Yep, MS Strassel has it right… ===== WSJ 2/2/2018 By Kimberley A. Strassel The White House looks set to release the House Intelligence Committee memo on 2016 government surveillance abuses, which means the attacks on the document by Democrats, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the media are going to get wilder. To help navigate through the spin, here’s a handy guide... Read more
Archive for the ‘American Thought’ Category
Reading the Memo
February 2 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Big Govt, FBI, Losing Freedom, Party Politics, StrasselTale of Two Shutdowns
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, TrumpIf you don’t “get it”, I am not sure I can help. ========= WSJ 1/22/2018 The government shutdown continued on Sunday as Senate Democrats imitate Republican Ted Cruz’s 2013 strategy of using government funding to force a President’s hand on an unrelated issue. Mr. Cruz wanted ObamaCare repeal while Democrats want to coerce the GOP on immigration, but the budget blackmail strategy deserves... Read more
Comey to Teach Ethics
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, The LeftI can’t make this stuff up… ====== WSJ 1/23/2018 The College of William & Mary in Virginia announced last week that James Comey will teach a course on “ethical leadership” starting this autumn. The former FBI director would not have been our first choice for such an assignment, but upon reflection maybe his experience as a federal prosecutor, deputy attorney general and FBI director... Read more
Pence at the Knesset
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Christianity, IsraelNeeds no additional comment. Pence speaks for himself. ========= WSJ 1/24/2018 As I walked out of the Knesset following Vice President Mike Pence’s Monday afternoon address, an Israeli cameraman turned to me with a jovial expression. Speaking in Hebrew, he asked me about the man whose speech he had just heard: “Was that the messiah, or the vice president of the United States?”... Read more
Shame on the FBI
January 24 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, FBI, Party PoliticsIf you don’t “blow a gasket” you aren’t tuned in… ====== WSJ 1/24/2018 The Justice Department has dropped a second tranche of text exchanges between FBI agents Peter Strzok and Lisa Page—conveniently delivering them to the Senate at the start of last Friday night’s government shutdown. Investigators are still plowing through the 384 pages, but preliminary findings raise new questions about FBI political... Read more
Transparency for Fusion and the FBI
January 19 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Law, The LeftWhose is opposed to transparency?? ====== By The WSJ Editorial Board Jan 18, 2018 The chance that Americans will learn what really happened between the FBI and Fusion GPS is growing with Thursday’s vote by the House Intelligence Committee to give every House Member access to key information. Soon the House should move to declassify all documents in the case that don’t jeopardize... Read more
