emptywheel

i'll humbly submit that another reason for the early january reapplication may have been to ensure it went through prior to trump's inauguration, i.e. to have enough leeway for resubmission in case of an initial rejection from the court.

Didn't I allude to that? It was in my brain, in any case, so if you found it there get out. Yeah, definitely. Obtaining order on 12 Jan rather than 19 Jan makes sure there's no room for error.

Now do you have a good explanation for the even earlier June one?

i guess whether the june reapplication / reauthorization was even earlier hinges on when the april reauth occurred, which we don't know. if that reauth happened very early in april, june 29 would be close to the regular 90 days after.

in other words: the april reauth might actually be more interesting timing-wise than the june reauth. i don't think we can tell.

2/ Mainly cuz @jeremyscahill & @ggreenwald appear more reluctant than you do on all this & @aaronjmate is doing everything to suggest that nothing exists to show some guilt or influence. @MaxBlumenthal makes Russian troll farm out to be a hot dog vendor outside of Putin's view.

I just read through this & your other posts. I'm been following you closely on all this both online & in interviews. I'm still trying to figure out your position on collusion, Russian influence in the campaign, obstruction of justice & laundering of money by Trump.

You really haven't been following all that closely then

Can you tell me please?

How bout doing some reading. Click the link in Marcy's bio. It's all there