What Seems to be Going on with MalwareTech’s New Charges
The government seems to have fixed a lot of problems with their case against Marcus Hutchins in the superseding indictment.
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Two Days after Julian Assange Threatened Don Jr, Accused Vault 7 Leaker Joshua Schulte Took to Tor
Monday, the government rolled out a superseding indictment for former NSA and CIA hacker Joshua Schulte, accusing him (obliquely) of leaking the CIA’s hacking tools that became the Vault 7 release from Wikileaks. The filings in his docket (as would the search warrants his series of defense attorneys would have seen) make it clear that the […]
Two Details about DOJ IG’s Leak Investigations, Plural, Including the One into Rudy Giuliani’s Sources
Michael Horowitz dropped a few tidbits between the two hearings on the Hillary investigation. First, DOJ IG has multiple leak investigations ongoing. And they may have been referred criminally.
Why Was George Papadopoulos Bitching about the UK While Working on His Presentencing Report?
George Papadopoulos, who must be in the middle of working on his motion to avoid prison time, just tweeted what appears to be a reference to perfidious Albion, a slur about the UK selling people out on matters of diplomacy and spying.
Name the Social Media Author: Lisa Page and Peter Strzok? Or Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz?
Lindsey Graham and Ted Cruz had very grave things to say about the bias of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page in today’s hearing on the investigation into Hillary Clinton. And they should know such bias, because they’ve said very similar things about Donald Trump.
The Trump People Really Really Want to Know How Much Mueller Knows about Roger Stone’s “Collusion”
Roger Stone wants to create another pseudo-scandal by suggesting he was targeted with a FISA order. All the available evidence suggests a judge instead found there is probable cause to believe his phone contains evidence of one or more crimes.
Who Taught Trump about Weaponized Migration?
One of Trump’s most horrifying lines from the G-7, basically threatening the kind of weaponized migration that threatens to rip apart the European project, suggests someone very savvy has privileged access to Trump.
The Most Irresponsible Thing Michael Horowitz Has Done as DOJ IG
I’m a big fan of Michael Horowitz. But releasing link analyses on which Agents talk to reporters without telling us whether they confirm the widespread understanding that the famously anti-Hillary NY office leaks like a sieve was inexcusably irresponsible.
In Attempt to Learn How Much Mueller Knows about Roger Stone’s “Collusion,” Devin Nunes Blames FBI for Stone and Michael Caputo’s Perjury to HPSCI
Roger Stone and Michael Caputo lied to Devin Nunes’ committee to hide one instance where they considered conspiring with a Russian to obtain dirt on Hillary Clinton. Devin Nunes’ response to that clear case of perjury is to call for the impeachment of Rod Rosenstein and Christopher Wray.
Rat-Fucker Extraordinaire Roger Stone Probably Had Far More Damning Texts Seized by FBI on March 9
Roger Stone is back in the limited hangout business, this time in regards to outreach from a Russian former FBI informant offering dirt on the Clinton Foundation.
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