Today James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence Committee. You can see highlights here, and as well as many tweets on the subject. And you can see a large sampling of the summaries and points of view on the testimony … Continue reading →
After all the Comey turmoil and brouhaha (which is not over yet), this would seem to be a fairly non-controversial pick: President Trump on Wednesday said he intends to nominate former assistant attorney general Christopher Wray to be the next … Continue reading →
I’ve said before that I’ve given up on covering every little thing Trump does. It’s wearying, and it doesn’t really affect the big picture. Then again, each incident does have some small effect, perhaps cumulative. And some of the incidents … Continue reading →
To me this is surprising, considering the enemy the Brits now face: …[M]ore than 90 percent of the capital’s police officers carry out their daily duties without a gun. Most rely on other tools to keep their city safe: canisters … Continue reading →
It’s an old story. The MSM considers itself to be immune from prosecution for publishing intelligence information, even if it could harm this country and its operatives. Actually, especially if it could harm the policies of the United States under … Continue reading →
The Supreme Court is about to render judgment on the 4th Circuit’s upholding of an injunction against Trump travel ban EO. Professor Jacobson at Legal Insurrection suggests that, based on her prior remarks about Trump, Justice Ginsburg ought to be … Continue reading →
Paul Mirengoff’s Powerline post on the recent decision of the 4th Circuit to uphold the lower court’s injunction on Trump’s immigration EO is entitled “Trump resisters in robes.” I think that’s pretty much correct. But I don’t think the judges … Continue reading →
Yesterday I wrote this: In the case of Manchester terrorist Salman Abedi, there were warnings aplenty. But they were general, and amounted to mere speech of a suspicious nature, and it’s not surprising that nothing was done… This is potentially … Continue reading →
At least, that’s the way it looks at the moment: The Telegraph understands Hashem Abedi, 20, the brother of suspected attacker Salman Abedi, was arrested last night in the capital Tripoli by counterterrorism forces on suspicion of links to the … Continue reading →
And Clarence Thomas sided with the 5-3 majority (Gorsuch did not participate; i assume because he never heard the oral arguments, but I haven’t seen the reason stated): This decision by Justice Kagan is a major victory for voting rights … Continue reading →
When the news report that Trump had shared some intelligence information with the Russians first broke, I wondered whether other presidents had done much the same thing with other countries, or whether this action was unprecedented. My guess was that … Continue reading →
I think it was inevitable that something like this would be happening: My decision (to appoint a special counsel) is not the finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination,” … Continue reading →