Topic: Steamboat Institute

A former Department of Defense official speaks at the Steamboat Institute, warning that ISIS represents a larger terrorist threat than pre-9/11 Afghanistan. The official claims ISIS is so extreme that Al-Qaeda has disavowed them, a narrative the hosts mock as a marketing ploy. Warnings are issued regarding training camps in Raqqa and the potential for sleeper cells in Europe and the United States.

The hosts mock the abundance of "institutes" and think tanks that influence government policy. They highlight the breaking of ground on a new $3.4 billion Department of Homeland Security complex, which Secretary Janet Napolitano defended as necessary for holding meetings and building a unified "DHS culture."