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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It's Easy to [Claim to] Attribute Hacks to CIA after a One Month Trial on CIA's Tools

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emptywheel
A Chinese InfoSec company just released an opportunistic report based off some of the Joshua Schulte trial record.
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Roger Stone Accuses Jerome Corsi of Lying When He Testified Stone's Cover Story Was a Cover Story

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emptywheel
Larry Klayman's deposition of Roger Stone is great TV if you have a penchant for nastiness. But underlying that nastiness is a fight over who is telling the truth over the lies Stone and Jerome Corsi agreed to tell.
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We Have Never Been Modern: Conclusion

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Ed Walker
The role of neoliberalism in the thinking of the Moderns, and a possible way forward.
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With One Dropped Charge and a Major Screw-up, Government in Remarkably Weak Position against Joshua Schulte

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emptywheel
While the evidence against Joshua Schulte is strong, his defense team has laid a lot of reason for jurors to get to reasonable doubt that he leaked the CIA's hacking tools to WIkiLeaks.
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Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl's Pathetic Disinformation May Finally Matter

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emptywheel
Hoaxsters Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl may finally have done some good with their latest stunt, in the form of making it easier for the FBI to figure out who is behind an effort to discredit the jury verdict against Roger Stone.
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Ted Yoho Says Lynching Is Not A Hate Crime

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Jim White
To Ted Yoho, all we need to say is that your time for promoting hate in the US Congress is coming to an end at the end of this year. Your views will eventually lose out, and peace and justice will eventually come to our country. There are simply more people who are working for peace and justice than there are promoting hate. Even within our current Congress, which has many Republicans who endorse the bulk of the racist Republican agenda, you were outvoted by over 100-1 on the issue of lynching being a hate crime. The Senate and House versions of this legislation will soon be synchronized, and even if your racist President chooses to veto, there are enough votes to override this last-ditch effort to spread hate.
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Preparing For The Inevitable Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak

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Jim White
Jim here. I am quite late to getting to a post on the new coronavirus, but headlines yesterday finally forced me to move ahead and gather info today. First, watch this incredibly informative video from the World Health Organization. It gives…
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The State of Play: Joshua Schulte and Julian Assange

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emptywheel
Julian Assange won a delayed, second hearing in his extradition case in December. That delay may provide the US government time to integrate charges related to Vault 7 that would be fairly damaging to Assange's case.
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Kim DotCom Posts Evidence Trump's "Best Friend (Name Redacted)" in Pardon Discussions

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emptywheel
Kim DotCom posted texts claiming to broker a pardon for Julian Assange with Trump's best friend whose name, Sean, he claimed to redact.
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The Carter Page Clauses in the FISA Reform Bill Wouldn't Help Carter Page

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emptywheel
The new FISA bill has some good aspects to it. But measures that might be designed to help someone in the position of Carter Page probably wouldn't have helped Carter Page in 2016.
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Hot and Cold Running Mike Pompeo and Other Ridiculous WikiLeaks Defense Claims

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emptywheel
Julian Assange wants the British court to forget about Vault 7 in his extradition hearing.
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The Kinds and Significance of Russian Interference -- 2016 and 2020

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emptywheel
Russian efforts to interfere in the election are real. But they're nowhere near as important as Bloomberg's efforts to buy the election or Trump's own flood of disinformation.
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The Inconsistencies of the UC Global Julian Assange Spying Story

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emptywheel
WikiLeaks' supporters like to tell the story of UC Global's increased surveillance in 2017. What they don't want to tell you is it happened in the wake of WikiLeaks publishing CIA's hacking tools behind a thin veil of journalism, not before.
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Steve Bellovin Weighs in on the Schulte Mistrial Request

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emptywheel
Details regarding the forensic evidence in the Joshua Schulte case raise real questions about whether the Classified Information Procedures Act can work the same in hacking cases as it does for other criminal cases.
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A Discussion of a Pardon for Assange Is Why Stone's Threats against Credico Worked

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emptywheel
Testimony from Roger Stone's trial suggests it was Randy Credico's role in putting Stone in touch with Margaret Kunstler about a pardon for Julian Assange that served as a key point of leverage over Credico.
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The Frothy Right Is Complaining that Amy Berman Jackson Sentenced Roger Stone to 57% of Lower Guidelines

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emptywheel
Contrary to what the frothy right is saying, Amy Berman Jackson sentenced Roger Stone quite leniently, given the Sentencing Guidelines. Contrary to what anonymous DOJ flunkies are saying, Amy Berman Jackson's sentence in no way vindicates Barr.
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Does DOJ Plan to Get Henry Kyle Frese's Cooperation to Prosecute Journalists?

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emptywheel
The government included a cooperation agreement in Henry Kyle Frese's plea deal today. That suggests the government may be targeting the journalists he leaked to.
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