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Just Human #333

It is raining declassified documents in D.C., and in this episode we rifle through a couple sets of them: the HPSCI whistleblower memos and documents concerning a hidden Durham investigation about 8 other investigations into leaks of classified information to U.S. media. Plus, we investigate a newly declassified email that connects back to a CIA report Director Ratcliffe released at the end of June of this year. I think that release is what kicked off the declass storm that so far has rained down some 500 pages of declassified documents in total. Just Human is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or using one of the support options below.Other ways to support:Coffee—click here.Just Human Merch—click here.Benson’s Honey Farm affiliate link: click here.Bootleg Products affiliate link: click here.Manly Cans affiliate link—click here.To find all of my links in one place, click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justhuman.substack.com/subscribe

Just Human #332

In this episode, declassified FBI memos reveal that beginning in 2017, an HPSCI staffer and career intelligence officer alerted the FBI and DOJ OIG to one or more schemes directed by then-Rep. Adam Schiff to leak classified information to media in order to smear, “indict,” and “topple” the Trump Administration. This whistleblower met with authorities at least five times between 2017 and 2023, but charges were not brought against Schiff or anyone else involved in the scheme. Might that be about to change? The statute of limitations has run out on the singular act of leaking in 2017, but since this involved several (eight or more) people engaging in a coordinated effort, it could be seen by an intrepid prosecutor as, perhaps, a grand conspiracy to weaponize intelligence and law enforcement institutions against a President and his administration. The statute of limitations on something like this has barely begun to tick. Also, the judge overseeing the Maxwell case has denied DOJ’s bid to unseal the grand jury material. This, of course, has made people on both extremes of the political spectrum very upset. But should they be? No, and even if the judge were able to grant the request, which by law he cannot, would we learn anything new? No, we wouldn’t, and revealing that may be the entire point of the unsealing effort. Just Human is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or using one of the support options below.Other ways to support:Coffee—click here.Just Human Merch—click here.Benson’s Honey Farm affiliate link: click here.Bootleg Products affiliate link: click here.Manly Cans affiliate link—click here.To find all of my links in one place, click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justhuman.substack.com/subscribe

Just Human #331

In this episode, we build on our recent analyses of the Durham Report, its Classified Appendix, and the CIA and DNI reviews of the 2016 Intelligence Community Assessment (ICA). I’ve gathered seemingly disparate puzzle pieces from the past and take a fresh look at them as we work to assemble parts of the intricate RussiaGate puzzle. We explore who or what "T1" might be, identify the CIA’s possible credible source in Moscow, and gain a clearer understanding of what lends credibility to the DNC hack and related Mueller indictment.We also reflect on setting aside our biases and reflexive incredulity so that we can approach these complex issues with clarity.Just Human is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or using one of the support options below.Other ways to support:Coffee—click here.Just Human Merch—click here.Benson’s Honey Farm affiliate link: click here.Bootleg Products affiliate link: click here.Manly Cans affiliate link—click here.To find all of my links in one place, click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justhuman.substack.com/subscribe

Just Human #330

In this episode, we examine the news that DOJ has tasked an unnamed prosecutor to act on the recent criminal referral(s) from DNI Gabbard relating to politicized intelligence in 2016. And I ask, did AG Bondi just appoint a special counsel? Because this news makes a lot more sense if she did!We also dig into the Durham Report and Classified Appendix again, as I reframe several events from 2016 within the context of the Clinton Plan. Did Trump collude with Russia? No. Did Hillary collude with Russia? Possibly. Or, did Russia surreptitiously collude with Hillary, making her the unwitting but eager patsy for their plan to gain leverage over her? This is what I think. Just Human is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or using one of the support options below.Other ways to support:Coffee—click here.Just Human Merch—click here.Benson’s Honey Farm affiliate link: click here.Bootleg Products affiliate link: click here.Manly Cans affiliate link—click here.To find all of my links in one place, click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justhuman.substack.com/subscribe

Just Human #329

In this episode, we dig into the just-released Classified Appendix to the Durham Report.Just Human is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or using one of the support options below.Other ways to support:Coffee—click here.Just Human Merch—click here.Benson’s Honey Farm affiliate link: click here.Bootleg Products affiliate link: click here.Manly Cans affiliate link—click here.To find all of my links in one place, click here. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit justhuman.substack.com/subscribe