On this episode of The Glenn Beck Program, host Glenn Beck is joined by the Executive Producer Stu Bagheer to discuss the latest in the ongoing saga of the F.B.I. investigation into whether or not the government knows something we don t know.
00:05:43.260Now, Columbia University, as it was heading into Passover, as Rabbi Link to the Ivy League School urged Jewish students to stay home.
00:05:53.240Intense confrontations on campus sparked condemnation from the White House and New York officials.
00:05:59.340The atmosphere is so charged, Columbia officials announced students can attend classes and even possibly take exams virtually starting Monday, the first day of Passover, a major Jewish holiday.
00:06:11.480Tensions at Columbia and many other universities have been high ever since the October 7th terrorist attack on Israel.
00:06:17.620However, the situation in Columbia escalated in recent days after university officials testified before Congress last week about anti-Semitism on campus and pro-Palestinian protests on and near campus as they surged.
00:06:31.340The latest crisis opened up Columbia's president to new attacks from her critics with the Republican Elise Stefanik, demanding she step down immediately because school leadership has clearly lost control of its campus.
00:06:43.960Look, I want to make sure we don't make the same mistake we made when we first heard about political correctness.
00:06:52.320We heard about political correctness and DEI and CRT and all of these things.
00:10:55.380We now know who and what is responsible for it.
00:10:59.740Israel's unpreparedness on October 7th shows that even powerful nations can be surprised in catastrophic ways.
00:11:06.320Fortunately, Congress, in a rare bipartisan act, voted early Saturday to reauthorize key intelligent powers that provides critical information on hostile states and their threats ranging from terrorism to fentanyl trafficking.
00:11:23.800So, again, New York Times, let's just have a recent, I mean, a decent conversation and just say, okay, powerful nations can be surprised in catastrophic ways.
00:11:40.820But powerful nations can also, catastrophic things can happen and them not be surprised.
00:11:48.880For instance, every American knows right now we have an open border.
00:11:56.020If you were serious about catastrophic things happening in the United States, you would be paying attention to our open borders.
00:12:07.120You would make sure that that was sealed off and only people we knew who were coming in and could vet could come into the United States.
00:12:33.620You are using these things to distort and control.
00:12:39.560Civil libertarians argue that surveillance bill erodes Americans' privacy rights and pointed to examples when American citizens got entangled in investigations.
00:12:49.420Importantly, the latest version of the bill adds dozens of legal safeguards around the surveillance in question.
00:12:56.380The most expansive privacy reform to the legislation in its history.
00:13:01.760Well, that's because it's not, it's not had any.
00:13:05.880They just keep giving them more power.
00:13:08.980At the center of the debate is the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, originally passed in 1978, demanded that investigations gain an order from a special court to surveil foreign agents inside the United States.
00:13:21.940Collecting the communication of foreigners abroad did not require court approval.
00:13:30.240Many foreign nationals rely on American providers such as Google and Meta, which route or store data in the United States, raising questions on whether the rules apply to whether the target, whether they are here or there and where their data is collected.
00:13:46.080In 2008, Congress addressed that conundrum with Section 702.
00:13:50.480Instead of requiring the government to seek court orders for each foreign target, this is not even what we're talking about.
00:13:58.380Do you have a problem with foreign targets?
00:14:02.100Does somebody is using Google to store all of their stuff in a cloud and they live in a foreign and they are putting it up into the cloud in some foreign place and they are foreigners.
00:16:37.200The FBI, which investigates threats to national security in the United States, can then check that database for Americans under investigation for national security reasons.
00:16:48.840We agree those queries raise legitimate privacy concerns, and those concerns are especially acute for public officials and journalists who communicate with foreign officials and other potential intelligence targets that may be sensitive for political or professional reasons.
00:17:05.120It's also true the FBI has broken the rules about the 702 database checks, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
00:17:12.420And there's, you know, some understandable doubts about whether the FBI can be trusted.
00:17:19.440Fortunately, there are ways to prevent such abuses in 602 without compromising its critical national security value.
00:17:27.740Some of the bill's critics argue that the FBI should be required to obtain a warrant.
00:17:51.160Oh, well, we don't want to slow anything down.
00:17:55.040We want to target people, say, oh, they called somebody, they were in touch, they had a brush with somebody who's in an investigation, let's just throw them in jail.
00:18:07.620Let's cut through all the bureaucratic nightmare of the Constitution.
00:18:12.980All this information has been lawfully collected and stored.
00:18:54.180Now there are 30 people that have voted against this, Republicans, and you need to know their name.
00:18:58.980We'll give them to you here in just a second.
00:19:00.280We've reached a state in modern business and technology where it's not only possible to build a parallel economy, it's basically necessary at this point.
00:19:09.480It didn't used to be that way, but I still believe in the Fourth Amendment, the Fifth Amendment.
