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I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together. William Jennings Bryan

Hope Together Party Wings Democratic Democratic Party May Flap Two

Our Father and Our God, unto thee, O Lord we lift our souls. William Pennington

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Why argue about things you can't prove? William Ruckelshaus

You About Argue Prove Why Things

We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere. William Ruckelshaus

Fashion Atmosphere Proper Putting Policies Reduce Incentives Carbon Amount Need

Under the 1991 Intelligence Authorization Act, US intelligence agencies cannot engage in covert actions abroad without a presidential finding that these operations are important to US national security. Asha Rangappa

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Presidents have, of course, acted inappropriately in the past, and our constitutional system has a framework in place for addressing misconduct by the chief executive. But it’s designed to deal with straightforward criminal activity, not national security threats. Asha Rangappa

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As a former F.B.I. special agent who conducted counterintelligence investigations, I can attest that foreign intelligence services do not operate on the basis of explicit agreements or even actions that, standing alone, constitute criminal activity. Asha Rangappa

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Rather than trying to find evidence of a crime, the FBI’s counterintelligence goal is to identify, monitor and neutralize foreign intelligence activity in the United States. Asha Rangappa

Intelligence Crime States Evidence Find Rather Neutralize Counterintelligence Identify Foreign Goal Than Trying Activity United United States Monitor

And, you know, in my opinion, when the FBI uses these sources, there are a lot of internal guidelines on how they can be used and particularly if they touch in any way on First Amendment activity. So you know, journalists, political activity, clergy people - all of those get extra special protection when it comes to FBI investigation. Asha Rangappa

You People Protection Political First Extra Way Guidelines Those Touch Investigation First Amendment Journalists Clergy Know Particularly Opinion How Political Activity Sources Lot Amendment Get Any In My Opinion Used Special Internal Uses Activity

The Russian cloud over the Trump administration never seems to disappear. Asha Rangappa

Cloud Administration Russian Seems Never Disappear Over Trump

But I have to say, in my 12 years as the dean of admissions at Yale Law School, there was a lot of legal behaviour that I saw that worried me and that clearly was allowing wealthier and privileged students to tilt the balance in their favour. Asha Rangappa

Though my parents were professionals and expected me to go to college, they were immigrants from India with no idea about how the admissions process worked in the United States or the importance of standardized tests. Asha Rangappa

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I was a pretty unsavvy applicant, and I am grateful that the dean of admissions at Princeton chose to take a chance on a girl from an average public high school in southern Virginia. Asha Rangappa

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Students come away with a clear message about how admissions works: If you have money, connections or 'insider' knowledge, you have a leg up. It's hardly surprising that many students of modest or lower means decide it's not even worth playing. Asha Rangappa

Knowledge You Money Worth Insider Admission About Students Clear Clear Message Come Message How Surprising Up Leg Decide Modest Lower Means Many Works Connections Even Away Hardly Playing

Reflexive control is a 'uniquely Russian' technique of psychological manipulation through disinformation. The idea is to feed your adversary a set of assumptions that will produce a predictable response: That response, in turn, furthers a goal that advances your interests. Asha Rangappa

Will Control Assumptions Response Russian Through Advances Feed Idea Adversary Goal Psychological Predictable Disinformation Manipulation Turn Produce Interests Your Uniquely Technique Set

As a former FBI counterintelligence agent who investigated foreign propaganda cases, I’ve seen firsthand how foreign intelligence services leverage American freedoms - and the constitutional limitations on the FBI’s investigative power - to their advantage. Asha Rangappa

Under the dual sovereignty principle, the Fifth Amendment’s prohibition on double jeopardy - which prevents the government from trying someone twice for the same crime - doesn’t apply if the second trial is by a different 'sovereign' - in this case, the state. Asha Rangappa

For wealthy or privileged students, applying to Ivy League schools or elite schools is sort of expected of them. If you go to a prep school, for example, that's just what your guidance counsellor tells you. Asha Rangappa

Consistent positive interactions increase levels of trust in the relationship, so that when conflict arises, there are enough 'reserves' in place to make a withdrawal, but still leave the relationship in a net-positive place. Asha Rangappa

Positive Relationship Trust Conflict Increase Enough Consistent Arises Withdrawal Make Still Leave Interactions Place Reserves Levels

Unfortunately, once a person who is willing to act against the interests of the United States assumes the awesome powers of the presidency, the laws and investigative techniques we use in ordinary national security situations are woefully inadequate. Asha Rangappa

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The assumption that everyone in government is a bad actor imperils our democracy. Asha Rangappa

Government Democracy Assumption Everyone Our Bad Actor

In a typical whistleblower scenario where the inspector general determines a complaint to be credible and urgent, there would be no colorable legal basis for the complaint to not reach Congress. Asha Rangappa

Legal Congress Complaint Typical Would Would-Be Determines General Scenario Inspector Reach Where Urgent Credible Basis

Russian President Vladimir Putin's traditionalist-nationalist rhetoric, which blames secularism, diversity and internationalism for the weakening of Western democracies, gives voice to the grievances that American hate groups have felt for so long. Asha Rangappa

Democracy Hate Long Diversity President Secularism Weakening Russian Voice Gives Blames Putin Felt Western American Rhetoric Which Groups Internationalism

Without a way to make regular, positive deposits in social relationships that bridge political lines, every civic debate is a withdrawal without social reserves, leaving people perpetually overdrawn. Asha Rangappa

Positive People Political Debate Every Relationships Way Civic Withdrawal Make Without Leaving Perpetually Lines Social Regular Bridge Reserves

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