“Like some Tolkein-esque villain, the Democrats would literally forge the weapon that would undo them.” By Dr. Bones.

CIA employees are not staging a coup against Donald Trump. By Philip Giraldi.

Democrats know they need someone to lead them out of the wilderness. But, they say, that someone is not David Brock. By Asawin Suebsaeng.

As much of Washington prepared for the inauguration of President Donald Trump, I spent last week on a fact-finding mission in Syria… Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI).

How Orthodoxy, Professionalism, and Unresponsive Politics Finally Doomed a 19th-century Project. By Maximilian C. Forte. (Jan, 18, 2017)

It seems so strange, twenty-seven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, to be living through a new Cold War with (as it happens, capitalist) Russia… By Gary Leupp.

The Democrat has been studying election presentations, including reports on where she underperformed. By Gabriel Debenedetti.

Few behaviors are more dangerous than escalating tensions between these two nuclear-armed powers. By Glenn Greenwald.

Shared information could be leaked to Russia and onward to Iran, American officials implied to Israelis in closed meeting, saying Kremlin has 'leverages of pressure' over Trump, Ronen Bergman reports.

Trump’s critics can do him no bigger favor than using dubious, discredited tactics to attack him. By Glenn Greenwald.

A close reading of the intelligence report on Russian interference in the US election shows that it does nothing to clarify the abnormalities of Trump’s campaign and election. Instead, it suggests that the US intelligence agencies’ Russia expertise is weak. By Masha Gessen.

America’s case against the Kremlin suffers from major flaws that should be acknowledged, even by those who argue that Russia hacked U.S. democratic institutions, says Kevin Rothrock.

“The media never intended to learn anything from Iraq except how to better peddle fables, and it hasn’t even learned that.” By Jason Hirthler.

In the current D.C. climate on Russia, all relevant journalistic incentives encourage and reward false news. By Glenn Greenwald.

White House claims Alisa Shevchenko was involved in hacking the US election but in an interview she says authorities misinterpreted facts or were fooled. By Shaun Walker and Sam Thielman.

And the U.S. is in the unaccustomed position of being seriously behind its adversaries. By Brad Allenby and Joel Garreau, co-directors of the Weaponized Narrative Initiative.

The U.S. government's technical report on Russian hacking identifies a tool that is readily available. By Leonid Bershidsky.

Nearly a decade and a half after the Iraq-WMD faceplant, the American press is again asked to co-sign a dubious intelligence assessment. By Matt Taibbi.

Today, the Department of Homeland Security and FBI released a report alleging Russian hacking. The report itself is only five and a half pages long in large print...

Why did establishment liberals fall in love with a deranged Twitter thread? It’s time for some game theory. By Sam Kriss.