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Secrets and Laws

@secretsandlaws.bsky.social

Former CIA attorney, addressing all things relating to national security, secrecy, classification, FOIA, climate change, and bird law.

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Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 3d ago

People have been rightly focusing on how Trump blaming Walz for the cyber attacks from Iran is disgusting & unpatriotic. But a bigger problem is that it signals to our adversaries that they can attack Americans with impunity, as long as Trump sees them as political enemies.

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 3w ago

Donald Trump has regularly: ✅cheated on his wives ✅ cheated on his taxes ✅ cheated his business partners ✅ cheated his donors ✅ cheated at golf Cheating is all he knows, and our elections are his next target. The media needs to wake up and stop spreading his lies.

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Attention youth basketball coaches: I hope Jalen Brunson's success will make you finally realize that it's important for all players on your team to learn post moves. Thinking you can just ignore this aspect of the game is one of the dumbest developments in the last 20 years, and Jalen proves that.

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Please remember that New York Knicks star OG Anunoby is an immigrant, while Karl-Anthony Towns & Jordan Clarkson are the children of immigrants. The same is true for multiple bench players. They represent the America that Trump wants to destroy. Don't let him claim their mantle.

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This is an indicator of weakness on both sides. Bolton was not willing to take the risk of going to trial, even w/ a favorable jury pool. More so, it's reflective of challenges facing DOJ w/ using highly classified info at trial, esp. on how USG knew the Iranians got his emails.

Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2mo ago

BREAKING: John Bolton plea deal! Bolton will plead guilty to one felony count of illegal retention of national security documents and pay a $2M fine. Donald was indicted on over 40 counts of the same crime. www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/p...

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 4mo ago

It's no coincidence that the first case in which Roberts exercised these unprecedented "shadow docket" powers involved climate change policy. Please always remember that his efforts to damage the planet should be as much a part of his legacy as his attacks on democracy.

Joyce White Vance@joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 4mo ago

1/The NYT is releasing internal SCOTUS documents re: 2016 creation of the modern “Shadow Docket” noting Justice Roberts & “other conservative justices have repeatedly empowered [Trump] through their shadow docket rulings. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Jokes aside, TMZ coming to DC is a big counterintelligence win too. The fewer scandalous secrets, the less likely it is that these bozos can be blackmailed by a foreign intel service. Bw people like Swalwell & Gonzales & the closeted MAGA warriors, imagine what is going on today.

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I don't know about you, but I am constantly sending unsolicited emails to people I don't have a relationship with to congratulate them on their magazine photos, inquire about their travels, and ask them to call me next time they are in town. All. The. Time. Same for you?

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 4mo ago

One of the few people who can prove whether Melania is lying about Epstein is Ghislaine Maxwell. Trump's personal lawyer, now the Acting AG, transferred her to a minimum security prison. And Trump has publicly said that he "wishes her well." Nothing to see here.

Secrets and Laws@secretsandlaws.bsky.social · 5mo ago

I think it’s more likely that Hegseth thinks “no quarter” sounds cool since he sees it in his Christian Nationalist 4Chan groups all the time, and doesn’t know what it actually means.

Brian Finucane@bcfinucane.bsky.social · 5mo ago

✋ Former USG war crimes lawyer here. Apropos of SecDef's remarks this morning: Denial of quarter—even the declaration of no quarter—is a war crime. And recognized as such by the US Government. From DoD's Manual for Military Commissions.

(1) The accused declared, ordered, or otherwise indicated that there shall be no survivors or surrender accepted; (2) The accused thereby intended to threaten an adversary or to conduct hostilities such that there would be no survivors or surrender accepted; (3) It was foreseeable that circumstances would be such that a practicable and reasonable ability to accept surrender would exist; (4) The accused was in a position of effective command or control over the subordinate forces to which the declaration or order was directed; and (5) The conduct took place in the context of and was associated with hostilities.