Jul 25, 2026 · 1 hr 57 min · 27 segments
On this Finally Friday edition, Rick Robinson asks one central question: Who gave them permission? After an opening about Iran, ideological warfare, and America’s reluctance to confront a determined…
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Sometimes the greatest danger is not the person trying to break through security.
The person who already knows the entrances and exits, the person who knows the schedule, the routine, the blind spots, the backup plan, and where everybody will move if something goes wrong.
The person who does not have to sneak past the perimeter because we put them inside it.
And we assumed that the responsibility that they were entrusted with and their ability to think and act responsibly came with that trust.
And because it is Friday, we're eventually going to try to have some fun today if we don't run out of time.
We're going to talk about whether artificial intelligence is about to build an army of chrome skeletons, seize the nuclear codes, and come looking for John Connor.
Or whether Hollywood managed to miss the scarier and much more ordinary version of the story.
But before we get to Skynet, because we're not there yet anyway, we need to talk about human beings.
not who gave them a job, not who put them in office, not who connected them to a network or handed them a password, who gave them permission to treat the limits of that access as if they were optional.
Credentials provide access, elections provide authority, technology provides capability.
None of these things provide unlimited permission, however, and the first story could not illustrate that point more cleanly.
The United States Secret Service confirmed Thursday that a member of Vice President J.D. Vance's security detail is currently under investigation.
Over allegations connected to a suspected news leak, according to the Associated Press, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the security team member faces an internal investigation and a potential criminal inquiry involving allegedly compromised operational and informational security.
The Secret Service has not publicly identified the person under investigation.
Sometimes the greatest danger is not the person trying to break through security.
The person who already knows the entrances and exits, the person who knows the schedule, the routine, the blind spots, the backup plan, and where everybody will move if something goes wrong.
The person who does not have to sneak past the perimeter because we put them inside it.
And we assumed that the responsibility that they were entrusted with and their ability to think and act responsibly came with that trust.
And because it is Friday, we're eventually going to try to have some fun today if we don't run out of time.
We're going to talk about whether artificial intelligence is about to build an army of chrome skeletons, seize the nuclear codes, and come looking for John Connor.
Or whether Hollywood managed to miss the scarier and much more ordinary version of the story.
But before we get to Skynet, because we're not there yet anyway, we need to talk about human beings.
not who gave them a job, not who put them in office, not who connected them to a network or handed them a password, who gave them permission to treat the limits of that access as if they were optional.
Credentials provide access, elections provide authority, technology provides capability.
None of these things provide unlimited permission, however, and the first story could not illustrate that point more cleanly.
The United States Secret Service confirmed Thursday that a member of Vice President J.D. Vance's security detail is currently under investigation.
Over allegations connected to a suspected news leak, according to the Associated Press, Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said the security team member faces an internal investigation and a potential criminal inquiry involving allegedly compromised operational and informational security.
The Secret Service has not publicly identified the person under investigation.
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