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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan, when mild-mannered but brilliant Benjamin babycannon Wittes advises we buckle up...
...well, might be a big day here for us
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Benjamin Wittes (born November 5, 1969) is an American journalist who focuses on issues of national security and law. He is a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, where he is the Research Director in Public Law, and Co-Director of the Harvard Law School Brookings Project on Law and Security.[ - Wikipedia
Hang tough/rock steady, my DU peeps
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)he has removed any personal descriptions and mention of his Lawfare blog from his account...AND he also didnt set off any baby cannons -
Gettin very very serious, seems like...whewwww
We shall stand by and keep the faith!!
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)I think this week's news cycle has been so insane he likely couldn't keep up. I read somewhere the cannon may have malfunctioned, but he has at least 2 of them. I didn't realize that about Lawfare blog, I'm keeping the faith although I do about it is exhausting.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)To me, Benjamins halt on the baby cannons is a sign that - well, as we say, shits about to get real -
You hang in and on, dewsgirl!!
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)You too.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Director of the Ethics Office under LOSER45 until he quit last summer out of disgust and - well, more disgust!! He was the ONLY government official who loudly and publicly protested idiots lack of a blind trust, issues with emoluments ETC.
Anyway, hes another one of our national heroes, dew (and funny as helll to boot!)
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)Stacks of paper about his financial ties. I still remember him saying "not even close" in reference to what he was doing to separate himself from his businesses. I hadn't seen his tweet from today though, thank you.
Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)lost in the shuffle that has been our lives for the last...hundred million years!?!
Some day, all America will sing the praises of this bright and truly courageous public servant!!
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Sometimes the teevee people, and the hateful neighbors (and family members), drive me crazy!
I will be counting on my friends at DU to keep me informed. Thanks in advance! Keep your heads down, Democrats!