The Cotton Theory Of The Ford Leak Overlooks Feinstein Speculation About "Friends"

Sen. Tom Cotton picks up a right-wing theory and runs with it:

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) on Tuesday said he "strongly suspects" Senate Democratic Leader Charles Schumer (N.Y.) was behind the leak of an explosive letter that almost derailed Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court.

...

“We learned last week that a woman named Monica McClean was Ms. Ford’s roommate, and she was one of the so-called beach friends who encouraged Ms. Ford to go to Dianne Feinstein and the partisan Democrats on the Judiciary Committee,” Cotton said, referring to Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), the top-ranking Democrat on the Judiciary panel.

Cotton said the fact that McClean once worked for former U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Preet Bharara indicates that Schumer’s political operation was involved in the leak because Bharara used to work for Schumer on Capitol Hill.

“So I strongly suspect that Chuck Schumer’s political operations knew about Ms. Ford’s allegations as far back as July and manipulated the process all along,” he said.

Overlooked in the excitement: During the Kavanaugh hearing, in the course of denying that her staff leaked the Ford information, Sen. Feinstein speculated that the Ford leak came from Ford's friend:

FEINSTEIN: May I — may I — may I respond? It’s my understanding that her story was leaked before the letter became public. And she testified that she had spoken to her friends about it and it’s most likely that that’s how the story leaked and that she had been asked by press. But it did not leak from us, I assure you of that.

That ties in to a bonus question - why was the name "Monica L. Mclean" unredacted in the letter leaked by the Senate Judiciary Committee? A late-game screw-up, or an attempt to flush out a non-cooperating potential witness? Or did Fox News get the letter directly from the ex-boyfriend? In any case, internet sleuths tracked down Ms. McLean within twelve hours, so I am confident that Senate staff knew who she was.

Moving on. The Peet Bharara connection is tenuous. The WaPo explains why, although those with eyes understood this days ago - Monica McLean was in the FBI press Information office. She did not "work for" Bharara, who was the AUSA in the NY Southern District. However, the press offices of the FBI, the SDNY and others did coordinate on some press releases, so for Ms. McLean to contact a former associate who knows Bharara would be easy. 

On the lighter side, Freudian detectives will love this aspect of Bharara's denial: "I couldn't pick [Ms. McLean] out of a line-up..." Whoa, who says she belongs in a line-up? WHAT is the hidden message here?

Those determined to tie this to Sen. Schumer might try Michael Bromwich, who was a late (and normally very expensive) addition to the Ford legal team. He has been a Washington player since the 80's and has testified before Schumer on committee hearings, so a connection is possible. Bromwich also oversaw Apple during their e-book price-fixing case; one presumes that NYC publishers followed the case and may have mentioned it to Senator Pothole, who is all about constituent service. That case was handled by the DoJ Anti-Trust division but filed in the SDNY, so Bharara should have had a passing familarity with the players. [Also worth highlighting Andrew McCabe connection noted by Slate. FBI-friendly.]

Well. I still think the most likely candidates for the outing Dr. Ford are the Eshoo staffers (who, as best I know, have no Senate Judiciary Committee investigatory laws obliging their silence) or the staffers of other members of the Senate Judiciary Committee. All it it would take is a Feinstein or Eshoo staffer to grumble to a colleague about a bombshell letter Feinstein is sitting on and eventually rumors would reach the press.

Ford's lawyers seems like a longshot, although activist, agenda-oriented lawyers might be confident the press won't rat them out.

And Monica McLean? She had to have press contacts - that was her job. Would she betray her friend by urging a reporter to start asking about a letter to Feinstein (while keeping coy about the contents)? And would that "look over there" leak be a betrayal? Dr. Ford's early call was to the Washington Post tipline, which may not have been the ideal way to keep this story out of the news.

I strongly suspect that Time Will Not Tell.

Comments

[henry]

Steven Shepard
@POLITICO_Steve

New update from @NHC_Atlantic: #Michael has strengthened. Maximum sustained winds now 150 mph. Minimum central pressure down to 923 mb.

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCUAT4+shtml/101355.shtml

[narciso]

She collaborated on the letter, demand justice comes from Feinstein staff and the Obama white house it's a reasonable hypothesis.

[henry]

TM: more evidence of Schumer ties to the leaker than Russian ties to Trump's campaign.

