Sunday, January 18, 2015

This Week with George Stephanopoulos – January 18, 2015


Host: Martha Raddatz
Guests:

Alex Marquardt

Pierre Thomas

Jon Karl

Rob Wainwright – Europol

Adm. Robert Harward

Gen. James Cartwright (Ret.)

Gen. Carter Ham (Ret.)

Gen. Keith Alexander – fmr. NSA director

John Cohen – fmr. DHS

Farah Pandith – U.S. State Dept.

Mike Huckabee – fmr. Gov. of Arkansas







Raddatz: OMG it's a terror outbreak!



Marquardt: I'm in Brussels

and the terror is sprouting!



Raddatz: oh my



Marquardt: in Britain there 
could be attack at any moment!



Marquardt: there are soldiers with 
guns patrolling the streets of Europe!



Raddatz: that can't end well



Marquardt: Belgium breeds terrorists!



Raddatz: are they waffling on terror



Marquardt: terrorists may

attack police or synagogues



Raddatz: scary



Marquardt: police say another 
attack is inevitable



Raddatz: nice seeing you again Alex



[ break ]



Raddatz: Rob what the hell

is going on in Europe



Wainwright: young men get

radicalized on the internet



Raddatz: can't they just like write

insane comments on Yahoo like

all the other crazy people?



Wainwright: the terrorists have 
a lot of weapons but they are 
completely disorganized



Raddatz: just like the Cleveland Cavaliers



Wainwright: we all yearn for

the good old days after 9/11



Raddatz: this is worse than

post 9/11 isn't it?



Wainwright: yes but we are going

to crack down and finally defeat

these wily terrorists



Raddatz: how are you going to do that?



Wainwright: we're going start

following them on twitter



Raddatz: what is a sleeper cell and

how is it different from Motel 6



Wainwright: they're like that creature

in a monster movie you find buried and

everyone thinks is dormant so they wake

it up and it eats everyone



Raddatz: ah like Mitt Romney



[ break ]



Raddatz: ok audience let's take

the highway to the danger zone



Audience: wheeee



Raddatz: what's the deal with Yemen?



Harward: it's where all the best

terrorists live now – it's got low taxes,

a nice climate and some of the

best schools in bomb-making



Raddatz: how much of Yemen is ungoverned?



Harward: it's land of remorseless

sociopaths where no law applies



Raddatz: so like a hedge fund



Harward: exactly



Raddatz: how do we catch 
the terrorist's girlfriend?



Cartwright: we're not going to find

her just flying a drone around the middle east



Raddatz: ISIS seems to be in control of Syria



Cartwright: they're following the rivers



Raddatz: America is going to start

training moderate rebels but that

could take a long time



Cartwright: yes but they could provide

us with a complete technical readout

of the ISIS headquarters



Raddatz: you could find a 
weakness and exploit it



Raddatz: General what's up with Boko Haram?



Ham: they're pretty violent



Raddatz: will they attack us in the west?



Ham: it's a great danger that 
boko haram will attack Europe 
and then small towns in America



Raddatz: aaaack!



Raddatz: General how did ISIS hack

the CIA's twitter account?



Alexander: they guessed the CIA's password

was “waterboardingisnottorture123”



Raddatz: I'm really scared



Alexander: the Sony hack proves

we're totally vulnerable to a cyberattack



Raddatz: this is clearly a dire threat



Alexander: darn right Martha



Raddatz: when we come back –

are there sleeper cells in American

and how scared should we be?!?



[ break ]



Raddatz: the threat is real!



Thomas: the threat is real!



Raddatz: I just said that!



Thomas: the terrorists were caught

going into Home Depot two years ago!



Raddatz: oh wow what happened?



Thomas: no one knows – they've

been wandering around looking

for assistance all this time



Thomas: there may be lots of

terrorists in America right now!



Raddatz: eeek



Thomas: just last year ten

Americans tried to join ISIS!



Raddatz: this is the scariest thing ever



Thomas: it's a tense moment Martha



[ break ]



Raddatz: how many sleeper cells

are in the US and how do you find them?



Cohen: the real danger is the 
one you don't see



Raddatz: that's very profound



Cohen: thanks



Raddatz: is the FBI working

with local cops?



Cohen: they're trying but

they don't like each other



Raddatz: a woman died in the DC subway!



Thomas: it's huge!



Raddatz: OMG



Thomas: the good news is

the FBI is on the Interneveryoneet now



Raddatz: oh well problem solved



[ break ]



Raddatz: omg there are 1.6 billion

Muslims and I am terrified



Pandith: ideas don't have borders

and the kids are on the Internet now



Raddatz: I'm plotzing!



Pandith: we must do more

than kill terrorists - we have

to stop their ideology



Raddatz: sell the kids on a better

product than killing innocent

people and suicide bombs



Pandith: whether or not to become

a suicide bomber is one of the most

important decisions a teenager can make



Raddatz: that's true



Pandith: indeed



Raddatz: thanks for coming

[ break ]



Karl: omg Mike Huckabee

won Iowa seven years ago



Huckabee: god demanded I

quit my tv show on Fox



Karl: conservatives are suspicious

because but raised taxes but on the

plus side he attacked Beyonce



Karl: he says the Obamas are bad

parents for letting their kids listen

to that black music



Raddatz: are you running?



Huckabee: of course otherwise why

else would I quit a high paying job on Fox



Raddatz: what will you differently this time?



Huckabee: shake down more billionaires



Raddatz: Romney is going to run and he's rich



Huckabee: yes but on any

given day Romney can say

something really stupid



Raddatz: what about Jeb Bush?



Huckabee: I like Jeb but the country

needs a leader like me who will stop

borrowing money and bomb more places



Raddatz: you said Michelle Obama 
is bad mother because her kids 
listen to Beyonce



Huckabee: why does she force her

children to listen to that evil music?



Raddatz: who should they listen to?



Huckabee: someone wholesome
like Ted Nugent



Raddatz: he called President Obama 
a subhuman mongrel



Huckabee: he meant it in a nice way



Raddatz: can you really call the Obamas

bad parents when your son tortured a

dog to death and you covered it up



Huckabee: that dog had it coming

its was another mongrel



Raddatz: I see



Huckabee: I'm running against Hollywood

which is making us go see all these immoral

movies with women having jobs and stuff



Raddatz: you say you can't run against

women because they have a special treasure



Huckabee: that's right – they're delicate hothouse flowers



Raddatz: you treat women differently from men?



Huckabee: not if they're from New York

those broads can take it!



Raddatz: you've given this a lot of thought



Huckabee: I'm RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT



Raddatz: ok ok we get it



Huckabee: God demands it darlin'



Raddatz: thanks for coming