Episode 1: Safecracker
From Rachel Maddow Presents: Burn Order by Rachel Maddow, MS NOW
December 1, 2025 · 35 min · Season 1 · Episode 1
About this episode
The episode discusses a significant report about a U.S. government decision that was ordered to be burned, highlighting the warnings of a young Naval intelligence officer.
The bombshell discovery of a report that U.S. government officials had ordered burned has the potential to expose the truth about one of the most radical policy decisions in all of American history. A policy that one young Naval intelligence officer desperately tried to warn his superiors was unwarranted and unnecessary.
People in this episode
Host: Rachel Maddow
Topics covered
- government policy
- U.S. history
- intelligence
- military
- government transparency
Keywords
- U.S. government
- policy decision
- Naval intelligence
- report
- burned documents
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: U.S. government
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