Secrets and Laws
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Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.
If you work for the Trump/Bondi Justice Department and tell the truth, you will be fired.
Federal judges should take note.
Federal judges should take note.
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you work for the Trump/Bondi Justice Department and tell the truth, you will be fired.
Federal judges should take note.
Federal judges should take note.
Don't think I'll ever get over the fact that Trump's decision to skip Biden's inauguration like a petulant child tanked Smith's prosecution (forcing the case to S.D. Fla.) -- thereby helping him get reelected and changing the course of world history.
Sigh.
Sigh.
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don't think I'll ever get over the fact that Trump's decision to skip Biden's inauguration like a petulant child tanked Smith's prosecution (forcing the case to S.D. Fla.) -- thereby helping him get reelected and changing the course of world history.
Sigh.
Sigh.
Imagine the insane shit that this guy has in his text messages.
October 21, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Imagine the insane shit that this guy has in his text messages.
Apparently at FIU, “economic freedom” means wrecking your nation’s economy, getting a $40 billion bail-out from a fellow-authoritarian, and never having to say you’re sorry.
October 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Apparently at FIU, “economic freedom” means wrecking your nation’s economy, getting a $40 billion bail-out from a fellow-authoritarian, and never having to say you’re sorry.
In a world full of chaos, be the goat.
August 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In a world full of chaos, be the goat.
The worst crime in DC is fairly concentrated in a few different areas. But rather than deploying the National Guard there, he almost certainly put them in the safe areas frequented by reporters and tourists.
Bc he doesn’t actually care about reducing crime. It’s just theatre to distract the media.
Bc he doesn’t actually care about reducing crime. It’s just theatre to distract the media.
August 11, 2025 at 3:46 PM
The worst crime in DC is fairly concentrated in a few different areas. But rather than deploying the National Guard there, he almost certainly put them in the safe areas frequented by reporters and tourists.
Bc he doesn’t actually care about reducing crime. It’s just theatre to distract the media.
Bc he doesn’t actually care about reducing crime. It’s just theatre to distract the media.
Trump's DOJ summarized her propensity to tell the truth as follows:
August 6, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Trump's DOJ summarized her propensity to tell the truth as follows:
Here's a sample of what Ghislaine Maxwell previously testified to under the penalty of perjury.
August 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Here's a sample of what Ghislaine Maxwell previously testified to under the penalty of perjury.
Erick is unfazed.
August 1, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Erick is unfazed.
I just dove into the declassified HPSCI report on the 2016 election, and holy cow, publishing this level of detail is one of the most insanely irresponsible things a US official has ever done. Tulsi and Ratcliffe have given a huge gift to Putin, and the SVR in particular.
July 28, 2025 at 1:14 AM
I just dove into the declassified HPSCI report on the 2016 election, and holy cow, publishing this level of detail is one of the most insanely irresponsible things a US official has ever done. Tulsi and Ratcliffe have given a huge gift to Putin, and the SVR in particular.
The biggest tell in the WSJ article about Trump being in the Epstein files is that Kash refused to deny it.
Kash has no qualms about lying about anything. He once attempted to support Trump’s baseless claim that he declassified the docs at MAL. He’s decided he cares more about his punditry career.
Kash has no qualms about lying about anything. He once attempted to support Trump’s baseless claim that he declassified the docs at MAL. He’s decided he cares more about his punditry career.
July 24, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The biggest tell in the WSJ article about Trump being in the Epstein files is that Kash refused to deny it.
Kash has no qualms about lying about anything. He once attempted to support Trump’s baseless claim that he declassified the docs at MAL. He’s decided he cares more about his punditry career.
Kash has no qualms about lying about anything. He once attempted to support Trump’s baseless claim that he declassified the docs at MAL. He’s decided he cares more about his punditry career.
If this ends up with Leon Panetta being in the Epstein Files, I’m gonna be pissed.
July 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
If this ends up with Leon Panetta being in the Epstein Files, I’m gonna be pissed.
July 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Mine at doggy daycare a few years ago. FAFO.
July 14, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Mine at doggy daycare a few years ago. FAFO.
"I'm not looking for anything bad for her," Trump notes, while also stating that we need to let the criminal process play out. It's classic Trump - he's always sympathizing with the plight of criminal defendants & never pre-judges their cases.
Here's the full transcript. Really something to behold.
Here's the full transcript. Really something to behold.
July 14, 2025 at 2:47 AM
"I'm not looking for anything bad for her," Trump notes, while also stating that we need to let the criminal process play out. It's classic Trump - he's always sympathizing with the plight of criminal defendants & never pre-judges their cases.
Here's the full transcript. Really something to behold.
Here's the full transcript. Really something to behold.
And I while I won’t defend Jaws 4 (the Revenge), the 2% on Rotten Tomatoes seems a little harsh.
July 12, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And I while I won’t defend Jaws 4 (the Revenge), the 2% on Rotten Tomatoes seems a little harsh.
And the closer:
July 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
And the closer:
This is a 100% real chat that I had with Grok last night.
We had a good run as a civilization.
We had a good run as a civilization.
July 9, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is a 100% real chat that I had with Grok last night.
We had a good run as a civilization.
We had a good run as a civilization.
I mean, this is why you go to journalism school.
July 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I mean, this is why you go to journalism school.
Not the @theonion.com:
In what is perhaps a reflection of personal priorities, Trump and RFJ Jr. appoint STD doctor as top advisor to Centers for Disease Control.
In what is perhaps a reflection of personal priorities, Trump and RFJ Jr. appoint STD doctor as top advisor to Centers for Disease Control.
July 9, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not the @theonion.com:
In what is perhaps a reflection of personal priorities, Trump and RFJ Jr. appoint STD doctor as top advisor to Centers for Disease Control.
In what is perhaps a reflection of personal priorities, Trump and RFJ Jr. appoint STD doctor as top advisor to Centers for Disease Control.