NRO: The Politicized Order Inviting Amicus Briefs against the Flynn Case’s Dismissal

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/05/the-politicized-order-inviting-amicus-briefs-against-the-flynn-cases-dismissal/?utm_source=recirc-desktop&utm_medium=blog&utm_campaign=right-rail&utm_content=top-stories&utm_term=third

Andrew McCarthy thinks it is nearly impossible for Judge Sullivan to avoid dismissing the case against Gen. Flynn. His core argument is compelling: The instant the prosecution and the defense agree on dismissal, the controversy before the court is resolved. The case itself evaporates.

Put another way, the judge has no power to compel the prosecution to continue litigating the matter. And, there being no controversy at issue, there is nothing to render judgement about.

Follow-up Unmasking Requests _re_ Former National Security Advisor

Link to source.

The link provides a copy of the list of White House officials who requested the unmasking of Gen. Flynn’s name in intelligence reports documenting the surveillance of U.S. citizens. By itself the list doesn’t appear to be a smoking gun, although for some of the individuals it may become one.

Of the 39 officials who submitted unmasking requests, only a half dozen or so appear to occupy investigative or intelligence positions. I’m surprised that so many political operatives had such casual access to sensitive data. It is notable, too, that all the unmasking requests were submitted after the 2016 election but prior to the subsequent inauguration.

Flynn case still not dismissed as judge investigates.

http://digitaledition.pilotonline.com/infinity/article_share.aspx?guid=327bf352-504f-4121-91c4-0bfa6bda22b8

Evidently, Judge Sullivan was not impressed or intimidated by the DOJ reversal of the Flynn case. Alternating two pleas of guilty and then one of innocence along with the absence of signatures by anyone connected with the case are apparently non-starters for this court.
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ZH: John Brennan Concealed ‘High-Quality’ Intelligence That Russia Wanted Hillary Clinton To Win: Report

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/john-brennan-concealed-high-quality-intelligence-russia-wanted-hillary-clinton-win-report

The significance of this tidbit is that it undercuts the 2017 intelligence community report that claimed Russia wanted candidate Donald Trump to win the election and took steps to secure that result. Many have touted the IC assessment as though it were fact and ground truth — proof not only of Russian meddling, but of Trump campaign complicity. The credibility of the IC assessment is increasingly in doubt.

We also learned this week that CrowdStrike Services, the IT security company in charge of the DNC servers testified to Congress that it had no evidence that any files were actually removed from the DNC’s network. How WikiLeaks obtained the DNC emails is now a deeper mystery.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/crowdstrike-had-no-evidence-russians-stealing-emails-dnc-declassified-transcript-shows

The RussiaGate story is becoming unsustainable.

Another attempt to avoid responsibility

https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/12/politics/fact-check-mcconnell-obama-trump-game-plan/index.html

SEN McConnell (R-KY) claims that the previous administration left no “game plan” for a pandemic response. In actuality, there was a 69 page “playbook” that could have been used for a reference to address the government’s response.

“A current NSC official, whom Politico quoted anonymously, described the 2016 document as “quite dated.”” But why ignore it and not use it as a baseline for an updated response? Because it came form the Obama administration?

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