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This week on Rational Security, Quinta and Scott were joined by Lawfare Managing Editor Tyler McBrien to talk through the week\u2019s big national security news, including:

• \u201cYou\u2019ll Shoot Your Five Eyes Out with a Bibi Gun.\u201d From Ukraine to Gaza, some of the biggest controversies surrounding U.S. foreign policy hinge on the assistance\u2014including weapons and intelligence\u2014that the United States provides to its allies. What makes these relationships so complicated? 
• \u201cThe Sock-It Docket.\u201d Late last week, Special Counsel Jack Smith executed a power move, bringing former President Trump\u2019s appeal of the denial of his claim of absolute presidential immunity directly to the Supreme Court \u2014 through what is often called the \u201crocket docket\u201d\u2014and citing precedents from the Nixon era suggesting the Supreme Court should resolve the issue within weeks. What does this move tell us\u2014and how likely is Smith to win his case?
• \u201cNetanya-who?\u201d President Biden\u2019s bear hug of the Israeli prime minister may be loosening, as he has reportedly told donors that Netanyahu must go if Israel is to retain international support. How serious a move is this? And what might it mean for the conflict in Gaza?

For object lessons, Quinta continued to show off her bookshelf by recommending Jeff Horwitz\u2019s \u201cBroken Code.\u201d Scott flagged for listeners that \u201cWhite Christmas\u201d is, in fact, the best holiday movie and no one should try to argue otherwise. And Tyler endorsed Julie Byrne\u2019s album from earlier this year, \u201cThe Greater Wings.\u201d

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