Why couldn't security stop a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner?

About this episode

The episode discusses security failures at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and explores legal issues surrounding Monsanto's Roundup and surveillance laws.

On Saturday night, a gunman gained access to the ballroom where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held and President Trump and top administration officials were present. MSNOW reporter Carol Leonnig explains whether there were holes in event security that night. Then, the Supreme Court is hearing a case about Monsanto's powerful weedkiller, Roundup, which has lost lawsuits from people who say the product’s ingredients caused their cancer. John Wesley Boyd Jr. from the National Black Farmers Association and Ben Riensche from Crop Life America weigh in from different sides of the issue. And, lawmakers are divided on extending Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act before it expires Thursday. Former intelligence analyst Javed Ali explains the provision, which allows intelligence agents to surveil terrorism suspects abroad without warrants, even though some information about Americans is captured in the process. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Guests: Carol Leonnig, John Wesley Boyd Jr., Ben Riensche, Javed Ali

Topics covered

• White House Correspondents’ Dinner
• event security
• Monsanto
• Roundup lawsuits
• Section 702
• surveillance
• intelligence

Keywords

• shooting
• security
• Monsanto
• Roundup
• lawsuits
• surveillance
• intelligence

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Black Farmers Association, Crop Life America, Supreme Court, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Products: Roundup

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