Summary: On today’s Gist, don’t all these senators know the depths of CIA Director Mike Pompeo’s patriotism?<br>Plus, why are chemical weapons useful to Bashar al-Assad? “They’re really weapons of terror,” explains <a href="https://twitter.com/aaronstein1">Aaron Stein</a>, co-host of the <a href="https://www.armscontrolwonk.com/"><em>Arms Control Wonk</em></a> podcast. Stein is the author of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1138907235/?tag=slatmaga-20"><em>Turkey’s New Foreign Policy</em></a>.<br>And filmmakers Tony Gilroy and Brad Anderson tell us what it was like filming their latest movie, <a href="https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/beirut"><em>Beirut</em></a>, during a particularly long and hot Ramadan. <br>In the Spiel, a few more words about the late Barbara Bush.
