I am almost ready to abandon all hope of writing articles that are universally loved in Washington. My oped in The Hill, “Golden Boy Robert Mueller’s Forgotten Surveillance Crime Waves,” has spurred more outrage than any piece in a long time. 1500+ commenters on The Hill, Twitter, and Facebook harumphed that I was a despicable traitor, treason weasel, […]
The Hill, January 29, 2018 Golden boy Robert Mueller’s forgotten surveillance crime spree by James Bovard When Robert Mueller was appointed last May as Special Counsel to investigate Trump, Politico Magazine gushed that “Mueller might just be America’s straightest arrow — a respected, nonpartisan and fiercely apolitical public servant whose only lifetime motivation has been […]
My Hill oped, “Destroying, suppressing evidence is FBI standard procedure,” has generated about 400 comments. Here’s a roundup of some folks who didn’t like the article – or at least hated the headline enough to deride my “radical conspiracy theory BS,” Amazon book price, 1994 book title, “trash talking law enforcement,” “victimized snowflake,” Russia House stooge, and being […]
The Hill, January 22, 2018 Destroying, suppressing evidence is FBI standard procedure by James Bovard Congressional investigators were rocked this weekend when the FBI notified them that five months of text messages from a top FBI investigator into the Trump campaign’s Russian connections had mysteriously vanished. The FBI-issued cell phone of Peter Strzok, whose previous […]
Women and their supporters converged near the Lincoln Memorial to mark the anniversary of last year’s record-setting rally. Much lighter turnout this year – and folks seemed testier. This was probably the biggest gathering of rabid fans of the FBI since the 1968 Republican National Convention. BI since the 1968 Reot all of the signs […]
Counterpunch posted an updated version of my FFF piece on Ruby Ridge. Here’s an image with the key message from the article: (illustration on the left is by Amy Crehore for a Playboy piece I did in 1995) Here’s a jpeg of most of the final paragraph: And here’s the full piece: Why Ruby Ridge […]
I was sweeping away some clutter today and came across this clip of one of the first pieces I wrote for a national paper on the War on Terrorism. Most editors saw me back then as hopelessly cynical, but Chris Collins at the USA Today editorial page gave me a shot. She was always great to work with. […]