[henry]

Senator Rand Paul
@RandPaul

🚨 The FBI Director just testified in the US Senate. I asked him if @realDonaldTrump phone conversations are getting collected in the FISA database. He wouldn't answer. Is NSA or FBI listening in on our President? We know bad actors exist within intel community. REFORM NEEDED NOW

[narciso]

Except in McCarthy case it turned out to be true:

https://www.weeklystandard.com/eric-felten/a-conspiracy-so-vast

[Extraneus]

Would she betray her friend by urging a reporter to start asking about a letter to Feinstein (while keeping coy about the contents)?

That assumes Dr. Fraud wasn't a willing participant. I think she was.

As far as Cotton's statement, why should we care if it's accurate? He credibly and sincerely accused the execrable Schumer of orchestrating the hit on Kavanaugh. Shouldn't that be all that matters?

Btw, here's Schumer's high school yearbook photo.

[Tom R]

Repost from the last thread

Strange how the number of Ds causes so much consternation. It's a joke! Same as saying "Trump is playing chess while everyone else is playing checkers," and that phrase has been around probably for centuries.

Fully agree. I think some people just get upset over the term because I am the one using it. I use the term to describe Trump's grandmaster-level strategic planning/thinking and that is 100% in synch with what Iggy said in his 10:35. At no time have I ever claimed Trump's ability was supernatural in nature. That's just silly.

[maryrose]

Henry:
My problem is we have the evidence of crimes and wrongdoing , we aren’t we acting on it?
I don’t believe it takes this long to bring down these perps.
So Podesta goes free? Why isn’t the director of the FBI answering Rand Paul’s question?

[Extraneus]

Joking aside, I appreciate TM's continued research into McLean and the rest of the cabal, and I hope someone leaks the details on how and when Dr. Fraud's internet presence was scrubbed, etc. Let's hear from her family and other former boyfriends, too.

Was she a rabid pussy-hatter? Come on, you can say it. We know.

[narciso]

What you don't trust the acting head of the sdny to file charges.

As for Wray I spelled what team he plays for.

[narciso]

So synema invited the late Lynn Stewart to speak

[Frau Lehrerin a.D.]

"She is and always has been a Trump-hating harpie (not unlike our resident barnacle) carbuncle and sure as [redacted] ain’t no “survivor.”

FIFY, lyle

[Ralph L]

D'Amato was Senator Pothole. Schumer is Senator Asshole.

Regardless of who leaked it, ChiFi didn't tell the rest of the SJC about it as she should have if she thought it was plausible.

[maryrose]

Grandmaster strategic planning?
Again way too much credit with little evidence to support it.
Is the Russia probe still ongoing?
How does that factor in some grand plan?
Has Mueller hired any Repubs for his ridiculous nothingburger probe?
Has this cloud on the presidency disappeared?
Do we know anymore than we did 2 years ago?
I thought this was supposed to be over by Sept. 1st?

[lyle]

Dr. Fraud was a willing participant in the whole shitshow. And TM™ should know better.

[boris]

"Let's hear from ..."

Let's hear what she sounds like lecturing a class.

Or video hanging out with family or friends.

Bet that would expose the baby talk put-on.

[narciso]

That's why that guy is off the team.

[Ralph L]

For some reason, there's a patch of 6-10 inches of rain in NC right next to me. Anyone have a grazing herd I can borrow for my back yard? It's been a month since I mowed it.

[Captain Hate]

Has anybody asked Shecky if he leaked it? He's not difficult to get in front of a television camera.

[GeoffB]

Is it my understanding that both Feinstein and Harris are on the Judiciary Committee? Did someone in Eshoo's office give Harris the letter?

[JimNorCal]

TM: "I strongly suspect that Time Will Not Tell."

Agree. We still don't know if Obama applied to college as a foreign student

[henry]

watching the weather channel.. peak hurricane at high tide. That sounds really bad.

[narciso]

Yikes and they are 12 hours away from that.

[narciso]

She was contacting the post contemporaneous with this letter.

[anonamom]

another "time to chose sides" article:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/kavanaugh-killed-the-never-trump-movement

[Rocco]

Sara Carters expression at the end is priceless, she doesn't like Rosenstein at all! F/F to 27:15

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NijlngPC34

[Tom R]

I'm reasonably certain that Rosenstein kept Mueller focused in areas where DJT was in no jeopardy.

