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Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept.
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Ryan Goodman
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Following the Roberts Court's gutting of the Voting Rights Act -- and Black Americans' representation in Congress, state and local offices around the country.
Just in: DOJ claims the Court opinion supports now gutting racial bias claims in employment.
www.justice.gov/olc/media/14...
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"...Our men and women in uniform rely upon the quality and integrity of intelligence gathered and analyzed by the eighteen agencies under the Director’s jurisdiction. With U.S. forces engaged in active operations abroad, there is no margin for error.”
2/3 This paragraph nails it:
“The appointment of an ill-suited Acting Director could materially harm U.S. national security. Any prioritization of political considerations over strategic imperatives cedes advantage to our adversaries. So do errors of judgment arising from insufficient expertise....
Extraordinary Letter to Senate Intel.
Points to Bill Pulte appointment as national security danger.
"The undersigned include twenty-eight former service secretaries and retired general and flag officers who
collectively served under every president from John F. Kennedy to Joseph R. Biden, Jr."
Authoritative essay by leading election law expert.
On how the Roberts Court's voting rights cases - now, most recently, the Alabama decision - have thrust the country away from multiracial democracy and toward the undoing of the Second Reconstruction.
By Professor Pamela Karlan
2/ Panetta on ability of Director of National Intelligence to "weaponize" it:
"Last thing you need is to weaponize the DNI in going after other people...the worst result would be to have somebody who is able to dig into intelligence files and then use that information to basically go after people."
“This guy has absolutely no business working in the intelligence area, but that's what the President has decided he's going to do.”
“You are basically crippling the DNI by virtue of this appointment.”
- Former Defense Secretary, Former CIA Director Leon Panetta on Bill Pulte appointment
I'm deeply grateful to Brian O'Neill lending his wisdom and seasoned expertise on the Bill Pulte appointment⬇️
A careful analysis that identifies many concerns with Office of Director of National Intelligence in the wrong hands.
Author is former CIA senior executive; Deputy Director at ODNI's NCTC
Good reminders in this CNN report:
"Bolton’s case has maintained the support of career prosecutors and investigators."
"The FBI opened a new inquiry into Bolton ... during the Biden presidency."
www.cnn.com/2026/06/04/p...
