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Interesting timing. US intelligence reports say that Russia has deployed SSC-8 missiles — intermediate-range nuclear cruise missiles — violating the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty. The Obama administration warned Russia that deploying the then-developmental Russian SSC-X-8 missiles would violate the treaty, signed by President Ronald Regan and Mikhail Gorbachev. I wonder if it was Russia or the US intelligence community that decided now was...

The New York Times writes about Democrats pushing for a fuller accounting: Democrats Demand: What Did the President Know and When Did He Know It? I’m feeling twitchy. Trump cannot brook anything like this. He can’t answer, and he can’t back down on anything, ever. How desperate will he become?

I wonder what today’s distraction will be? Yesterday, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn resigned after the Washington Post revealed that the Trump administration had already been warned that he was lying so badly he’d opened himself to Russian blackmail. Flynn had lied that he wasn’t offering the Russians concessions. I still want to know what he traded them for. So do other people, presumably. Flynn fell...

Just got the news that National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has just resigned. Good of him to fall on his sword, I suppose, but it doesn’t even lessen my questions: Who was Flynn working with inside the administration? Trump remains the most likely figure. What were they trading for the reduced sanctions? Was the coordination connected to the Russian election interference?

President Donald Trump was eating dinner with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, when they received news that North Korea had launched a ballistic missile. They held an open conversation about the event, opening paper and electronic documents, surrounded by other Mar-a-Lago guests who’s only qualification to view classified documents was that they were rich. I’m sure all the Republicans how railed...

We already know National Security Advisor Michael Flynn lied repeatedly about his Russian contacts several times on February 8th. When confronted directly by intelligence officials — with transcripts of his conversations — Flynn admitted he might have mentioned the Russian sanctions, but couldn’t remember. I’d have thought having CIA transcripts in front of him might refresh his memory. Two officials have already said that the...