CH,

Is this another Jack Straw point? Doesn't that imply Rosenstein was protecting Trump from the outset?

That would also synch with the idea that Rosenstein appointed Mueller because he didn't trust McCabe/Strzok/Page to run the Russian collusion investigation.

[Comanche Voter]

Ah I don't know. Just like the NYT confused the photos of Susan Rice and Condoleeza Rice, all of those Democrat dirty workers look the same to me. Cotton may be on to something. They (the Democrats) were all wading through the pig sewage lagoon on this one, and some of sticks to all of them.

[Beasts of England]

'Grandmaster strategic planning? Again way too much credit with little evidence to support it.'

He mowed down the entire primary field, including the Bush Dynasty, and then did the same to Hillary in the general; which included the Clinton and Obama Dynasties. I'd say there's a ton of evidence to support the claim of grandmaster of strategic planner.

[derwill]

It seems to me that whatever went on before, Baker et al and Rosenstein are now openly on opposite sides. Either Baker lied about the wire wearing remark or he is telling the truth, but either way the point was to damage Rosenstein. Trump’s reaction tells me he is either pretending to believe RR’s denials for reasons of his own, or he’s got the man by the shirt hairs and is using him against the coup plotters.

I’m leaning toward the latter because of who else attended that meeting on the plane.

[Beasts of England]

*planning*

[henry]

Zuck going full big brother:

https://hotair.com/archives/2018/10/09/now-facebook-like-put-smart-camera-house/

[narciso]

Did you miss who bromwhichs last client was tm?

[narciso]

The part about sussman makes sense even though he was crowdstrikes handler not fusions

[Threadkiller]

I'm with Cotton because of the relationship Schumer, Feinstein, and McCain had.

I believe that Feinstein was counting on McCain getting his strength back enough to come back to DC, read the "confidential" letter and proclaim Kavanaugh unfit.

If you remember McCain's no vote on the O-care repeal, he mingled with the Dems and mainly with Schumer and Feinstein before the thumb down. When he croaked the Dem leadership made it clear how essential McCain was to their agenda. Schumer wants to name a Senate building after him for crying out loud.

I think Feinstein and Schumer struggled to find a powerful enough Republican dupe to do the McCain dirty work so they were forced into an 11th hour "leak."

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Every time I hear Bharara's name I think of the Jackson Five song Rockin Robin:

"Diddley Diddley Preet, Diddley Preet Preet Preet!"

And while the Dems were befouling themselves, perhaps irreparably, Trump was rolling like a Boss closing trade deals, awarding Congressional Medals of Honor, schooling the UN and going to their backyards and calling them out.

Bader Ginsburg is now chained to a rock forever with the waves crashing against her if she wants to remain on the Court. Some life. It shows to go how miserable leftists really are. They bathe in it.

[Jane]

Sara died last year, you idiot.

[Rocco]

Here's Jarretts article that Hannity mentioned last night.

Gregg Jarrett: Rod Rosenstein should immediately stop overseeing the Mueller 'collusion' investigation

I argued in a column two weeks ago that Rosenstein’s reported plot to overthrow the president was the equivalent of a coup attempt and should not go unpunished. Now there is even more incriminating evidence coming from Baker, McCabe, and Page that Rosenstein sought to overturn the decision of the American people to elect Donald Trump as our president.

https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/gregg-jarrett-rod-rosenstein-should-immediately-stop-overseeing-the-mueller-collusion-investigation

[Jane]

Derwill,

Who else attended the meeting?

[Miss Marple]

Maryrose,

To Beast's strategic examples from the campaign, I would add opening up North Korea, the USMCA deal, working with the Saudis and Israel to tighten the screws on Iran, getting Kavanaugh confirmed, getting the tax cuts passed, and using these rallies to energize the base for the Midterms.

I think he is way smarter than a lot of people comprehend.

[Jane]

Imagine what we good accomplish in this country if we had more than one good president per century.

[Beasts of England]

I'd say way, way smarter, Miss Marple!! :)

[Extraneus]

Man Suspects Truck Firebombed over Donald Trump Bumper Stickers

(Click to open.)

