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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 20

      emptywheel Retweeted Rudy Giuliani

      Aside from challenging a blowhard duel to the death here, does this tweet mean the President of the United States has asked his personal lawyers to litigate a challenge of abuse of the office of the President?https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1031612052509536263 …

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      Rudy GiulianiVerified account @RudyGiuliani
      To John Brennan: Today President Trump granted our request (Jay Sekulow and me) to handle your case. After threatening if you don’t it would be just like Obama’s red lines. Come on John you’re not a blowhard?
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      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 20

      I mean, the thing I'm rooting for most of all in this duel of blowhards is for John Brennan to blow up Navy v. Egan to avenge his honr. And now POTUS has asked his two no longer competent attorneys to litigate it rather than DOJ? 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

      12:02 PM - 20 Aug 2018
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      • megan 🌿 Julia Clinton Otis RossleRed Sarie van Wyk jo wells Wayne Tice A.Lizard Phillip Fuhrer Jenni J. ✊🏼🌊
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        1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 20
          Replying to @TCleveland4Real

          No. But under Trump anything is possible. But, no.

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        2. HENTOFF LAW OFFICE‏ @Nick_Hentoff Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Navy v. Egan: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/484/518/ … for those readers, like me, who don’t have an encyclopedic knowledge of security clearance law.

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 20
          Replying to @Nick_Hentoff

          My bad. A personal obsession. It's also the basis for which POTUSes claim unfettered ability to make classification decisions more generally.

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        2. Henry Farrell‏Verified account @henryfarrell Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          you read that Bob Litt piece asking Brennan sotto voce to please please not take actions that would blow up IC autonomy?

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        3. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Aug 20
          Replying to @henryfarrell

          I think so. I've repressed it though. I hate that we still have to think like Bob Litt even after he has moved on.

          1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
        4. Henry Farrell‏Verified account @henryfarrell Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          It’s this one, and I don’t think we have to agree with it at all https://www.lawfareblog.com/how-trumps-outburst-over-security-clearances-harms-presidency … . Maybe I’m wrong, but it reads to me like a message to Brennan that he’ll be magnifying Trump damage, weakening executive branch prerogative and aiding future whistleblowers if he sues.

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        2. BleuCheckmark‏ @BleuCheckmark Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          It would be so 2018 for Glenn Greenwald to come out of legal retirement to represent Brennan

          1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
        3. BleuCheckmark‏ @BleuCheckmark Aug 20
          Replying to @BleuCheckmark @emptywheel

          (Kidding, re: their decade-plus history)

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        1. Vote November 6th‏ @kjmn58 Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          They just want to litigate it in the Court of Twitter...

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        1. Cherri Woolbert‏ @CMWooly Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Maybe DOJ refused.

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        1. Space Force Post Trial Officer‏ @SaysMyDerbyWife Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Given the current court and circuits, I’m always worried “blow up” makes things worse.

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        1. Joe FF‏ @joeff53 Aug 20
          Replying to @emptywheel

          Great news for Brennan!

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