On My Continuing Obsession with Paul Manafort's iPod Habit
Paul Manafort (and maybe his wife) is the only one who has a Fourth Amendment interest in his iPods. I think that's why he's trying so hard to get the search and seizure of them suppressed.
Democracy Against Capitalism: The Separation Of Politics and Economics
Owners of capital control production and extract all profits. It didn't have to be that way.
Peter Strzok's Out of Scope Polygraph
In January 2016, Peter Strzok had an out of scope polygraph. But, as the IG found afterwards, the FBI wasn't always following its own protocols and pulling such people off sensitive investigations.
NSA -- Continually Violating FISA Since 2004
The NSA just revealed it has been violating FISA for another 3 years.
Paul Manafort's Four Oligarch Search Warrant
Did the government unseal more of its search warrants on Paul Manafort because they'll need it in a suppression hearing Friday or to signal others what the government has?
Kennedy
Anthony Kennedy just gave Donald Trump another SCOTUS appointment.
In Trumpian Fashion, Paul Manafort Wins by Losing on Challenge to Mueller
In the name of eliminating partisanship from the investigation of the President, TS Ellis engaged in a bunch of
Devin Nunes Confirms Classified Information that "Henry Greenberg" Wasn't Working for the FBI, and Other Tales of the Half-Wit Running our Intelligence Oversight
Devin Nunes not only just confirmed classified information (that the Russian dealing dirt on Hillary to Roger Stone in May 2016 wasn't working for the US), but he gave us a list of the people he thinks are being targeted by the Mueller investigation.
Ike Kaveladze's Missing Suit
I once argued that the public stories about the June 9 Trump Tower meeting were a limited hangout. In this post I wonder why Ike Kaveladze's suit got hung out.
John Solomon's Baby Assange
There are two telling details that John Solomon left out of this story, suggesting Jim Comey blew an opportunity to prevent the damage done by WikiLeaks' Vault 7 leak (and, purportedly, to learn the "real" source of the DNC emails), based on…
Yevgeniy Prigozhin Doubles Down on Lawfare as Intelligence Collection
Putin's chef is okay with the requirement that sensitive material turned over in discovery in the case against his company (and also him) stays in this country -- so long as his top lawyer is permitted to sneak that sensitive material out in his socks.
Roger Stone and ConFraudUs
If the evidence that Roger Stone might be indicted on a ConFraudUs charge is any indication, Mueller's probe may be coming to a head.
Mueller Frees Up the Troll Team
Mueller seems to be freeing up his big cybersecurity prosecutor for more interesting prosecutions.
Angry Mom: Hey Attention Deficit Media, Catch a Clue!
I don't even have a real post for this because I am so goddamned angry right now. PAY ATTENTION, DAMN IT. Where are the girls, the babies, all of the children?
Angry Mom: Hiding the Trumpian Genocide's Records
When I think I can't get any angrier, the Trump administration proves there isn't a limit to how low they will go. ICE asked last year to shorten the time it keeps records on sexual assaults and deaths of detained immigrants in custody.
What Seems to be Going on with MalwareTech's New Charges
The government seems to have fixed a lot of problems with their case against Marcus Hutchins in the superseding indictment.
Angry Mom: I See Dead Children
The Trump administration has been planning these 'death camps' for a year. Don't tell me it's hyperbole when they can't show us the girls and babies.
Two Days after Julian Assange Threatened Don Jr, Accused Vault 7 Leaker Joshua Schulte Took to Tor
Monday, the government rolled out a superseding indictment for former NSA and CIA hacker Joshua Schulte, accusing him (obliquely) of leaking the CIA's hacking tools that became the Vault 7 release from Wikileaks. The filings in his docket (as…
Two Details about DOJ IG's Leak Investigations, Plural, Including the One into Rudy Giuliani's Sources
Michael Horowitz dropped a few tidbits between the two hearings on the Hillary investigation. First, DOJ IG has multiple leak investigations ongoing. And they may have been referred criminally.
Why Was George Papadopoulos Bitching about the UK While Working on His Presentencing Report?
George Papadopoulos, who must be in the middle of working on his motion to avoid prison time, just tweeted what appears to be a reference to perfidious Albion, a slur about the UK selling people out on matters of diplomacy and spying.