00:19:13.540Heck, the Second, the Eighth, the Tenth, the Twelfth.
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00:19:57.540Okay, let me go, let me go before we get to the names.
00:20:12.240Security and Exchange Commission, illegally collecting data from American citizens if you invest in the stock market.
00:20:20.500The report noted Civil Liberties Alliance filed the lawsuit Tuesday against the SEC.
00:20:25.180They claim that the agency, through its Consolidated Audit Trail Program, is actively gathering mass amounts of personal, personally identified data.
00:22:23.960I'd like to know what it is that they're being told because the government is only preparing to scoop people up.
00:22:35.880I'd like my family to be able to prepare for whatever you think is coming because something is being told to Congress and the Senate that we're not allowed to hear.
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00:51:35.080Remember his pen and his phone on the immigration policy?
00:51:37.600He was doing the same thing in this lane.
00:51:40.340And Trump, God bless him, came in and undid it all.
00:51:43.480What can be done with the pen can be undone with the pen.
00:51:46.680And now Joe Biden has come in and gone the other way.
00:51:49.480And yet what he's done with Title IX, with these two things we're discussing, is much more permanent.
00:51:56.280It's much worse than an executive order.
00:51:59.640It's an agency regulation, which is going to be a lot harder to undo.
00:52:03.100It can be undone, but we need a different president.
00:52:05.680So how are we going to deal with this?
00:52:10.300There are things, I can guarantee you, I mean, they did a study three years out.
00:52:16.800I was reading about how the left was looking at all of the levers and the knobs and the dials that they could just turn even 5% and no one would even notice.
00:52:28.080And it would put us on a different trajectory that could not be undone.
00:52:33.080How are we going to get rid of all it?
00:52:48.120While we were focused on other things, they were taking over legislation in 50 states and at the federal level when it comes to so-called trans rights.
00:52:58.300And whenever you hear that term, you should remind yourself it means at the erasure of women, at the expense of women's rights.
00:53:04.780And I was looking on Friday when Title IX, when the revisions came out, you know, where are the women's groups?
00:53:12.020Where are they to say this is too much?
00:53:16.180We are not redefining women and we're not allowing so-called trans women, which is a completely made-up thing.
00:53:23.500There's no such thing as a trans woman.
00:53:28.820Into our bathrooms and our locker rooms, in our grade schools, in our colleges where women don't want to share their locker room with some random man who claims he's a woman.
00:53:41.020Have you seen some of the videos on the internet of the men who exploit this provision?
00:53:47.480It's not all lovely, genuinely confused men who really want to pass as women.
00:53:53.020The vast majority of the time, it's either someone who's a pervert, who's exploiting it because he gets off on seeing women half-dressed, or it's somebody who's called an autogynophile who gets sexually aroused by wearing women's clothing.
00:54:08.720Why does he have the right to come into my daughter's bathroom or a locker room where she's half-dressed?
00:54:31.880Talk about, like, all these left-wing organizations that were supposed to stand for, let's say, against anti-Semitism have been co-opted by people who are on the other side.
00:54:42.100Or for women's rights have been co-opted by people who are on the other side.
00:54:45.720But bit by bit, they've been laying the groundwork for legislation in all these states to allow medicalization of children to have their penises chopped off because that's gender-affirming care.
00:55:00.120And our side was asleep at the switch.
00:55:02.360And by our side, I mean the side of reason.
00:55:04.820So we're waking up, and we have a lot of work to do.
00:55:09.420Can I ask you, the tone of your voice on this is just different.
00:55:13.800I hear that it runs to the core of who you are and what you believe.
00:55:17.580You know, when we first met, 2008 or so, you know, we both were doing jobs, and there were a lot of things that, because it wasn't happening this fast, that you'd be like, okay, let's hit that story and that story.
00:55:36.360Now, for at least for me, there's no time for me to hit stories that I may want to.
00:55:49.920And I don't, for me personally, I'll just say this, I'm so glad I'm not in my old role at Fox or NBC for that.
00:55:57.860And I, because even where I was at Fox, you know, I was more on the news side, but I could never be as open as I am now about my opinions on these issues and, you know, how strongly I feel.
00:56:10.300And I just don't think I would have been able to just play it straight and tell both sides of issues like this.
00:56:22.600I actually was giving a talk at a Stanford business class on Friday, and they were saying, some of the comments in your videos online speak in terms of good and evil.
00:56:58.300I mean, he's been great on the non-woke versus woke battle, but we did a long story on the nonsense at Nickelodeon and put on one of the women who had grown up there as a child star, and she had terrible things to say about them.
00:57:36.920How could any straight news person indulge this with two seconds of thought?
00:57:42.920We do have to take a side and rhetorical arms against this lunacy, and whether it's fascism or moral rot, the absence of God in our public spaces and private spaces has led to the uprising of the devil or a devil-like figure.
