George Croner
@georgecroner.bsky.social
Former principal NSA litigation counsel; Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Research Institute specializing in FISA/Section 702; Penn Law; USNA;
My article published today by Penn’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law.
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The Trump administration’s bias is polluting the integrity of the intelligence community and damaging the nation’s security - CERL
On a seemingly daily basis, the press provides a recounting of the indignities inflicted by the Trump administration on long-accepted government norms.
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December 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My article published today by Penn’s Center for Ethics and the Rule of Law.
www.penncerl.org/the-rule-of-...
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And now, he’s blaming the operational commander - who knows better. A lie.
And, if Ramsey tries to defend himself, they’ll find a way to call him disobedient and court-martial him.
This is unspooling as predicted.
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And, if Ramsey tries to defend himself, they’ll find a way to call him disobedient and court-martial him.
This is unspooling as predicted.
georgecroner1.substack.com/p/the-civili...
December 2, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And now, he’s blaming the operational commander - who knows better. A lie.
And, if Ramsey tries to defend himself, they’ll find a way to call him disobedient and court-martial him.
This is unspooling as predicted.
georgecroner1.substack.com/p/the-civili...
And, if Ramsey tries to defend himself, they’ll find a way to call him disobedient and court-martial him.
This is unspooling as predicted.
georgecroner1.substack.com/p/the-civili...
Events seem to have coalesced in a way that makes my Substack post even more timely.
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THE CIVILIAN LEADERSHIP OF THE U.S. MILITARY HAS COLLAPSED INTO A LEGAL AND MORAL ABYSS
Certain axioms define the Trump Administration’s embarrassing and overwrought reaction to the video made by six members of Congress who, not coincidentally, are all veterans of the U.S.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Events seem to have coalesced in a way that makes my Substack post even more timely.
georgecroner1.substack.com/p/the-civili...
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November 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Henceforth, all Coast Guard parades and military formations will employ the straight-arm salute and the goose step. wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Henceforth, all Coast Guard parades and military formations will employ the straight-arm salute and the goose step. wapo.st/3Mbd9a6
The attacks on the lower courts, especially by DoJ officials like the feckless and simple-minded AG and Deputy AG, are inaccurate, inexcusable, unprofessional, and just stupid.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/193-the-wa...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/193-the-wa...
193. The "War" on Judges
Deputy Attorney General Blanche's attack on lower courts is an impressive combination of light on substance; shamelessly hypocritical; and profoundly dangerous. More people should be condemning it.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The attacks on the lower courts, especially by DoJ officials like the feckless and simple-minded AG and Deputy AG, are inaccurate, inexcusable, unprofessional, and just stupid.
www.stevevladeck.com/p/193-the-wa...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/193-the-wa...
If you want to know how you should feel about this - you can take your cue from this.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:05 PM
If you want to know how you should feel about this - you can take your cue from this.
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Essential reading for anyone who despises the tactics of this Administration, and fears for our democracy.
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Steady State Letter to Congress -- Reports of “Interagency Weaponization Working Group” and Implications for Oversight of the Intelligence Community
The Steady State | October 21, 2025
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October 21, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Essential reading for anyone who despises the tactics of this Administration, and fears for our democracy.
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"Only an administration as ... legally obtuse as this one can grope its way to the belief that the answer to ... protests of its immigration policies is occupying American cities using tactics that increasingly mirror Budapest in 1956 or Prague in 1968.
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XENOPHOBIA AND CONSTITUTIONAL DESECRATION: THE "PALMER RAIDS" ARE A HARBINGER OF THE EXCESSES OF THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION
American cities are in Donald Trump’s cross-hairs as he looks to supplement his cadres of ICE agents with National Guard troops drawn from states run by Trump-friendly governors to invade metropolises...
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October 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
"Only an administration as ... legally obtuse as this one can grope its way to the belief that the answer to ... protests of its immigration policies is occupying American cities using tactics that increasingly mirror Budapest in 1956 or Prague in 1968.
georgecroner1.substack.com/p/xenophobia...
georgecroner1.substack.com/p/xenophobia...
