More serious still, I think, if (as I have surmised) the entire sorry episode of corruption at the highest levels of our government begins with the former President, then Barr and his associates will have their hands quite full with a heavy case to prove, no? Why would he further burden himself and his DoJ with a problem like Obama on his plate, and Trump breathing down his neck? No, it’s going to be hard enough to bring down the former director of the FBI, the DNI and CIA, along with White House staffers, D of State people, DoJ people, possible collaborators in congress (Christ, where does the list end?), and on and on.

Nah, Mueller is small potatoes in this picture. He’ll have humiliation enough when all is said and done, besides.

Hurrah! Edit is back. Thanks Neo!

Aesop and you all also do good work, much better than I can.

Actually, if you’re truly interested in wading through the muck and stink of mind-boggling perversity dressed up to look like “analysis”, take a look at Aesop’s link a bit further up (search for “movie”).

(This would appear to be akin to Hillary Clinton’s decision to refuse to accept the reality of Trump’s victory and instead declare—since there was no way she could have lost— that Trump’s victory was the result of criminal and traitorous machinations. In short, her decision to “let loose the dogs of war”.)

Mueller has thus—officially—made himself an adversary of the administration (not that this is anything new for anyone who has been following events—but it is now official, incontrovertible, indisputable); and in doing so, he has decided to take legally questionable steps.

He in one fell swoop revealed his investigation to be the a hyper-politicized, hyper-partisan hatchet job that many people already knew it was, but which more cautious, legally-based, and ideologically-constrained commentators (i.e,. desperately having to believe that Mueller was doing his best to uphold the law and the principles of the law) such as McCarthy and Dershowitz had to continue to believe was non-partisan.

In short, made himself—and his no-longer “apolitical” Stalinist circus—a target.

Barr may have originally wished to leave Mueller alone; but he may believe now that he has no choice but to pinpoint, prove and publicize the latter’s utter lack of integrity—and lawlessness—following Mueller’s debased betrayal of the mandate he was given, the DOJ, American jurisprudence and his own admission to Barr himself.

Not that it is likely that he will change many minds….

But the question is, can he leave Mueller’s arson attack go unchallenged.

The wheels of justice grind slowly but grind fine, it is past time for them to roll. There is room for many beneath the stones.

As to Barr going after the SC & team, I can’t see any indication of that but a number of counter indications to it, both in Barr’s testimony to congress and in his interview with CBS. I won’t recite those pointing away from the SC, but leave it at the mere assertion, since Mueller’s are the secondary or tertiary misdeeds in this long national abuse of government powers.

Turning then to the dual questions “where to begin?” and “where did the abuses begin?”, two things.

The first, Barr has already indicated that he has been asking questions about the origin of the spying and says that the answers he has gotten aren’t consistent nor adequate, so I’d say he has already begun there.

The second, my speculation merely. “Where did the abuse start?”

In brief with Obama, naturally. But in particular, I think in the main Obama put the national security apparatus to work against his political enemies right along with his decision to turn US policy into a pro-Iranian interest parade with the JCPOA and its associated measures. There. Right there.

It seems indeed to have been very cleverly done.

But things cleverly done can also backfire.

The ramifications may well be that Barr (and Rosenstein, if he has the nerve—it seems that quite a large part of the ball is in his court—and Horowitz, if he’ll step up) will have to start peeling back, and peeling back and peeling back the Mueller cover-up/attack/coup, dishonest layer after illegal layer after incriminating layer; starting from a place (ground zero?) where he probably would have preferred not to have had to begin.

In other words, Is this “ground zero” Steele? Is it Hillary’s DNC? Is it Uranium One? Is it Fusion GPS? Perkins Coie? Is it Flynn? Papadopolous? Halper? Mifsud (regarding whom interesting “developments” have been emerging from Italy)? Strzok/Page? McCabe? The Ohrs?

Obama? (Pace Maxine Water)

While the flak, lies, slander, demonization and hysteria from the Democrats and the MSM will be scorching, non-stop and relentless.

Obfuscate and attack. Obfuscate by attacking.

And destroy at any price.

Thus, it looks like Barr has–with very clear eyes–taken up the challenge of doing his best to identify and to purge the malignancy that the Obama Administration has sewn and encouraged in our law enforcement, intelligence, and other government agencies.

After all of the disappointing appointments that Trump has made–appointments, I would assume, that were recommended to him and urged by people surrounding him–who are supposed to have his and this country’s best interests at heart, but who, from the evidence of these appointments, seem to apparently have the Deep State’s interests closer to their hearts–Trump is very lucky that he has appointed someone as AG who has Barr’s fearless attitude.

It looks like Barr is going to try to get the job done, come Hell or high water.

Disappointed in Huber, and Sessions. But Sessions’ recusal makes sense. Huber’s do-nothingism is part of the swamp problem.

Horowitz had a report that documented “mistakes” but didn’t recommend criminal sanctions.

Nunes sent to DOJ 7 referrals — I’m waiting for those to be turned into indictments.

I think it would be better to get started rather than wait for all the t’s to be crossed, and i’s dotted — the bad guys need to know it’s serious.