Well thank you for that quite snarky reply...So elitist.
So you bring 2 authors, one deceased and one 94, perhaps not that well known to casual students of the Consitution as they have not written any books in more than a decade as an insult to me Wow, way to make friends and influence people with your opinion—NOT.
Soooo, are you saying these two favorite authors of yours are the only arbiters of Constitutional understanding?? Are you saying that Levin and others are ignorant? Gee, I guess Levin’s founding of Landmark Legal and joining cases brought to the Supremes (rather than writing books) accounts for nothing...Sheesh!
Frankly, I did not hear the entire Levin program, so I have no idea if he mentioned an EO or not...Right now I am listening to Hannity, and I think your use of the term “bellowing” is clearly an overreach and inappropriate...more snark...So it makes me doubt the rest of what you say.
From what I read McMasters did not just grant access to the former staffers’ personal works, he granted a clearance which is wider in scope...classified clearance/access granted to hostile Obama staff. Great :( Ever hear of a Thumb drive??? Put their papers on a damn thumb drive and don’t grant top secret clearance. Not that difficult to give them their precious papers but not grant classified clearance.
Again, you seem very happy to support the status quo, McMasters, and Obama EO, but that is not in keeping with private sector...and combined with his other actions, he really is suspect to may of us.
As I said, the reason for denying her a CLASSIFIED CLEARANCE (not just access to her papers) is not because she is “icky.” Again a very snarky comment.
1. She is a hostile to Trump.
2. In the private sector they curtail access to former employees because they may use that access against them...Makes sense to everyone but you and perhaps your learned deceased and 94-year old authors.
Tell you what tho, instead of reading any more of your condescending comments, I will actually send an email to the white House suggesting they rescind Obama’s EO instead of just accepting what you perceive to be acceptable status quo.
Oh and maybe I will pick up a copy of Levin’s new book.
Relieving you of your ignorance isn’t insulting you. It may be a mostly pointless task, but it’s not insulting.
Levin isn’t a scholar. He’s at best a popularizer. McDonald wrote for Buckley’s National Review back when it was worth reading. Major conservative scholar. Like the Founding Fathers, he’s now deceased. We can be certain that you won’t read Madison, Jay and Hamilton because they, too, are similarly deceased. Bailyn was the Librarian of Congress. He’s still kicking but evidently too old to pass your test on who’s worth reading.
” and I think your use of the term “bellowing” is clearly an overreach and inappropriate...more snark...So it makes me doubt the rest of what you say.”
Yeah, well at some future time maybe you will learn the difference between normative and positive statements. But probably not.
“From what I read McMasters did not just grant access to the former staffers’ personal works, he granted a clearance which is wider in scope...classified clearance/access granted to hostile Obama staff”
Because it’s so hard to google the EO and actually read what the History clause grants to former officials. Apparently too hard for Hannity since he was just saying whatever popped into his head.
“Again, you seem very happy to support the status quo,”
That’s no more insightful than anything else you’ve said. Congratulations.
“1. She is a hostile to Trump.”
She’s a former senior official. She meets the criteria in the EO.
“2. In the private sector they curtail access to former employees because they may use that access against them.”
So...you didn’t know that her NSA post wasn’t in the private sector? It wasn’t. See how easy that is?
“Oh and maybe I will pick up a copy of Levin’s new book.”
You probably should. It fits you.