The creators of “1917” may have rendered the most convincing war movie ever made. I say “convincing” and not “realistic” because I have no basis for comparing what I saw on the screen with what really happened in the Great War. But I will note one apparent dramatic effect that did not line up with
On January 7, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) wrote her Democratic colleagues to explain her strategy and to respond to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) announcement that he would not negotiate impeachment trial procedures with the House. Instead, McConnell simply plans to use the procedures employed in the Clinton impeachment. Pelosi responded by writing: Sadly,
In October 2016, and then on two subsequent occasions, then-FBI Director James Comey lied to the secret court overseeing warrants under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Full stop. Here is that lie: I, the undersigned, having been designated as one of the officials authorized to make the certifications required by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
The year 2019 might go down in history as the funniest 365 days in American politics. "Get-Trump" videos work as a pretty good stand-in for funny cat videos: Always taking themselves too seriously, overreacting to stimuli, and exhibiting a hilarious lack of self-awareness. So, in order to spread some holiday cheer, I have compiled a
“There’s a lot of talk about FISA applications,” then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said during a May 1, 2018 “Law Day” event at the Newseum, a Washington D.C. museum of the news. “And many people I see talking about it seem not to recognize what a FISA application is,” he continued with his answer to
Editor’s note: We never do this, but this article includes endnotes. In this instance, the writer is citing detailed passages from Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz’s report on the FBI’s handling of the counterintelligence investigation into President Trump’s 2016 campaign. We encourage readers to examine the full report for themselves. One can imagine the
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) opened the farcical impeachment debates with a speech invoking American history, including the Battle of the Bulge during which Americans overcame a surprising Nazi counterattack to prevail ultimately in World War II. I have another comparison for the speaker; Napoleon Bonaparte in Moscow. On September 14, 1812, Napoleon led his
On December 17, 2019, Rosemary M. Collyer, the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issued an order requiring the FBI to “inform the Court in a sworn written submission of what it has done, and plans to do, to ensure that the statement of facts in each FBI application accurately and
The Washington Post recently failed at satire in its preemptive attempt to mock the impeachment trial of the president in the Senate. Without any sense of irony or shame, the Post presumes to lecture Republicans on the importance of having a fair process. Meanwhile, the House process was deeply flawed and amateurish. Democrats used their
“I’m saddened and shocked that FBI personnel would mislead a court to obtain a warrant to conduct the most intrusive surveillance of an American citizen. We depend on public and judicial confidence to bring criminals to justice. We must never be seen to tolerate any dishonesty within the FBI-particularly to a court. I will see
