Rational Security: The "The New National Nightmare Will Soon Begin" Edition

Benjamin Wittes
Friday, November 4, 2016, 7:39 AM

FBI Director James Comey is under fire for his actions in the home stretch of the presidential election. A journalist suggests private communications between Donald Trump and a Russian bank—but is there any there there? And investigators issue a puzzling finding about the death of one of Vladimir Putin’s closest aides in a Washington, DC, hotel room.

Plus, check out Shane's Halloween constume, and I am in the market for a new bottle of Scotch.

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FBI Director James Comey is under fire for his actions in the home stretch of the presidential election. A journalist suggests private communications between Donald Trump and a Russian bank—but is there any there there? And investigators issue a puzzling finding about the death of one of Vladimir Putin’s closest aides in a Washington, DC, hotel room.

Plus, check out Shane's Halloween constume, and I am in the market for a new bottle of Scotch.

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Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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