On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Walter Curt – a podcaster and investigative journalist who operates The W.C. Dispatch - about how the Trump administration's push to open source some government payment systems and the rise of artificial intelligence are empowering citizen sleuths to track down fraud, waste and abuse. In our round-up of the week’s best investigative reporting, Zane and Varney discuss Peter Schweizer’s reporting from his new book, “The Invisible Coup,” about how China is exploiting America’s tradition of granting birthright citizenship, recent articles in the Washington Post, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal that indicate the legacy media is finally acknowledging some successes in the Iran War, and a ProPublica story and how Trump’s pardons of convicted swindlers throws into question his commitment to combatting fraud.
On this week’s episode of the RealClearInvestigations Podcast, RCI Editor J. Peder Zane and RCI Senior Reporter James Varney speak with Walter Curt – a podcaster and investigative journalist who operates The W.C. Dispatch - about how the Trump administration's push to open source some government payment systems and the rise of artificial intelligence are empowering citizen sleuths to track down fraud, waste and abuse.
In our round-up of the week’s best investigative reporting, Zane and Varney discuss Peter Schweizer’s reporting from his new book, “The Invisible Coup,” about how China is exploiting America’s tradition of granting birthright citizenship, recent articles in the Washington Post, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal that indicate the legacy media is finally acknowledging some successes in the Iran War, and a ProPublica story and how Trump’s pardons of convicted swindlers throws into question his commitment to combatting fraud.
YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/4Xh9mvq32D0
Articles discussed in this podcast:
The W.C. Dispatch, https://wcdispatch.com/
Peter Schweizer: The Invisible Coup
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/articles/2026/03/31/book_excerpt_-_the_invisible_coup_how_american_elites_and_foreign_powers_use_immigration_as_a_weapon_1173586.html
Washington Post: Iran’s Missile Infrastructure Severely Strained
https://www.realclearinvestigations.com/2026/03/30/irans_missile_infrastructure_severely_strained_1173364.html
New York Times: Iran’s Fractured Leadership Is Struggling to Coordinate
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/30/us/politics/iran-leaders-trump-war.html
Wall Street Journal: Trump’s Foreign Policy Targets Rusia’s Allies
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/why-russia-is-stepping-up-its-support-for-an-embattled-iran/ar-AA1ZFsGW?ocid=BingNewsSerp
ProPublica: Trump’s War On Fraud Doesn’t Include Swindlers He’s Pardoned
https://www.propublica.org/article/joseph-schwartz-trump-pardon-skyline-nursing-home-patients