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When Julian Assange Testified before a Nation-State Investigation of a Suspected Spy...

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emptywheel
Chelsea Manning will be brought before the grand jury again tomorrow, where she says she will once again refuse to testify. When Julian Assange was asked to testify before a non-public inquiry, he did so.
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John Galt Is Impotent In A Pandemic

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Jim White
The hero class cannot offshore their health to Galt's Gulch and must come face to face with the fact that in a pandemic, every single human being is equal.
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Judge Crotty Declares a Mistrial in Joshua Schulte Case

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emptywheel
Judge Crotty just declared a mistrial in the Joshua Schulte case, with jurors finding Schulte guilty of just the two least serious charges. It is a stunning rebuke to DOJ.
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How the Wyden/Khanna Espionage Act Fix Works (But Not for Julian Assange)

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emptywheel
Last week, Ron Wyden and Ro Khanna released a bill that they say will eliminate much of the risk of prosecution that people without clearance would face under they Espionage Act. They claim the bill would limit the risk that: Whistleblowers…
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Three Things: Endemic COVID-19 Edition

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Rayne
Need some good news? This isn't it. Brace yourself because it's going to get worse no matter what the Trump White House wants you to believe.
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In a Totally Unresponsive Response to Reggie Walton's Order, Kerri Kupec Does Not Deny that Bill Barr Misrepresented the Mueller Report

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emptywheel
Kerri Kupec released a statement purporting to respond to Reggie Walton's opinion ruling he would review the FOIA redactions in the Mueller Report himself. Only it's totally off point, and doesn't even attempt to rebut Walton's judgment that Barr misrepresented the Mueller Report when he first released it.
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20 Questions (Plus 5): The Joshua Schulte Jury Is Lost, Possibly Hopelessly

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emptywheel
The Schulte jury has asked around 25 questions in four days of deliberation and expressed problems with two of twelve jurors. That may be why they're at an impasse on most charges.
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Mike Flynn Commits to Waiving Privilege

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emptywheel
Mike Flynn got some protection from perjury prosecution, but he just waived immunity so Covington can rebut his claim that they gave him incompetent counsel.
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COVID-19: The Gift of Family Discussion Topics [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
There's nothing quite like receiving an email from my father first thing in the morning.
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DOJ Is Abusing FOIA Exemptions to Hide Later, More Damning Testimony of Trump Aides

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emptywheel
There's abundant evidence that DOJ is releasing Mueller 302s in a way that hides the more damning later testimony from multiple witnesses.
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Mueller Told Trump He Was Being Investigated for Hacking, Wire Fraud, and Mail Fraud

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emptywheel
Mueller investigated Roger Stone for hacking charges at least through August 28, 2018. And the book A Stable Genius reveals it wasn't just Stone that Mueller considered charging with hacking-related crimes, but also Trump himself.
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We Don't Do That

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bmaz
Go read this article by David Roth at the Columbia Journalism Review, it is brutally true. Here is a taste, but do read the whole thing: It all happened in the way that decline generally happens in American culture, which is one anxious,…
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Questioning Bill Barr's "No Collusion" Propaganda, Reggie Walton Orders an In Camera Review of Mueller Report

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emptywheel
Reggie Walton doesn't agree with Bill Barr's claim that the Mueller Report showed no collusion. So he's ordering an in camera review of the redactions in the Mueller Report.
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Amid Discussions of FISA Reform, James Boasberg Pushes for Greater Reform

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emptywheel
After DOJ and Amicus David Kris provided recommendations for improving FISA, presiding FISA Judge James Boasberg went further than both recommendations. Congress would do well to note his recommendations, as he can't force this without their help.
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The Joshua Schulte Jury Is Falling Apart

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emptywheel
One of the jurors on the Joshua Schulte case got removed after sharing public information with another juror.
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Driving Carter Page: What the 302 Says

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One of the Mueller 302s released this week shows how minor a Woods procedure violation identified by the IG Report on Carter Page was -- but also shows that the Woods procedure violations really weren't the biggest problem with those applications.
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The Recruitment of Jared Kushner

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emptywheel
The heavily redacted FBI interview report released under FOIA this week is more interesting for the related 302s showing how aggressively Kushner was cultivated.
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Democrats' 2020 Primaries: Super Tuesday Results [UPDATE-4]

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Rayne
This post is dedicated to the Democratic Party's Super Tuesday results.
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US COVID-19 Cases Now Spreading Due To Trump's Testing Restrictions And Dismantling Of Pandemic Response Teams

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Jim White
In 2018. Donald Trump dismantled the pandemic response structure that Barack Obama had built during the Ebola outbreak. That, coupled with his administration needlessly restricting access to COVID-19 testing, has led to the virus likely spreading much more widely in the US than would have been the case with early widespread testing followed by appropriate isolation of infected individuals.
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