Epstein Secrets

ant to repeat the same mistake," said Greg Thielmann, a former State Department intelligence analyst who resigned to protest what he considered the Bush administration's politicization of the prewar Iraq intelligence. "The intelligence community as a whole has better practices now partly because of

new National Intelligence Estimate — the consensus of analysts at the government's 16 intelligence agencies — to the White House to brief President George W. Bush about the report's startling new findings. Officials at the White House, still stung from the criticism on Iraq, quickly realized that they would

es — to the White House to brief President George W. Bush about the report's startling new findings.

of attitude—he was a genuine American hero in World War II, and there was no chance of his losing his bid for a second term to the inconsequential Adlai Stevenson. But the election came, as the historian David Nichols put it, during a "perfect storm." Britain and France had invaded Egypt under the guise of br

liam Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover and George H.W. Bush. Six others tried and lost: James Cox, Adlai Ste

William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover and George H.W. Bush. Six others tried and lost: James Cox, Adla

e examples will clarify. Since 1900, the three were William Howard Taft, Herbert Hoover and George H.W. Bush. Six others tried and lost: James Cox, Adlai Stevenson, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, Al Gore and John McCain. Interestingly, even the three successful ones had only one term as president. A caveat:

rgest ever... Something is wrong with this picture and I am not sure that I have the answers either, but I do know that doubling down on the failed Bush/Cheney policies will only make things worse, as they did during the eight years under their Administration." To my pleasant surprise and liking, th

night session. His opponent in 1940, Wendell Willkie, winning the Republican nomination in dramatic fashion on the EFTA00667361 sixth ballot. And Adlai Stevenson in 1956 deciding to let the convention choose between two senators, John F. Kennedy and Estes Kefauver, as his vice-presidential candidate. Today, N

njuk and subsequently consulted with the Israeli government about that case. Later in my career, I was a lawyer in the Bill Clinton impeachment, the Bush v. Gore election case, the efforts to free Nelson Mandela, Natan Sharansky and other political prisoners. I participated in the Senate censure of Cal

eason, namely that I was an observant orthodox Jew. I was told to come and meet some of the partners when I was next in New York. I was introduced to Adlai Stevenson and several other partners and finally taken in to see the firm’s major “rammaker,” Simon Rifkin, a prominent Jew who was active in numerous Jewish o