña, denominada Drop the Genocide 20, está dirigida contra varios exfuncionarios de Biden, entre ellos el exsecretario de Estado Antony Blinken, el exasesor de Seguridad Nacional Jake Sullivan y el exsecretario de Defensa Lloyd Austin, quienes fueron figuras claves en el respaldo estadounidense a la guerra de Israel contra Gaza.
Juan GonzálezHOST
Otros funcionarios que figuran en la lista incluyen el excoordinador de la Casa Blanca para Asuntos de Medio Oriente, Brett McGurk, el exasesor de Seguridad Nacional John Kirby y Linda Thomas-Greenfield, quien se desempeñó como embajadora de Estados Unidos ante Naciones Unidas.
Juan GonzálezHOST
Desde su etapa como secretario de Estado, Blinken obtuvo un contrato para publicar libros con Crown, un sello de la editorial Penguin Random House, y ha participado con frecuencia en conferencias públicas, entre ellas una en la Escuela Kennedy de la Universidad de Harvard.
Juan GonzálezHOST
La campaña también exige que estos exfuncionarios de Biden sean excluidos de cualquier futuro cargo político.
Van JacksonHOST
But I think this is an important rallying point for policy people.
Van JacksonHOST
So who are the Genocide 20? Well, of course, Antony Blinken, Jake Sullivan, Brett McGurk, David Satterfield, John Feiner, John Kirby, Matthew Miller, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, Karine Jean-Pierre, Barbara Leaf.
Van JacksonHOST
Dorothy Shea, Jack Liu, Lloyd Austin, Samantha Power, Stephanie Hallett, Mira Resnick, Julietta Valls-Noise, I don't actually know who she is, Michael Carrillo, Uzra Zaya, and Deborah Lipstadt.
Van JacksonHOST
These are the Genocide 20.
Matt DussGUEST
Obviously, he's the president and he ultimately is responsible.
Matt DussGUEST
You know, he did bring in some people to be key advisors, like Brett McGurk, who was the head of Middle East Policy.
Matt DussGUEST
in the National Security Council, very hawkish, not very sympathetic at all to the Palestinians.
Matt DussGUEST
Amos Hochstein, who was, again, very, very, you know, sympathetic to the Israelis, not known to be very sympathetic to the Palestinians at all.
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