Putin recently opined that the real war was between intelligence agencies. Based on their behavior, the likelihood is high that the CIA has also been badly compromised by Putin. We'll never know how it happened. That's the point: nations respond to a Pearl Harbor. Slow infiltration goes essentially unnoticed.

As we learn more about the 'bank' that has offered to cover Trump's bond, it reveals how the system protects the most despicable degenerates with a network of protection and kompromat. Washington is like a giant Mexican standoff with everyone pointing guns at everyone else. In that circumstance, what chance is there for legislation to rein in the rampant corruption?

I'd like to believe in the rule of law, but we don't have it. It only applies to people like us, but for those with power, they get away with murder on a routine basis.

What we need is a billionaire lottery where, on a very consistent basis, by hook or by crook, billionaires get assassinated. They aren't subject to our rules, so extra-judicial termination is the only way the job can possibly get done...

[abc7.com]

[justice.gov].