On this episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick about his compulsively readable new book, “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.” With the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss a New York Times article that suggests Vice President J.D. Vance may be highlighting obstacles to the Iran effort; a Wall Street Journal story about an AI researcher who warns computers could destroy humanity; an X post reporting evidence that the Journal piece could be part of an orchestrated campaign against AI; and Paul Sperry’s exclusive article in RCI detailing the government’s decision to parole at least three of the 15 terrorist detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay – men the government labels “high-value detainees” and “forever prisoners.” 00:00 Cold Open: An Earlier Age of Terrorism 00:50 Welcome & Guest Tease: Joby Warrick on "The Jackal" 01:40 News Roundup: NYT's J.D. Vance "Unvarnished" Iran Intel Story 05:26 Is an AI Doomsday Coming? An Anthropic Researcher's Resignation 09:58 Can AI Regulation Actually Work? 12:16 Gitmo's "Forever Prisoners" May Be Released (Paul Sperry Exclusive) 15:54 Introducing Joby Warrick and Why He Wrote "The Jackal" 19:18 Who Was Carlos the Jackal? Origins and the 1975 OPEC Raid 25:11 The Hijacking Era and How Carlos Evaded Capture for Decades 30:56 State Sponsors, the Palestinian Cause, and Strange Bedfellows 37:05 Interrogating Terrorists, Modern Mercenary Attacks, and Meeting Carlos in Prison
On this episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and
RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Joby Warrick
about his compulsively readable new book, “The Jackal: The Rise and Fall of Carlos, the World’s First Super-Terrorist.”
With the news round-up, Zane and Varney discuss a New York Times article that suggests Vice
President J.D. Vance may be highlighting obstacles to the Iran effort; a Wall Street Journal story
about an AI researcher who warns computers could destroy humanity; an X post reporting
evidence that the Journal piece could be part of an orchestrated campaign against AI; and Paul
Sperry’s exclusive article in RCI detailing the government’s decision to parole at least three of
the 15 terrorist detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay – men the government labels “high-value
detainees” and “forever prisoners.”
00:00 Cold Open: An Earlier Age of Terrorism
00:50 Welcome & Guest Tease: Joby Warrick on "The Jackal"
01:40 News Roundup: NYT's J.D. Vance "Unvarnished" Iran Intel Story
05:26 Is an AI Doomsday Coming? An Anthropic Researcher's Resignation
09:58 Can AI Regulation Actually Work?
12:16 Gitmo's "Forever Prisoners" May Be Released (Paul Sperry Exclusive)
15:54 Introducing Joby Warrick and Why He Wrote "The Jackal"
19:18 Who Was Carlos the Jackal? Origins and the 1975 OPEC Raid
25:11 The Hijacking Era and How Carlos Evaded Capture for Decades
30:56 State Sponsors, the Palestinian Cause, and Strange Bedfellows
37:05 Interrogating Terrorists, Modern Mercenary Attacks, and Meeting Carlos in Prison
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