“Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on Tuesday declassified several documents, including handwritten notes from former CIA John Brennan after he briefed former President Obama on an alleged plot by Hillary Clinton to tie then-candidate Donald Trump to Russia as "a means of distracting the public from her use of a private email server" ahead of the 2016 US election, according to Fox News.”

“The good news is former President Obama is panicked by recent sunlight; the slight possibility of a U.S. DOJ that may soon have him in the cross-hairs; and the more obvious possibility the American people will discover the scale of his corrupt weaponization of intelligence to target his political opposition.”

Many do not fully understand the rules and procedures of Washington. Because there is no court involved, with the excption of FISA, in a counter-intelligence investigation, The President has to approve each such investigation.

"A federal judge has ruled that Hillary Clinton and her former chief of staff Cheryl Mills must sit for a deposition within 75 days (full ruling pdf below).   Judicial Watch won the court ruling despite the ongoing efforts by the DOJ to block their inquiry."

This is a very long post containing more than you probably wanted to know about Benghazi. Great analysis Sundance, thank you.

If you have wondered why all of the hyperventilating coming from Washington, here is a little bit of history. Kudos to Yucki for remembering this older article about an obscure Iranian General. We think he was kept obscure for a reason. "

"Obama made his preference for Iran and its allies clear – in Lebanon, Syria, and most obviously in Iraq where the White House ordered airstrikes on ISIS positions that allowed various Iranian-backed outfits, under the leadership of Qassem Suleimani, to take Tikrit."

"Obama likes Suleimani, and admires his work. As the president reportedly told a group of Arab officials in May, the Arabs “need to learn from Iran’s example.”"