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George Floyd’s State-sponsored murder
If you want to read a piece that puts Mr. Floyd’s murder in the proper historical context, let me suggest the one by Defending Rights and…
Patrick G Eddington
Past: CIA analyst, House senior policy advisor, USAR officer. Present: Think tank guy, dog dad. Always: Author, writer, researcher, Bill of Rights defender, 21st century Anti-Federalist.
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Karen, thanks for your very kind words.
Karen, thanks for your very kind words. I’ve been through this with three other dogs since 2002, and it never gets any easier…but I know he’s no longer in pain, and he knew beyond doubt I loved him, and always will. Stay safe during this COVID-19 madness,
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#COVID-19: Pandemic, Pet Loss and Human Kindness
When I saw the description of the dog on the Mid-Atlantic Border Collie Rescue site in May 2006, I immediately asked my wife, Robin…
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#Cornoavirus + #FISAreauthorization: A Toxic Legislative Mix
Earlier today, National Review reported that the alleged Coronavirus supplemental would not, in fact, contain language reauthorizing a…
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Adam Schiff’s Anti-Bill of Rights Gambit
Earlier today, the left-leaning activist group DemandProgress tweeted the following:
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Statement on the Anonymous IC Whistleblower’s Allegations Against President Trump
The allegations in the nine-page letter sent by the whistleblower to the Congressional Intelligence Committees are based on hearsay, not…
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I spent over 10 years working for one of the most liberal House members of the last 50 years — Rush…
I spent over 10 years working for one of the most liberal House members of the last 50 years — Rush Holt of New Jersey. What that experienced reinforced for me is that, to use the old cliché, “Democracy is not a spectator sport.” Online petitions don’t threaten politicians. Nasty
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What really defeated Hitler was the Allied war effort.
What really defeated Hitler was the Allied war effort. What secured Europe post-war was the Marshall Plan & NATO. The EU came much later, and its contributions to Europe’s post-war prosperity have been uneven.
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This goes well beyond “jumping the shark” — there is no technology that can be developed that…
The tide has been running against surveillance opponents for 16 years with no end in sight. Two years ago, the Congress passed the USA…
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What’s remarkable about this piece is the absence of any reference to how those trends will impact…
What’s remarkable about this piece is the absence of any reference to how those trends will impact the growth of government surveillance powers.
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A Response to Hadley Beeman on the Encryption vs Security Debate
An oft-repeated canard offers only a dead-end
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What’s missing from this piece is any mention of the true underlying problem: taking government…
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, U.S. government intelligence and law enforcement officials, with a lot of help from House and Senate…