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Bill Barr Needs to Soften Roger Stone's Sentence to Prevent Him from Talking

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emptywheel
There's good reason to believe that Barr is revising DOJ's sentencing recommendation in an attempt to ensure that Roger Stone won't get chatty about what the President really did to get elected.
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Bill Barr Commits the Bruce Ohr "Crime"

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emptywheel
I'm less worried than virtually anyone else that Bill Barr has found a way to avoid sending Rudy's Ukrainian disinformation directly to any ongoing criminal investigations. But I am struck by the hypocrisy.
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The Frothy Right's Redaction-Ray Glasses in Defense of Roger Stone

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emptywheel
In making his case that his obstruction wasn't all that obstructive, Roger Stone claims to be able to have x-ray vision.
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Timothy Shea Signs Off on Aggressive Sentencing Recommendation for Roger Stone

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emptywheel
For the first time, Mueller's prosecutors have pushed, really aggressively, for a harsh sentence.

Quasi-Objects for Moderns and Premoderns

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Ed Walker
Take another look at the response of the Catholic Church to Galileo and Copernican Theory.
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Bill Barr's Chosen US Attorney Signs Off on Aggressive Response to Mike Flynn

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emptywheel
There's good reason to worry that Bill Barr replaced the US Attorney in DC on short notice. But he appears to have signed off on a fairly aggressive response to Mike Flynn's attempt to withdraw his guilty plea.
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The Black Hole Where SSCI's Current Understanding of WikiLeaks Is

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emptywheel
Along with revealing that Putin waggled his nukes when the Obama Administration warned Putin not to tamper in the 2016 election, the SSCI Report on what Obama could have done better in 2016 has a curious black hole where its review of WikiLeaks is.
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Joshua Schulte's Hot and Cold Snowden Views

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emptywheel
The government is attempting to prove that Joshua Schulte's knowledge of the damage of past leaks shows he intended to damage the US when he leaked CIA's hacking tools. But his views about Edward Snowden may have changed over time.
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Why Hasn't George Papadopoulos Outed "Source 3"?

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emptywheel
Even though George Papadopoulos burned Stefan Halper as a source and accused tons of other people of being informants targeting him, he still hasn't identified the Source 3 described in the IG Report to whom he said some very damning things.
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The Real News in Bill Barr's Announcement: He's Vetoing Campaign Finance Investigations, Too

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emptywheel
Little noticed in Bill Barr's announcement that he gets to approve any investigation into presidential candidates and a ridiculously broad group of people associated with him is how dramatically he has expanded the policy since January.
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The Very Limited Republican Concern about FISA

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emptywheel
The FISA Court has complained about FBI surveillance practices, all occurring under Trump, affecting up to 135,476 Americans. And Republicans claiming to care about FISA are really just concerned about one of those Americans. 
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"What is the root user?" Joshua Schulte Set Up the Shared "root" Password He'll Use in His Defense

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emptywheel
Joshua Schulte migrated a shared root password to one of the servers involved in his alleged theft in March 2015.
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The FBI Downloaded CIA's Hacking Tools Using Starbuck's WiFi

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emptywheel
There are many interesting details about the FBI investigation into Joshua Schulte revealed by the details of how FBI obtained the Vault 7 files they submitted into evidence yesterday.
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Midnight in Washington: Today's Senate Vote [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
This post is dedicated to today's U.S. Senate's proceedings with regard to the trial of Donald J. Trump under articles of impeachment for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. You'll note I'm not holding my breath for impartial justice.

Joshua Schulte Opening Arguments

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emptywheel
In opening arguments, Sabrina Shroff staked her defense on the government not knowing how the Vault 7 files got to WikiLeaks.
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Three Things: Day After Night Before Day of Disaster [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
What a flaming mess. Bet you can't really tell which mess I'm referring to -- the Iowa caucuses, the State of the Union Address, or the rolling not-trial of Donald J. Trump.
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"Project Rasputin:" The Michael Caputo Interview

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emptywheel
Somewhere in the 24 paragraphs of Michael Caputo's 302 that remain redacted because of an ongoing investigation, he must explain a "Project Rasputin."
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The Israeli Focus and Others' Criminality at the Beginning of Mike Flynn's "Cooperation"

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emptywheel
We still don't know why Mike Flynn lied about Jared Kushner's efforts to undercut Obama policy on Israel. Given how his "peace" "plan" was rolled out last week and ongoing DOJ efforts to hide his role in the investigation, we should know that.
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Subject, Quasi-Object, Object

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Ed Walker
An introduction to some of the central terms used by Bruno Latour.
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