Gang of Eight
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Oct 5, 2026
Ana NavarroHOST
... that Marco Rubio is, um, is sitting by silently as this level of...
Ana NavarroHOST
Marco Rubio, who was part of the Gang of Eight-
Pramila JayapalGUEST
Yes
Ana NavarroHOST
... trying to pass immigration-
Mark WarnerGUEST
Um, but we do have to view all these actions in the context of how the rest of the world, and how our adversaries, how our enemy, Iran, will view this in the sense that if they can take these kind of, put these kind of threats out, is America gonna retreat everywhere across the world? Um, again, if you had a, if you had a plan going in, this would be like the beginning when we started the war and we didn't think about what happens if we run through all these munitions, which we've run through by having many strikes at the beginning of the war that really didn't accomplish much other than drawing down our munitions.
Katy TurHOST
[sighs] Shouldn't you know more about it? You're in the Gang of Eight.
Mark WarnerGUEST
Katy, absolutely.
Mark WarnerGUEST
There has never, uh, there has never been an administration, including Trump one, that's been less forthcoming.
Scott VandeheyGUEST
Like, the public didn't know about it obviously, but, like, that was another example of a black program.
Scott VandeheyGUEST
Now, we don't know if it was disclosed to the Gang of Eight, but, like, Congress as a whole didn't know that there was [laughs] a secret stealth program that they'd been funding.
Clint WeldonHOST
I, I think that was-
Pavel IbarraHOST
What we-
JT TaylorGUEST
A lot of people didn't like him, but he had a good following in the Senate.
JT TaylorGUEST
The Gang of Eight, you've heard that mentioned before.
JT TaylorGUEST
He was able to get things done.
JT TaylorGUEST
I don't see Federman in that mold.
Bill EvaninaGUEST
The second one, is the National Threat Prioritization Assessment, which basically lays out what are the threats that we face as a nation domestically and around the world, and then how do we provide pillars to address those and what agencies would do that.
Bill EvaninaGUEST
Those two things go to Congress, the Gang of Eight, and the White House.
Bill EvaninaGUEST
So, and we would Recruit all the agencies put them together and I think those those are two things on the counterintelligence side that NCSC is really good at as well as Quarterbacking being the honest broker amongst agencies right say we have a problem with respect to the North Koreans in Albania and Okay, let's put together a program.
Bill EvaninaGUEST
Let's host a meeting, bring all the requisite agencies in, and be an honest broker.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They got this close.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm on the Gang of Eight.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I got the inside, highest level classified briefing.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was a very, very dangerous and imminent situation, and we had to take care of it.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's what they've come up with.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But even the people who were in the Gang of 8 briefing, the Democrats understood the necessity of doing this.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now, they're-- this is a political argument they're making, but let's put all that debate aside 'cause they're never gonna agree with us.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They can't, at least publicly.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
They got this close.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
I'm on the gang of eight.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
I got the inside highest level classified briefing.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
It was a very, very dangerous and imminent situation, and we had to take care of it.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
That's their phrase.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
That's what they've come up with.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
But even the people who were in the Gang of Eight briefing, the Democrats, understood the necessity of doing this.
Mike JohnsonGUEST
Now, this is a political argument they're making, but let's put all that debate aside because they're never going to agree with us.
Mark DavisHOST
Just an awesome gentleman right there.
Mark DavisHOST
As we talk about how some Republicans have fallen and gone off the rails and disappointed us and just turned into God knows what, Marco Rubio, once part of the Gang of Eight, he was a border softie.
Mark DavisHOST
He's running against Trump.
Mark DavisHOST
He was little Marco.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That's what they've come up with.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But even the people who were in the Gang of Eight briefing, the Democrats understood the necessity of doing this.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now, this is a political argument they're making, but let's put all that debate aside because they're never going to agree with us.
Mike JohnsonSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They can't, at least publicly.
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