“Sparking debate” is the sort of euphemistic phrase appearing repeatedly in mainstream publications that provides cover for the excesses, extremes, and flat-out lawbreaking of this criminal administration.
“Sparking debate”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sparking debate with claims linking circumcision and Tylenol to autism, but scientists say the evidence is lacking.
Here’s what the science actually says:
Here’s what the science actually says:
October 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
“Sparking debate” is the sort of euphemistic phrase appearing repeatedly in mainstream publications that provides cover for the excesses, extremes, and flat-out lawbreaking of this criminal administration.
Federal Judge William Young in his opinion in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio pointing out the ignominy of masked ICE officers:
“Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor — and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados /1
“Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor — and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados /1
October 2, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Federal Judge William Young in his opinion in American Association of University Professors v. Rubio pointing out the ignominy of masked ICE officers:
“Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor — and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados /1
“Can you imagine a masked marine? It is a matter of honor — and honor still matters. To us, masks are associated with cowardly desperados /1
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If Mamdani did this, someone from the USG - probably State Dept diplomatic security - would release him and charge Mamdani with a crime. And that assumes the NYPD would even obey an order to arrest someone with diplomatic immunity with no local, state, or US charges.
Not sure why that matters. Us not having an obligation doesn't preclude him from grabbing the guy, locking him up, and then sending him to a country he has no connection to. Trump and the courts have seen to it that we can send non citizens to wherever we feel like.
October 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
If Mamdani did this, someone from the USG - probably State Dept diplomatic security - would release him and charge Mamdani with a crime. And that assumes the NYPD would even obey an order to arrest someone with diplomatic immunity with no local, state, or US charges.
What an incredible putz.
Stephen Miller: "All that bullshit is done, over, it's finished. The gangbangers you deal with- they think they're ruthless? They have no idea how ruthless we are. They think they're tough? They have no idea how tough we are. They think they're hardcore? We are so much more hardcore than they are"
October 2, 2025 at 9:03 PM
What an incredible putz.
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The United States is not a signatory to the ICC.
Zohran Mamdani: “If Netanyahu comes to deliver a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in New York next year while I am mayor, I will move to honor the ICC arrest warrant issued in The Hague against him — just as I would against Putin."
October 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The United States is not a signatory to the ICC.
My latest on Substack addressing the farcical indictment of James Comey.
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The Comey Indictment Is As Pathetic As the Man Who Ordered It
In the latest travesty of justice emanating from this administration, a lawyer (Lindsey Halligan) with no prosecutorial experience installed as the interim U.S.
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October 2, 2025 at 8:51 PM
My latest on Substack addressing the farcical indictment of James Comey.
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substack.com/@georgecrone...
September 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Don't forget her specious defamation action which is DOA but also occupied her time and attention.
Really, is anyone surprised? She is the same highlight seeking, money grifting opportunist that her husband was.
Really, is anyone surprised? She is the same highlight seeking, money grifting opportunist that her husband was.
September 30, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Don't forget her specious defamation action which is DOA but also occupied her time and attention.
Really, is anyone surprised? She is the same highlight seeking, money grifting opportunist that her husband was.
Really, is anyone surprised? She is the same highlight seeking, money grifting opportunist that her husband was.
Of course, the House isn’t the problem. It’s the 60 votes the need in the Senate to avoid a filibuster. The R’s don’t have them.
You’re in the majority. Pass it yourself.
Mike Johnson: "The WIC program, the nutrition program -- women, infants, and children -- that program won't be funded. FEMA won't be funded."
September 30, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Of course, the House isn’t the problem. It’s the 60 votes the need in the Senate to avoid a filibuster. The R’s don’t have them.
It’s bad enough that active duty flag officers must refrain from labeling Hegseth the idiot he is. But, retired officers can be reactivated and tried by court-martial if they use “contemptuous” words to describe this fool. I explain the problem here.
www.justsecurity.org/120590/trump...
www.justsecurity.org/120590/trump...