00:58:02.300And, you know, I'm not even that religious.
00:58:05.240I just see this as a, you know, as a human.
00:58:09.260I know James Lindsay is, he's an atheist, and he said, Glenn, there's no other word to describe this other than evil.
00:58:17.840It is just flat-out evil what's going on.
00:58:21.440Let me, can I, may I recommend something to you?
00:58:26.440I don't know how long your drive is or your commute or anything, but next time you have about 20 minutes, go to Audible and listen to the new production came out last month on 1984.
00:58:40.220It's about an hour and a half in total, but just listen to the first 20 minutes.
00:58:43.720It's, it's been a long time since I've listened to 1984, and I want you to hear it because it's different than reading it right now, and there are scenes where the parents are afraid of their children.
00:58:58.260There are scenes, the first 20 minutes is like, wow, we're here.
00:59:03.220I mean, it's, you know, when I read it, probably when you read it in high school, you read it and it was science fiction.
00:59:09.440No, no, no, no. It's, it's real for the first time. When I, when I heard this, I was like, oh, oh my gosh.
00:59:17.660And it's done by really good actors that you would know. Please check it out. Yeah.
00:59:23.400I will do it. Thank you for the recommendation.
00:59:28.440No, it won't, but I will, I will tell you that it is, it's shocking to me because I read 1984, probably 10 years ago again.
00:59:35.620And, you know, I'm like, okay. Uh, it was shocking to me this time around when I, when I listened to it, it, it is, and how the actors, I don't know if any of the actors went, you know, that kind of sounds like the stuff we're doing right now.
00:59:50.780I mean, it's, it's phenomenal how eyeopening it is. Uh, Megan, thank you. God bless you.
00:59:59.000Uh, Megan Kelly from the, uh, Megan, uh, Kelly extravaganza. I think that's what she calls it, uh, on Sirius XM after this program.
01:00:07.140I don't remember her saying that, but no, she should. She's thinking extravaganza.
01:00:12.560You think that she's thinking, is that another recommendation? Like the, like the 1984 thing changed the name of the show to the extravaganza.
01:00:18.280Well, no, but I think she should just think it while she says, okay.
01:00:22.440Yeah. So anyway, uh, all right, let me tell you about
01:00:25.240The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews last hour. If you missed any of today's show, you've got to go back and, and listen to the podcast, uh, because last hour was pretty intense.
01:00:36.360It was about FISA and then, you know, all the things that the government is not looking into. Like I gave you two examples of these new booklets, one of them issued by the UN, helping these Palestinians, uh, target, uh, businesses and everything else.
01:00:52.100I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's, we have to stop tolerating this. Stop tolerating this. You have to pick a side. You have to, otherwise you are going to, your, your, your friends may already be there.
01:01:09.780That they just have drifted and drifted and drifted and they said nothing and they didn't go get involved. And now they're finding themselves surrounded by radicals and they're either confused or they're part of it.
01:01:22.360I want to talk to you about the IFCJ, which is the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
01:01:31.260Uh, Israel is in real, it's in real trouble. I'm trying to get there. I'm trying to find some time where I can go and, and bring you some things from, uh, Israel directly.
01:01:43.080Um, I, I just don't know how I'm going to fit it in. It's just so far away. Why can't it be closer? Can I just go to Florida and say, I went to Israel?
01:01:53.580Um, they've been helping, uh, dispossessed Jews in Israel since before October 7th, but especially since then the gathering of Israel, if you will, they do so many important things right now.
01:02:06.240We're trying to help them build some bomb shelters for innocent civilians and especially children, putting them up bus stops.
01:02:13.220So when the kids are waiting for the bus to go to school, you know, the air air raid sirens go on, the kids know right where to go and they'll be safe.
01:02:22.500Shelters are about $15,000, uh, a piece. Maybe you can afford to buy one. If not, just $5 would help.
01:02:29.860Um, have compassion for those in Israel and pick a side. Support ifcj.org. That's the web address. Support ifcj.org. Do it now. 10 seconds. Station ID.
01:02:46.560I didn't even ask her about Trump. Ah, I thought that's where you're going.
01:02:50.680I know. I just, I looked up at the clock and we were out of time. I didn't even ask, uh, Megyn Kelly about the, about Donald Trump.
01:02:57.800Yeah. Kind of a big story today. Yeah. Kicking off the, the jury's been picked opening, opening statements happen in just a few minutes.
01:03:05.720And I keep hearing everyone say, this is the only one that's going to get to trial before the election. Is that, is that your understanding of it?
01:03:11.380That's what I keep hearing. Yeah. I keep hearing that, which is interesting. If he's successfully been able to delay these things past the election, three out of four of them, even if this one comes down in a conviction, which it shouldn't, but probably will. Right.
