This is a tale of two defendants and two systems of justice. Christmas was coming, and Paul Manafort wanted to spend the holiday with his extended family in the Hamptons, where he owns a four-acre estate that has 10 bedrooms,… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘National Security’
Whatever You Think of the Trump-Russia Investigation, Whistleblower Reality Winner Deserves Your Support
By this weekend, Reality Winner, the former NSA contractor accused of releasing national security information to the media, will have been in jail for more than a full year without being convicted of a crime. Her trial, originally scheduled for October… Read More ›
Here’s the Email Russian Hackers Used to Try to Break Into State Voting Systems
Just days before the 2016 presidential election, hackers identified by the National Security Agency as working for Russia attempted to breach American voting systems. Among their specific targets were the computers of state voting officials, which they had hoped to compromise with… Read More ›
The FBI’s Use of Informants Is Full of Problems, but What Happened in “Spygate” Isn’t One of Them
The #Spygate conspiracy theory started, as so many things do these days, with a tweet from President Donald Trump: “Apparently the DOJ put a Spy in the Trump Campaign. This has never been done before and by any means necessary,… Read More ›
There’s Plenty of Evidence That Trump Sought to Block the Russia Probe, but It Will Take More Than That to Bring Him Down
One of the most important things to understand about Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating the Trump-Russia case, is that he helped nail New York mob boss John Gotti, the gangster known as the “Teflon Don.” One of the most… Read More ›