emptywheel

Hmmm...let's see here. Cohen-Watnick came up with the "illegal unmasking" shtick that Devin Nunes used to begin his own "deep state" witch hunt. Can you say conspiracy? I thought you could.

This is such a wildly dumb idea. The COMSEC monitoring regulations are hundreds of pages long. There are lawyers who work on nothing else. Astonishing that this person is now at the Justice Department.

I just can't begin to imagine the thought process (I'm being generous as to "thinking") to even consider how Cohen-Watnick believed doing this was acceptable. And yes, now sitting at the right hand of AG Sessions. Totally bonkers!!!

And just when you think you've figured out the depth of former NSA Mike Flynn's deplorable judgment deficit, along comes this. How on earth did Flynn promote this former very junior DIA cohort to his position? A useful idiot perhaps?

Flynnions are all like this. If they’re dependent on him for the job, they’re more malleable.

How did @benjaminwittes describe them: Malevolence compounded by incompetence. Just bonkers that the Keystone Kops were running the National Security Council.

Isn't this the guy who is Sessions' NSA now??