01:03:24.740And I think we can all look at this and say, it's a New York jury. Uh, there's a good chance that a conviction comes down.
01:03:32.520And a zealot of a prosecutor. I mean, it's just, I mean, it's got, he's got everything going for, uh, uh, you know, away from him on this one.
01:03:40.740But even if that does come down, I think people, this one's the weakest one. It's, it's such a joke. And I think a lot of people will be like, all right, we, we know what's going on there.
01:03:48.840Most people don't know. If you don't know what's happening in your world right now, like in the streets with antisemitism and, and this is a $7 apple. What happened? How is that possible? I went into Whole Foods and I bought an apple, just one apple. It's a regular apple for $7. It better be worth it. Yeah. You blame it on Whole Foods for their $7 apples.
01:04:12.500That's not what's happening. I can't believe the price of milk right now. It's those damn cows holding us up. It's big cattle. That's what it is. Nope. I can't, I can't believe gas is so expensive. What is going on with gas? Gas prices are through the roof. It's got a big, big oil. No way. It's not. No, it's not.
01:04:40.560Um, I love, uh, the framing of this case. This is the New York times framing of the case. They're big kind of, here's what to expect in the trial pregame article. Here it is. Will a mountain of evidence be enough to convict Trump? That's how they're framing this trial mountain mountain of evidence. Will that be enough? Now, as they go through the article, they point out that there are, let's call it vulnerabilities in the,
01:05:10.020and the actual evidence, including that a lot of it is just Michael Cohen saying it, which he is the least trustworthy person in the world.
01:05:18.220I know. I read that he's like now saying he's going to testify on behalf of Trump. And I'm like, I don't know if that helps him.
01:05:25.100Wait, is that him or is that Avenatti? I thought Avenatti was doing that. Cohen's going against him.
01:05:29.820I thought it was Cohen, but maybe it was Avenatti. Yeah.
01:05:32.040They both are kind of in that same category. It's like,
01:05:34.420honestly, if you were going to have a competition, I don't know who would win as far as least trustworthy.
01:05:38.100By the way, we said this before, like when he worked for Trump, everyone knew this guy had absolutely no credibility.
01:05:44.940So, you know, everybody won't, but one person.
01:05:50.060Well, no, maybe he did know he didn't have credibility. He was just convenient. I don't know.
01:05:53.980He was willing to do what it took, I think at times, but not a good hire.
01:05:58.580Sure. We can, we can agree on that one and not a trustworthy person to lead your prosecution of the president of the United States either.
01:15:49.700And then you've got Michael Cohen, who's the guy who's going to come in here.
01:15:52.360And they say, this is an interesting one that they also frame in the New York Times story.
01:15:59.980So they say that aides and friends who lied on Mr. Trump's behalf will take the witness stand to testify against him.
01:16:07.580They include David Pecker, the tabloid publisher who bought and buried damaging stories about Mr. Trump.
01:16:13.580Now, Pecker, I don't think he's, we'll see.
01:16:16.220Maybe he's going to testify against Donald Trump, or he's just going to tell the truth that, you know, they probably did catch and kill these stories.
01:16:24.920That's an incredible amount of evidence on that front.
01:16:27.440But that, again, is not what he's being charged with, right?
01:16:30.140Like, the payments and the ledger entries are what he's being charged with.
01:16:34.280Not the fact that he wanted to minimize publicity about negative instances right before an election, which, of course, he was trying to do.
01:18:33.480Like, he should be the type of person you don't even allow in a courtroom unless you're convicting him of something.
01:18:37.700And here's the real problem is, again, all of this is past the statute of limitations.
01:18:44.780The reason why you can't go after Hunter Biden on some of the drug charges, was it the drug charges?
01:18:52.180No, tax charges is because it's past the statute of limitations, which they intentionally had the Justice Department drag it out so they couldn't charge him with that.
01:19:46.600Well, they say, if it's connected to another crime, if the business record falsification was connected to another crime that was not past the statute of limitations, then we can turn it into a felony.
01:26:10.380You know, my gosh, we have learned a lot together, haven't we, in the last 20 years?
01:26:15.660We have learned so many things that we thought were true that turns out they're not, and that we also thought were true that are no longer true.
01:26:27.120Things that we thought could never happen, things that we thought could never happen, have happened.
01:26:31.080Disney and the sexualization of our children, there is a monologue from Bill Maher that has to be heard.
01:26:41.120If you haven't heard it yet, if you haven't heard it yet this weekend, it was scathing and accurate.
01:26:53.180And, you know, I've heard some people say, well, you know, he's becoming, no, he's not, he's not conservative.
01:26:57.660He's an actual liberal, and we'll disagree on a lot of things, but he's one of the only people out there that's like, you know, liberals don't have to be insane.