[Captain Hate]

I'm reasonably certain that Rosenstein kept Mueller focused in areas where DJT was in no jeopardy.

CH,

Is this another Jack Straw point? Doesn't that imply Rosenstein was protecting Trump from the outset?

He has pointed out that Mueller's areas of concentration are where DJT is squeaky clean and that Rosenstein supervises Mueller.

[Tom R]

I've seen a lot of pro-Trump pundits accuse Rosenstein of being an "institutionalist" for the DOJ. They are using the term as a pejorative.

For those of us patriotic Americans who are firm believers in the Constitution, the concept of "rule of law" is a core tenet of a Constitutional government. The DOJ is supposed to be the government institution that promotes that ideal.

Since the evidence so far indicates the DOJ/FBI under Obama was criminally corrupt, reforming the DOJ and restoring the concept of "rule of law" is mandatory for ultimate success of Trump's MAGA agenda.

In order to reform the DOJ and regain the trust of the American public, isn't it a good idea to have as many "institutionalists" who revere the concept of "rule of law" working in the DOJ as possible?

[henry]

The Associated Press @AP
17m

BREAKING: New York State Police: Operator of limo company in crash that killed 20 is in custody, charges pending.

[Tom R]

Now there is even more incriminating evidence coming from Baker, McCabe, and Page that Rosenstein sought to overturn the decision of the American people to elect Donald Trump as our president.

Good Lord why in the world would anyone pay any attention whatsoever to what three members of the Obama criminal cable have to say?

[Tom R]

I think he is way smarter than a lot of people comprehend.

It takes a Very Stable Genius to play 4D Chess!

[Tom R]

s/b cable=cabal

[Threadkiller]

I think he is way smarter than a lot of people comprehend.

I totally agree.

[Beasts of England]

That was funny, Tom R!!

[derwill]

Kelly for sure, Jane, but I thought there was one other person that made me think at the time that it was not going to be a particularly friendly meeting with RR, only now I can’t find it.

[Tom R]

He has pointed out that Mueller's areas of concentration are where DJT is squeaky clean and that Rosenstein supervises Mueller.

If you have links to those posts I would appreciate it. That supports the idea that Mueller is working with Trump, not against him.

[DebinGA]

From TM's The Hill link: “We learned last week that a woman named Monica McClean was ...,” Cotton said, ... "Cotton said the fact that McClean once worked for..." No accident The Hill writer spelled "McLean" correctly before quoting Cotton and misspelling her name as "McClean"

[Beasts of England]

For the record: ChiTown Lurker and I have a cash bet about the document release before the midterms. I've taken the side that they will not be released unless it's a reaction to a Mueller report. ChiTown says they're comin' round the mountain. Soon. :)

[Extraneus]

CNN's Don Lemon Tells Conservative Guest To "Shut Up" While Defending Democrat Mobs

The mob doesn't like the word Trump used to describe them.

[Tom Maguire]

Did you miss who bromwhichs last client was tm?

Knew, forgot to include thanks. Added in now.

[Miss Marple]

I still say that this was a plot to destroy Trump and his family and business after Hillary was elected. Remember, they thought it was a sure thing.

Had she been elected, e us never have known the source of the dossier, how politically motivated higher ups we, the leaks of fake stories to the press, none of it.

We. Would have gotten grim statements from Comey at a press conference and arrests of DJT, his sons, and Jared and Ivanka. Then show trials.

Why? Revenge by Obama for the birth certificate question and destruction of Trump ("so that his kind shall not rise again") as a Lesson to Us All.

They had this plan in operation and we're gobsmacked when Trump won. Everything since then has been an attempt to provide a plausible reason for their spying, which was really not spying but planting false evidence. They aren't vey good at it, either.

[anonamom]

ralph l, best I can tell is this rain is the far NE part of system causing Michael, based on the winds on my radar app.

Watching Cantore in Panama City.
Hurricane porn!

The Weather Channel ads sure skew ancient.

[jimmyk]

Imagine what we good accomplish in this country if we had more than one good president per century.

Good point, Jane. Though one could argue we had two in the 20th: Coolidge and Reagan. And it's still pretty early in the 21st.

[Eye Doctor .]

Why does Tommy boy want you to think Mueller is a good guy?

