Loud & Clear

On today's episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by financial policy analyst Daniel Sankey and political cartoodnist and columnist Ted Rall.Congress passed a two-week Continuing Resolution Budget bill Thursday, that prevents a government shutdown a day ahead of the deadline. But lawmakers face a rocky road over the next few weeks as they try to clinch a broader budget deal by the end of the year. Then, John and Brian talk to Bradley Birkenfeld, a former banker and whistleblower whose disclosures to the United States government led to a massive fraud investigation against the Swiss bank UBS and other banks that had enabled tax evasion by ultra-rich U.S. taxpayers. He is the author or Lucifer’s Banker: The Untold Story of How I Destroyed Swiss Bank Secrecy.Violence flared in Israel and the Palestinian territories yesterday in response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that it would move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Despite the fact that virtually every Mi