Extra Shot Teaser: Privacy vs. national security, threats to democracy, Ukraine aid, and the state of the Royal Navy

Chris and Matt are enjoying a late-summer break. Please enjoy
this episode of Extra Shot, our bonus show for Patreon
subscribers, originally aired May 11th, 2024. Secrets and Spies
will return for season 9 with a new Espresso Martini on September
14th.

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Reporting discussed in the episode

"Asio boss says privacy ‘not absolute’ as he urges social media
companies to do more on extremism" by Josh Butler | The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/24/asio-boss-says-privacy-not-absolute-as-he-urges-social-media-companies-to-do-more-on-extremism


"Autocracies Are Winning the Information War" by Tom Nichols |
The Atlantic:
https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/05/the-plot-to-discredit-democracy/678315/


"Putin’s Propagandists Rage Against the Republican ‘Betrayal’" by
Julia Davis | CEPA:
https://cepa.org/article/putins-propagandists-rage-against-the-republican-betrayal/


"The Royal Navy is going through difficult times" by Stavros
Atlamazoglou | Sandboxx News:
https://www.sandboxx.us/news/royal-navy-woes/

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