[Threadkiller]

Revenge by Obama for the birth certificate question and destruction of Trump ("so that his kind shall not rise again") as a Lesson to Us All.

Birthers have that effect on some people.

[Extraneus]

Portland Antifa protesters caught on video bullying elderly motorist, woman in wheelchair

[anonamom]

As much as I too would love to know who scrubbed Blasey-Ford's and McLean's social media, I am even more interested in who took down Holton Arm's yearbooks.

Who authorized THAT???
All those tuition paying parents A-OK with the school taking the side of The Leftists???

[Captain Hate]

If you have links to those posts I would appreciate it. That supports the idea that Mueller is working with Trump, not against him.

It's not his site so anything I've quoted has been a comment just like you and I make here. I've flat out asked him before if he thinks Mueller is on team MAGA and he said no. I hate to put words in his mouth but I think he considers Mueller a manageable distraction with Rosenstein doing the managing.

You should probably interact with him directly in the comments at AoS to find out what he really thinks. He argues things in a different manner than you and RG do.

[Beasts of England]

'The mob doesn't like the word Trump used to describe them.'

I'd call it the work of a stable and strategic genius. He goes on offense with branding. They're the mob, now - and he won't let them escape the term.

[Miss Marple]

TK,

I think it was an Obama-Hillary plot.

I think she got him to go along with it because of the birth certificate and she needed his ok because she was out of government.

She, however, saw him as a danger even if she defeated him, because h wasn't afraid to speak up and he had lots of money and celebrity. Taking him out would keep others from speaking up.

[derwill]

He also has been calling them the Party of Crime. If he successfully brands them with that future arrests won’t seem so shocking to the muddle.

[Extraneus]

And if there's one thing Trump knows, it's branding.

[anonamom]

"MOB"--a one syllable word a first grader can spell.

GENIUS!

[Captain Hate]

The mob doesn't like the word Trump used to describe them.

It certainly got dueling fatasses Brooke Baldwin and Sad Grouper MKH to look like someone just ripped a Taco Bell special.

[Beasts of England]

Water inundation already five feet above sea level in Apalachicola. Be safe my favorite little oyster friends...

[cathyf on iPhone]

He also has been calling them the Party of Crime. If he successfully brands them with that future arrests won’t seem so shocking to the muddle.

I’m rather fond of the branding “Criminal Caucus” from my old days in the Libertarian Party...

[Miss Marple]

I miss having cable when there is a big weather event.

I mean, who can forget the coverage of Shep Smith and Geraldo after Katrina?

[Old Lurker]

Amom "All those tuition paying parents A-OK with the school taking the side of The Leftists???"

You have no idea how many of those parents sing in the Clinton-Obama choir. You would be as disgusted with them as they all are with Trump and his Deplorables.

:-)

[JohnS]

I can't believe that Rod Rosenstein would even consider the use of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump. It's laughable. If he seriously brought this up, he is a lot bigger idiot than anyone has suggested. Did he think that just because some people in the White House were shaking their heads and saying that Trump is crazy, that he could get enough to agree to remove him from office?

[Miss Marple]

I saw a post on Twitter that Michael kis now a Cat 5. Is that right?

[Eye Doctor .]

JohnS

They were desperate

[henry]

new Marquette poll of WI:

Walker now +1, Baldwin still +10

https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/New-Marquette-poll-shows-Walker-Baldwin-lead-favorability-496645331.html

[Captain Hate]

The current mania about the "Antifa traffic cops" is kind of absurd -- not because it didn't happen, but because MUCH MORSE STUFF HAPPENS AT EVERY SINGLE ANTIFA RALLY and no one ever seemed to get worked up over it before.

The only reason people are talking about it is that there's video of the incident (fairly trivial incident, compared to all the others) and for some mysterious reason the video "went viral."

But for years and years and years, at basically every Antifa riot ever staged, they have done much much much worse. I've witnessed it with my own eyes, too. I was once even in a car that was surrounded by Antifa, who rocked it back and forth trying to tip it over.

In countless Oakland Antifa actions over the years, they have jumped on cars (while they were occupied by drivers), smashed windshields, looted contents, dragged drivers out of cars and beat them up, flipped the cars over, and even set them on fire. Screaming at drivers and banging on hoods and "directing traffic" and threatening drivers is absolutely commonplace and is the LEAST of their offenses.

