In Bid to Help Trump, John Dowd Suggests Manafort Raid Could Do Real Damage to the President

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emptywheel
In an attempt to suggest the raid of Paul Manafort's house threatens the President, Trump lawyer John Dowd raises new questions about his coordination with Manafort (and Flynn's) lawyers.

The Nine-Minute Gap [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
Consider yourself warned: this won't be a very long post. It's about three particular tweets. NOTE THE UPDATES AT BOTTOM.
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Three Things: Non-Nuclear Proliferation

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Rayne
We'll still have to deal with broken economy, more Legionnaires disease cases, and Disney's recalcitrance on protecting kids if the planet isn't blown up over a stupid tweet or two. This is an open thread.

As News of Raid Breaks, National Enquirer Discovers Manafort's Long-Reported Mistress

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emptywheel
At the same time as news of an FBI search on Paul Manafort's home, the National Enquirer has seen fit to make a stink of a long-reported Paul Manafort mistress.
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On the Manafort Raid

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emptywheel
Paul Manafort wants you to think he would have turned over the documents seized in a July 26 raid over willingly. But a judge disagreed.
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The AlphaBay Jewish Community Center Bomb Threat of the Week Service

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emptywheel
The FBI appears to believe the bomb threats called into Jewish Community Centers earlier this year were arranged and paid for through AlphaBay.
[Photo: National Security Agency, Ft. Meade, MD via Wikimedia]
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Rick Ledgett's Straw Malware

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emptywheel
Rather than explaining what the NSA can do to lock down its shit and prevent any more massive leaks, Rick Ledgett instead invented straw man arguments about the Vulnerabilities Equities Process.

The Kronos Needle in the AlphaBay Haystack

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emptywheel
When looked at all the sales on dark net marketplace AlphaBay, it looks all the more remarkable that the Feds prioritized indicting and arresting Marcus Hutchins within the month after taking down AlphaBay.
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The "Liberal" NY Times Focuses on the Next Disastrous GOP Daddy

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bmaz
No, Mike Pence is not the answer we are looking for. Nor any other GOP daddy. Their day culminated in their adopted son Trump.

MalwareTech's FBI-Induced Tour to Milwaukee, WI

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emptywheel
In spite of the fact that some of the few known victims of the Kronos malware are in the UK, where Marcus Hutchins is from (and where conspiracy laws would make it far less likely he'd be implicated in the crime), he was charged in Milwaukee. Why?

Former Senators Sessions and Coats Likely Just Set Off a Conflict with Congress

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emptywheel
Former FBI Assistant Director seems to think today's DOJ announcement about stepped up leak prosecutions will mean the Bureau can go after Congress. I suspect he's wrong.
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Robert Mueller's Grand Jury and the Significance of Felix Sater

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emptywheel
Given that much of Trump's Russian-related corruption dates back to the time Robert Mueller's FBI was tracking mob ties through close Trump associate, it is no surprise that Mueller has convened a grand jury.
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Three Things: Mas Gas, Las Vegas and Sass

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Rayne
Gasoline prices may go up soon; the infosecurity specialist who broke WannaCry was taken into U.S. custody; WIRED needs a kick. This is an open thread.

FBI Busts the Guy Who Saved the World from NSA's Malware

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emptywheel
FBI just indicted the guy who saved the world from WannaCry for allegedly creating the Kronos banking malware.
[Photo: Annie Spratt via Unsplash]

The Dialectical Imagination by Martin Jay: Psychoanalysis in Critical Theory

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Ed Walker
Critical Theory says that we can be better humans. Not everyone thinks that's a good thing.
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Three Things: Bad, Worse, and Just Deal Already

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Rayne
Not so artistic deal on air craft; sketchy deal handing radioactive materials on our dime; and just freaking cut a deal already. This is an open thread.
[Photo: Emily Morter via Unsplash]

Sowing Confusion about Fusion

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Rayne
Fusion GPS is now best known for the dossier it ordered from a former MI6 intelligence officer Christopher Steele. What Fusion is and does is a matter some want to confuse.
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Incendiary Lawsuit Alleging More Trump Obstruction Shows Benghazi Booster Admitting He Has No Credibility

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emptywheel
Along with making a pretty good case that Fox and GOP rat-fucker Ed Butowsky fabricated quotes and attributed them to him, Rod Wheeler makes it clear that Butowsky, who claims to be behind the Benghazi scandal, admits he has no credibility.
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The Leakers Get Craftier

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emptywheel
As more damning stories about Trump's response to meetings with Russians come out, I find it interesting that the sourcing is getting better hidden.
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Three Things: It's All About the Cable, Mabel. Oh, and the Mooch

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Rayne
It's not often we have so many stories related to cable television making headlines on the same day. And then Scaramucci's exit blew it up. This is an open thread.
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