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PPSA COMMENTARY: John Durham Must Investigate 'Unmasking'

8/22/2019

 
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Partisans may cheer or jeer prosecutor John Durham, appointed by Attorney General William Barr to investigate how the FBI came to investigate Russian involvement in the Trump 2016 campaign. Of deeper interest to thoughtful people across the political spectrum is the light this investigation may shed on abuses of government surveillance that have occurred under both Republican and Democratic administrations. 

Given Durham’s reputation for being both fearless and fair, the U.S. attorney for the District of Connecticut seems ideal for the job: He has investigated government misconduct ranging from the fiasco surrounding Boston mobster Whitey Bulger to CIA “enhanced interrogation” methods.

​Abuse of power is what President Trump’s defenders are hoping Durham will prove...

FULL COMMENTARY ON REALCLEARPOLITICS.COM >>>

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