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The Trump Justice Department On Subpoenas To Journalists
Last week the Attorney General said that the Department of Justice is revisiting its policies on subpoenas to journalists. He made the comment in the context of discussions of the damaging and embarrassing leaks that continue to bedevil the administration. Attorney General Sessions referred to leaks of classified information, but we’ve also seen many leaks……
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He Sullies and Degrades Everything He Touches
I’ve always liked Robert Graves’s historical fiction, even though Graves himself thought the books were popular claptrap. I’m not ashamed to admit it. Anyway, I’ve been remembering the part of the story involving the mad emperor Caligula from I, Claudius, as narrated by his clever uncle, who was later to be the emperor Claudius. By……
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Worse than Berlusconi
Many countries separate the offices of head of government and head of state. In the UK, you have the Prime Minister and then you have the Queen. In Germany you have the Chancellor and then you have the President. Even in France, with a strong presidential system of government, you have a Prime Minister and……
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{Insert Name Here} Must Resign
Attorney General Jeff Sessions, testifying before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, did what Director of National Intelligence Daniel Coats and Director of the NSA Adm. Michael S. Rogers did when they testified a few days ago: he refused to answer the Committee’s questions about his discussions with President Trump, and he expressly refused to……
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Director Coats and Director Rogers Must Resign
I have already called for President Trump to resign. The reason: his admission that he fired James Comey, the former FBI director, in order to derail the Russia investigation. Yesterday, in a hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, the witnesses were Adm. Michael S. Rogers, Director of the NSA, and Director of National……