fBI – The Trenchant Observer

Donald Trump, elections, Rule of Law, Satire, Ukraine, Vladimir Putin December 17, 2019

Rasmussen poll: If an alien landed in Washington without a visa, should it be arrested and imprisoned?

It is important to pay attention to polling methodology and the wording of questions asked respondents. Leading questions based on false premises can produce highly…

Barack Obama, CIA, coverage of foreign events, Culture and Communication, Dictatorship, freedom of speech, History, human rights, Intelligence, internal supporters of human rights, NSA, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Congress, United States January 4, 2014

Outlook for 2014 and beyond: Technology and the creation of increasingly powerful instruments of totalitarian control

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” –Lord Acton (1834-1902) “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men…

Barack Obama, CIA, Intelligence, Libya, State Department, U.S. Congress, United States November 16, 2012

Benghazi machinations continue: CIA announces investigation of Petraeus on eve of his testimony to Congress

There have been far too many coincidences in the Benghazi and Petraeus affairs for them to have all been coincidental. The latest move in what…

Afghanistan, Barack Obama, CIA, extrajudicial execution, Intelligence, Libya, targeted assassinations, targeted killings, U.S. Congress, U.S. Military, United States, Yemen November 9, 2012

On eve of testimony to Congress on Benghazi, CIA Director David Petraeus forced out over an affair

Updated November 10, 2012 David Petraeus, the nation’s most-celebrated military commander, has been forced to resign, ostensibly over an affair which came to light in…