Some absolutely fascinating stuff here that I had not heard before.
DOJ Files Surreply Response to Flynn Brady Motion – (With a valuable little nugget of a mistake)….
FTA:
Flynn’s original defense lawyers (firm: Covington, Kelner, Anthony, and Langton Inc.) were the attorneys who advised Flynn on how to complete the FARA paperwork/filing. When the DOJ threatened to use the FARA filing as evidence against Flynn, in essence the DOJ was accusing Covington of manufacturing false documentation.
The Covington lawyers held a material interest in the DOJ dropping the FARA aspect to their prosecution; and by extension the Covington lawyers recommending that Flynn accept a plea agreement to remove that legal issue is a profound conflict. The DOJ downplays this conflict despite the DOJ taking copious and careful notes about it during the time they were using the FARA violation to compel the plea deal.
Another great analysis
Al-Baghdadi and Trump’s Syrian chess board
Trump is not flying blind in Syria. He is implementing a multifaceted set of policies that are based on the strengths, weaknesses and priorities of the various actors.
by Caroline B. Glick, ISRAEL HAYOM
FTA:
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Al-Baghdadi’s assassination, and Trump’s discussion of the mass murderer’s death, showed that Trump has not merely maintained faith with the fight against ISIS and its allied jihadist groups. He has fundamentally changed the US’s counterterror fighting doctrine, particularly as it relates to psychological warfare against jihadists.
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The basic line of the Bush administration’s public diplomacy
campaign was to embrace the mantra that Islam is peace, and assert that the US loves Islam because the US seeks peace.
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Obama took Bush’s rhetoric of appeasement and turned it into
America’s actual policy.
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Trump’s constant use of the term “dog” and employment of
canine imagery is highly significant. Dogs are considered “unclean” in Islam. In Islamic societies, “dog” is the worst name you can call a person.