Epstein Secrets

NSC, in its role as a presenter of options rather than an advocate for them (although of course it was advocating, too), presented three: withdrawal; Erik Prince’s army of contractors; and a conventional, albeit limited, surge. Withdrawal, whatever its merits—and however much a takeover of Afghanistan by the Ta

lating news conference, all eyes were suddenly on Kelly—this was his baptism of Trump fire. Spicer, Priebus, Cohn, Powell, Bannon, Tillerson, Mattis, Mnuchin—virtually the entire senior staff and cabinet of the Trump presidency, past and present, had traveled through the stages of adventure, challenge, fru

dent if not serene in his unquestioned certitudes. There was now a fair amount of back-of-the-classroom giggling about who had called Trump what. For Steve Mnuchin and Reince Priebus, he was an “idiot.” For Gary Cohn, he was “dumb as shit.” For H. R. McMaster he was a “dope.” The list went on. Tillerson would m

ps://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/us/politics/project-veritas-spy.html> (10/21, Goldman, Mazzetti, 18.61M) reports, "A British former spy recruited by Erik Prince, the security contractor close to the Trump administration, played a central role in a secretive effort to hire dozens of operatives for the conser

w for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress." Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and House Speaker Pelosi "spoke again Wednesday but her office signaled no real progress, and she acknowledged for the first time publicly that the

By Prince Had Key Role In Project Veritas Hiring. The New York Times (10/21, Goldman, Mazzetti, 18.61M) reports, "A British former spy recruited by Erik Prince, the security contractor close to the Trump administration, played a central role in a secretive effort to hire dozens of operatives for the conserv

w for action before the Nov. 3 election is closing and the issue will be tossed to a postelection lame-duck session of Congress." Treasury Secretary Mnuchin and House Speaker Pelosi "spoke again Wednesday but her office signaled no real progress, and she acknowledged for the first time publicly that the