In Berkeley a few years back they even smashed up several POLICE cars.

I mean, it's fine in general that this Portland incident is getting publicity, but sheesh, it's just the tip of the iceberg. It's like everyone is flipping out because there's a video of a Munich Brownshirt being rude to a Jew.
Posted by: zombie at October 10, 2018 01:24 PM (c+2jX)

[anonamom]

I do know HRC got 97% of the DC vote, but I assumed there was a more reality-based voter in the suburbs OL. ;-)

[anonamom]

I sent Thom Tillis an email yesterday, making this very point!

http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/10/republicans-can-confirm-kavanaugh-can-repeal-obamacare/

[Tom R]

Birthers have that effect on some people.

Here is a question I've been meaning to ask you. Are Trump's kids (minus Tiffany) eligible to become president in the future?

[henry]

Miss M, landfall at 155mph,919 pressure. just under Cat 5

[Eye Doctor .]

Tommy boy

Should Rosenstein have interviewed Uranium One informant Campbell?

[Barbara]

I turned on the Rush Limbaugh program just in time to hear that Hillary Clinton had chosen to speak out on recent events concerning the appointment of Justice Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. As usual she misrepresented everything and urged those who can bother to listen to her to reach for even greater heights (or lows) of resistance, violence, in your face mayhem, etc. because President Trump and all those who support him are bad, bad, bad!

Was there ever in history such an insignificant, sour, incompetent, dumb as a board, downright wrong-headed (not to mention hideous in spirit) fool to cross the political landscape!?!

Not only is her time over, it never was her 'time'. To Hillary, wherever you're roosting these days, write your memoirs, take up fishing or knitting, or make voodoo dolls.
Practice some of those Pilates routines you claim to be so fond of. Just go the xxxx away. (Typhus wouldn't let me print what I wanted to say.)

[Captain Hate]

Prepare to get ill:

https://mobile.twitter.com/ComradeArthur/status/1050074272960524288

[narciso]

At one point, hurricane Andrew was 175 miles an hour, there but for the grace of God go we.

[Old Lurker]

Amom "was a more reality-based voter in the suburbs OL. ;-)"

There is. But he is on Nantucket.

[Captain Hate]

Practice some of those Pilates routines you claim to be so fond of.

I think Tub Dive watches Huma do them.

[narciso]

Hurricane Camille and the 1935 labor day storm were worse, but still.

[anonamom]

Barbara, re: HRC's most recent remarks:

Kimberley Strassel
‏
Verified account

@KimStrassel
3h3 hours ago
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1) More than anything else, Clinton's comments on "civility" show an utter lack of self-awareness, and/or critical thinking. Every political movement in history has believed its opponents want to destroy what it "stands for" or "believes in."

[James D.]

from Anonamom's 12:13 link (the author's ending line about President Trump):

For some reason, things keep falling into place for him. Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good.

It never, ever, ever, ever, ever occurs to anyone in the press that he might actually know what he's doing, does it?

[Tom R]

For some reason, things keep falling into place for him. Sometimes, it’s better to be lucky than good.

Luck is when Preparation and Opportunity collide. In other words, you make your own luck.

[James D.]

When have Hillary's public remarks EVER shown any hint of self-awareness, or critical thinking?

On the other hand, given the willingness of Democrats to just hand over wheelbarrows full of cash to her and her grifter husband, she's never needed much in the way of self-awareness or critical thinking.

[Captain Hate]

Critical thinking by Rodham? Good one, James.

[rse]

The interesting thing about the labor day keys storm , for anyone not familiar, is that the strength is extrapolated from the tonnage of the locomotive and how far it was moved.

[rse]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2017/09/07/deaths-laid-to-act-of-god-the-devastating-1935-hurricane-that-surprised-the-florida-keys/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.60e37f5825b2 is the story.

[Kevlar Kid]

"In order to reform the DOJ and regain the trust of the American public, isn't it a good idea to have as many "institutionalists" who revere the concept of "rule of law" working in the DOJ as possible?"

Box question. Answering it either way is useful to the poser.

The question is BESIDE the point: Given the hopelessly compromised top echelon operators in Justice and the Bureau, how should the executive branch proceed in solving the problem created by both?

[anonamom]

Is there a work around to see WaPo articles?