Let's take the Kushner defenders at their word about wanting a back channel with Russia to plan Syria policy. What would that look like? And how many other back channels would that entail?

38 years ago, Zbig Brzezinski launched the covert operation that would end up training the jihadist warriors that would one day attack the United States. Officially, the blowback from that decision has outlived the man.

Did the CIA send the letter to Ellen Nakashima about the contents of a Jared Kushner meeting?

Yet another Two Trump-Russia-related story stories dropped after regular business hours, delaying cocktails. Blame Jared Kushner.