September 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
It’s bad enough that active duty flag officers must refrain from labeling Hegseth the idiot he is. But, retired officers can be reactivated and tried by court-martial if they use “contemptuous” words to describe this fool. I explain the problem here.
www.justsecurity.org/120590/trump...
www.justsecurity.org/120590/trump...
Trump insulted Jasmine Crockett yesterday as a “very low IQ person.” reprising his preferred insult for Black women.
FWIW, Crockett's law degree is from a school ranked 36 spots higher than the one attended by Trump's Attorney General and 78 spots higher than the one attended by his FBI director..
FWIW, Crockett's law degree is from a school ranked 36 spots higher than the one attended by Trump's Attorney General and 78 spots higher than the one attended by his FBI director..
September 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Trump insulted Jasmine Crockett yesterday as a “very low IQ person.” reprising his preferred insult for Black women.
FWIW, Crockett's law degree is from a school ranked 36 spots higher than the one attended by Trump's Attorney General and 78 spots higher than the one attended by his FBI director..
FWIW, Crockett's law degree is from a school ranked 36 spots higher than the one attended by Trump's Attorney General and 78 spots higher than the one attended by his FBI director..
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If Comey is charged, keep this mind. 👇
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 AM
If Comey is charged, keep this mind. 👇
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
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It’s rich that Trump thinks people should be indicted for lying. Nobody has to go back five years and twist reality to find Trump lying.
If Comey is charged, keep this mind. 👇
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
Seems like charging Comey is more about retribution than justice.
September 26, 2025 at 10:23 PM
It’s rich that Trump thinks people should be indicted for lying. Nobody has to go back five years and twist reality to find Trump lying.
Zealotry unleashed by fanatics taking their cue from the President of the United States.
If Democrats don't make this the biggest story in the country for the next several days - and either force Republicans to denounce it or not, what are we even doing here? Every voter should know about this. (Imagine what would happen if, say, Mother Jones wrote this.) www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/b...
Daily Caller Opinion Column ‘Explicitly’ Calls for Violence
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September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Zealotry unleashed by fanatics taking their cue from the President of the United States.
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I can't help but notice that he was also not wearing a mask — meaning that it's much harder for ICE to pretend they don't know who he is and much easier for potential future lawsuits. (As I wrote in May:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... )
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... )
In a genuine WOW moment, this administration publicly acknowledges (perhaps for the first time) that an ICE officer violated procedure and will be taken off duty and subject to an investigation. This is a step in the right direction — I just wish it wasn't only because of such an awful viral video.
September 26, 2025 at 2:55 PM
I can't help but notice that he was also not wearing a mask — meaning that it's much harder for ICE to pretend they don't know who he is and much easier for potential future lawsuits. (As I wrote in May:
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... )
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... )
Concur, wholeheartedly.
Look, if you think Comey's error of judgment cost Hillary the presidency and put us in this mess, you should also know that, as Deputy AG, he stood up to Dick Cheney and refused to endorse the Bush warrantless surveillance program until critical changes were made.
Look, if you think Comey's error of judgment cost Hillary the presidency and put us in this mess, you should also know that, as Deputy AG, he stood up to Dick Cheney and refused to endorse the Bush warrantless surveillance program until critical changes were made.
Because this administration thinks everyone believes the rules only matter when it helps “your side” (like they do), they are counting on Comey’s unpopularity to normalize this.
Don’t let it. Whatever you think of him or his actions in the past, etc. this indictment is dangerous and an outrage.
Don’t let it. Whatever you think of him or his actions in the past, etc. this indictment is dangerous and an outrage.
September 26, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Concur, wholeheartedly.
Look, if you think Comey's error of judgment cost Hillary the presidency and put us in this mess, you should also know that, as Deputy AG, he stood up to Dick Cheney and refused to endorse the Bush warrantless surveillance program until critical changes were made.
Look, if you think Comey's error of judgment cost Hillary the presidency and put us in this mess, you should also know that, as Deputy AG, he stood up to Dick Cheney and refused to endorse the Bush warrantless surveillance program until critical changes were made.