Online Security, Foreign Policy, Law School Grads, Brains

World Events (1:04) Guest: Eric Jensen, teaches The Law of Armed Conflict, International Criminal Law, and National Security Law at BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School  The strategically-important city of Ramadi in Iraq has fallen to Islamic State forces, igniting new criticism here in the United States over President Obama’s strategy to fight the terror group also known as ISIS and ISIL. Thus far, US involvement has been limited to air strikes, training and support—rather than sending in American forces to fight on the ground. All the while, Congress has yet to give the President official authorization to wage the war and in the last few days, Republican House Speaker John Boehner cast even more doubt on whether that approval will ever come.  Also over the weekend, what’s being called a “battle” between rival biker gangs broke out in Waco, Texas. Nine bikers were killed, 18 others wounded and more than 150 people were arrested and charged with engaging in organized crime linked to capital murder.  There is a migrant crisis going as tens of thousands of people flee violence and poverty in parts of the Middle East and Africa and attempt a treacherous journey by boat across the Mediterranean in hopes of finding refuge in Europe. Migrant deaths have surged to more than 1,800 people this year. Meanwhile European countries have wrestled with what obligation they have to accept the migrants—they’re loathe to do so. And so, on Monday, the European Union decided on a different approach to the crisis, they’ve approved the use of military force against the smugglers responsible for bringing many of the migrants out of North Africa.  Online Payment Security (40:33) Guest: Dale Rowe, IT Professor and head of the BYU’s “cyber security lab” Nobody writes checks anymore. It’s even rare to find people carrying cash now that debit cards are so ubiquitously accepted. Even small merchants and food trucks can take them. And now we’re moving into the era where carrying a card is becoming passé. Banks have apps that allow you to p