In another thread I proposed that it remains to be established whether Trump broke the law by having his presidential papers at Mar-a-Lago. Here’s some commentary outlining the legal issues as defined in the search warrant:

Continue reading “Did Trump Break the Law?” →

Biden’s administration claims he knew nothing in advance of the FBI raid on Mar A Lago. On the off chance that this is not a lie, then why would the FBI do something so controversial without running it past the boss?

It may well be that the FBI is covering its own tracks independent of Biden. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.

In Oct 2020, Trump declassified the Crossfire Hurricane and Russia Collusion hoax papers, subject to redactions the FBI requested in Jan 2020. In Dec 2020 he ordered the DOJ to produce a redacted version and to release it to the public.

At the time he left office, that had not been done and remains undone to this day. The FBI does not want those papers to see the light of day. The Biden administration likely agrees.

It may well be that the purpose of the raid was to recover the unclassified but unredacted copy of those documents in Trumps possession to prevent him from releasing it prior to the 2022 elections.

Well said, Mr. Oliver.

https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2022/0812/Mar-a-Lago-warrant-unsealed.-What-we-know-and-what-s-next

Note the source is pretty conservative and in this case, refreshingly neutral.

Source: A Son of the New American Revolution.

I don’t necessarily endorse the writer’s theory, but the piece provides some background that may help those who are unfamiliar with security clearance policies and procedures, especially the applicable Executive Order.

Continue reading “Clarifying the System and Authorities to Classify Information–Trump Followed the Law” →

FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents in Trump search: report

Funny. It is 4 PM and this is the first post HERE on this reporting. Have we all decided to play wait and see all of a sudden?

Source: Foreign Policy.

Don’t believe the headline. This is one of those articles that begs for skepticism.

Continue reading “Actually, the Russian Economy Is Imploding” →

Source: Asia Times.

Russia continues to expand its footprint in Ukraine, relentlessly accomplishing its goal of “demilitarizing” the country. Two items of particular note in the current SITREP are:

• Ukrainian propaganda boasting of a major counteroffensive is debunked.
• Amnesty International accused the Ukrainian military of war crimes.

Several SITREP analysts I’ve been following have stopped publishing their reports because, in their view, Ukraine has already lost the war. My own view is that the final outcome of military engagements is always in doubt until it isn’t.

I believe Ukraine should stop fighting and concede to any territorial demands Russia might make. The reason is simple: Ukraine can lose territory at the expense of many lives, or it can lose territory without incurring the death of Ukrainian men, women and children.

Reuter’s Congressman Perry’s cell phone seized.

There was a time when we would presume the FBI to be politically neutral, and that when private communications were examined, anything not relevant to criminal prosecution would remain private and not be stored. But the current FBI has proven a leak factory and a political spying operation. Continue reading “What is really going on?” →

Source: Jonathan Turley.

Turley makes an important observation: The Constitutional requirements for being elected President are such that even a convicted criminal may be legally elected to the office. Counterintuitive as the observation may be, I think it is both profound and essential to our concept of liberty.