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Schlemazel’s Memorial Service

September 28, 2019/35 Comments/in Absent Friends, Open Thread, RIP /by Adam L Silverman

Schlemazel’s memorial service was today. His niece Laura sent me this write up to share with you all: Schlemazel was memorialized today in the beautiful French Park in Plymouth MN. The weather was ideal, sunny and in the 60’s. Michael and Edith represented the BJ community. In typical fashion there were no green balloons to […]

Schlemazel’s Memorial: A Reminder!

September 27, 2019/22 Comments/in Absent Friends, Balloon Juice, Open Thread, RIP /by Adam L Silverman

I just wanted to put up a reminder post, before it gets driven from my mind again with everything going on, for Schlemazel’s memorial, which is tomorrow. From his niece Laura: Mark’s memorial will be on Saturday September 28th, 12:00 at the Skyview shelter at French Park in Plymouth, MN. Anyone who knew him is […]

Politico Confirms and Validates the Whistleblower’s Allegation That White House Staff Are Misclassifying Records of the President’s Communications With Foreign Leaders

September 26, 2019/162 Comments/in America, Domestic Politics, Election 2016, Election Year, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Politics, Silverman on Security, The Trump Doctrine /by Adam L Silverman

Well would you look at that! NEW: Former Trump official confirms that WH started placing Trump call transcripts into NSC’s codeword system—effectively concealing them—sometime after Mexico, Australia transcript leaks in 2017. Experts say doing that poses whole host of natsec risks. https://t.co/WpcngAUS1K — Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) September 26, 2019 From Natasha Bertrand at Politico (emphasis mine): After […]

The Key Takeaways from the Whistleblower Complaint and the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s Accompanying Letter

September 26, 2019/56 Comments/in America, An Unexamined Scandal, Domestic Politics, Election Year, Foreign Affairs, Open Thread, Politics, Silverman on Security /by Adam L Silverman

I’ve now done a first read through of both the whistleblower complaint and the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s accompanying letter. I think the following from the whistleblower’s complaint and the Intelligence Community Inspector General’s letter are the key takeaways. Emphasis is my own. Here’s the key takeaway that sets up why this is an “urgent […]

The Acting DNI Publicly Testifies Before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence

September 26, 2019/223 Comments/in America, Domestic Politics, Election 2016, Election Year, Foreign Affairs, Impeachment, Information Warfare, Open Thread, Politics, Russia, Silverman on Security, The Trump Doctrine /by Adam L Silverman

Vice Admiral (ret) Maguire, the Acting Director of National Intelligence and Senate confirmed Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, is testifying publicly before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) at 9:00 AM EDT this morning. HPSCI’s own live stream for you all is below. HPSCI has also now posted both the now declassified […]