Contested Conventions

Contested Conventions

Top of Mind with Julie Rose - Radio Archive, Episode 262 , Segment 1

Episode: Contested Conventions, European Security, ADHD

  • Mar 28, 2016 9:00 pm
  • 23:17 mins

Guests: Chris Karpowitz, Ph.D, Professor of Political Science at BYU; Grant Madsen, PhD, Professor of 20th Century American History and Politics  It’s become clear that Texas Senator Ted Cruz will probably not catch up to billionaire Donald Trump in terms of sheer votes this primary season. So Cruz is now pinning his hopes for winning the Republican nomination on a “contested convention,” which Trump says is basically stealing.

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European Security

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Guest: Margaret Gilmore, Senior Associate Fellow with Royal United Services Institute  The investigation into terror attacks in Belgium widened over the weekend to Italy where police arrested a suspect thought to have provided false identification documents to the Islamic State militants, allowing them to evade authorities while plotting attacks in Belgium and France.  A picture is emerging of missed opportunities and poor communication between security agencies as the attackers moved throughout Europe. At least one of the brothers who blew himself up in the Brussels attack had been in Turkey last summer trying to cross over into Syria to join Islamist militants. Turkish authorities stopped him and deported him to the Netherlands. Belgian officials knew about this, but somehow the would-be suicide bomber was able to get back into Belgium and become involved in the terrorist plot.

Guest: Margaret Gilmore, Senior Associate Fellow with Royal United Services Institute  The investigation into terror attacks in Belgium widened over the weekend to Italy where police arrested a suspect thought to have provided false identification documents to the Islamic State militants, allowing them to evade authorities while plotting attacks in Belgium and France.  A picture is emerging of missed opportunities and poor communication between security agencies as the attackers moved throughout Europe. At least one of the brothers who blew himself up in the Brussels attack had been in Turkey last summer trying to cross over into Syria to join Islamist militants. Turkish authorities stopped him and deported him to the Netherlands. Belgian officials knew about this, but somehow the would-be suicide bomber was able to get back into Belgium and become involved in the terrorist plot.