Two years ago, I received three DHS I&A reports on my activity and that of @ByMikeBaker. The existence of these documents had earlier been disclosed by @shaneharris in the @washingtonpost. Here are the documents as I received them:
Through subsequent FOIA litigation, I have now gotten the reports formally released by DHS itself. Here those docs are. As you can see, the substance of the reports, including my and Baker's names and tweets that drove the reports, are wholly redacted. documentcloud.org/documents/2205…
I call bullshit on this, @DHSgov@SecMayorkas. This was improper intelligence reporting by the prior administration. Even the prior administration acknowledged it was improper.
Why is the Biden administration now covering it up?
I had an interesting, if brief, conversation yesterday with an international relations scholar more sympathetic than I am to the notion that the United States should be pressuring Ukraine to accept territorial losses and not poking the nuclear bear by giving Ukraine a blank check
The conversation forced me to articulate to myself my own views of the limits of the US role in supporting Ukraine. Having done so, let me lay them out. I have seven points.
First, the structure of nuclear deterrence in the US-Russia relationship is very clear. It has been very stable over a long time. And its parameters are well understood. While the risks of escalation are real, I think people are overestimating those risks relative to the risks of
Here's my 4-point peace plan for Ukraine: (1) Russian forces stop killing Ukrainian civilians. (2) Russian forces stop shelling Ukrainian cities. (3) Russian forces give up all occupied territory in Ukraine. (4) Russian forces yield all Ukrainians kidnapped from their country.
It used to be the Left that couldn’t tell the difference between the US and a totalitarian state. Now it’s the Right. If you read one thing today, make it this piece by @gabeschoenfeld on the Right’s embrace of the loony idea that we are in 1984. lawfareblog.com/united-states-…