{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-political-scene-the-new-yorker.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Findefensible-Ai6oETBg","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Indefensible","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/8eeafcc8-8451-4007-beb1-17cd72fab067/9595fdc3-f503-48b6-a118-0b400defdb09/square-icon-the-political-scene.png","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/c270a63f-46b2-4eb1-8ce1-77e713ace10e\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Indefensible\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"<p><span>Earlier this week, fifty Republican national-security experts released </span><a href=\"http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/08/08/us/politics/national-security-letter-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\">an extraordinary public letter</a><span> condemning their party’s Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. “From a foreign policy perspective,” they wrote, “Donald Trump is not qualified to be President and Commander-in-Chief.” Michael Chertoff, the former Homeland Security Secretary and one of the signers of the letter, joins </span><em>The New Yorker</em><span>’</span><em>s</em><span> Evan Osnos to discuss the split within the national-security community, his view of Hillary Clinton, and his warnings against the risks of a Trump Presidency.</span></p>"}