Tag Archives: House Intelligence Committee

The Trump administration finally issues its formal justification for the assassination of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani, and no mention is made of an imminent attack

By Mark | February 15, 2020

At the beginning of the new year, as you may recall, Donald Trump, without either alerting our allies and running the idea by Congressional leaders, gave the command to assassinate Iranian General Qassim Soleimani. At the time, as you may also remember, Donald Trump told the American people that this was absolutely necessary, as they […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Agnes Callamard, Americans for Oversight, assassination, Chuck Todd, Donald Trump, imminent attack, impeachment, international law, Iran, Justin Amash, Laura Ingraham, Lindsey Graham, Mar-a-Lago, Marco Rubio, mark Esper, National Security Advisor, Qassim Soleimani, Robert C. O'Brien, targeted killings, Tom Cotton | 11 Comments

Well, it looks like Trump lied when he said that Soleimani was targeting four U.S. embassies

By Mark | January 12, 2020

A few days ago, in an interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, President Donald Trump told the American people that we had no choice but to act quickly and assassinate Iranian General Qasem Soleimani as he was planning not just to “blow up” our embassy in Bagdad, but three others as well. Here’s an excerpt […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Adam Schiff, Agnes Callamard, Americans for Oversight, assassination, Bagdad, Donald Trump, emotional truth, FOIA, imminent threat, international law, Iran, Lindsey Graham, Marco Rubio, mark Esper, National Security Advisor, Qasem Soleimani, Robert C. O'Brien, Secretary of Defense, targeted killings, Tom Cotton | 44 Comments

There was never a plan for navigating the aftermath of Soleimani’s killing

By Mark | January 5, 2020

As it’s been reported that, several days before the assassination of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, Donald Trump had told members of his Mar-a-Lago golf club that his administration would soon be delivering a “big” response to the Iranian regime, we can assume that the administration had time to plan not just the killing itself, but […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged assassination, bad planning, Brian Hook, credibility, deescalation, diplomacy, Donald Trump, foreign affairs, foreign policy, Gang of Eight, imminent threat, Iran, John McLaughlin, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mar-a-Lago, Mike Pompeo, national security, noise, offending allies, Qassem Soleimani, Secretary of Defens, Senate Intelligence Committee, State Department, war | 103 Comments

Donald Trump Jr. has asked that we discuss Jonathan Turley

By Mark | December 5, 2019

I know I should be talking about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who, earlier today, officially requested that committee chairs in the House of Representatives proceed with articles of impeachment against Donald Trump before exchanging heated words with Sinclair Broadcasting’s James Rosen, but I just noticed that Donald Trump Jr. was upset that “virtually no mainstream […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abuse of power, Andrew Napolitano, Bill Clinton, bribery, Constitution, Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., hate, House Judiciary Committee, impeachment, James Rosen, Jonathan Turley, Michael Gerhardt, Nancy Pelosi, Noah Feldman, Obamacare, obstruction of justice, Pamela Karlan, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Susan Hennessey, William Barr | 23 Comments

House Republicans argue that Donald Trump withheld Ukrainian security aid because he’s a tireless fighter of foreign corruption. This is not even remotely true. Here are the facts.

By Mark | December 2, 2019

House Republicans just released a 123-page report which they claim refutes the case for Donald Trump’s impeachment. In the report, Republicans argue that Donald Trump did not withhold military aid from Ukraine for his own self-interest, but because of “a deep-seated, genuine, and reasonable skepticism of Ukraine due to its history of pervasive corruption.” The […]