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Ryan Goodman Profile picture
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Jun 19, 2019 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Pompeo "privately delivered warnings intended for Iranian leaders that any attack by Tehran or its proxies resulting in the death of even one American service member will generate a military counterattack." WaPo

Several legal problems with that position. Here's two of them...1/3
Recommended reading that shows legal flaws in Bolton-Pompeo idea that the US can attack Iran in response to actions taken by Tehran's "proxies:"

Analysis by former Defense Department special counsel and @YaleLawSch professor @oonahathaway:

justsecurity.org/64372/john-bol… 2/3
Recommended reading that shows what's legally wrong with Pompeo's idea that US could militarily counterattack Iran for any use of force by Iran or its "proxies" that results in the death of even one US service member:

3/3
P.S. here’s the link to the great scoop by @missy_ryan @GregJaffe @John_Hudson (which may have been drowned out in part by overlapping news on Acting SecDef’s departure).

washingtonpost.com/world/national…

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Apr 9
Wow

Ceasefire agreement did include Lebanon.

Trump: "agreed that included Lebanon."

Mediators: "believed the ceasefire to include Lebanon."

Pakistan announced it included Lebanon.

"However, the US position shifted following a phone call between Netanyahu and Mr. Trump."

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2/ CBS News

cbsnews.com/news/lebanon-i…
3/ This reporting (Lebanon was, indeed, part of the ceasefire agreement) makes JD Vance's awful statement below even worse.

The kind of ugly statement that can undermine diplomacy and is even more egregious if Vance's statement on Lebanon was false:

Read 4 tweets
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Apr 2
With Todd Blanche taking over the Justice Department.

There will and should be a sharp focus on his gross mishandling/coverup of the Epstein files and Ghislaine Maxwell.

Also do a search for "Deputy Attorney General" to see patterns of misconduct.

justsecurity.org/120547/presump…
2/ Read for yourself:

After outrageous letter by Blanche and Bondi, Judge Novak (Trump appointee) wrote:

“The Court finds it inconceivable that the Department of Justice, which holds a duty to faithfully execute the laws of the United States — even those with which it may have disagreement — would repeatedly ignore court orders, while simultaneously prosecuting citizens for breaking the law."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
3/ After Blanche's chief of staff violated a court order in Mangioni case, federal judge wrote:

“The Government is also directed to advise the Deputy Attorney General, for dissemination within the Department as appropriate, that future violations may result in sanctions, which could include personal financial penalties, contempt of court findings, or relief specific to the prosecution.”

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Mar 25
Jaw-dropping DOJ admissions to court

DOJ admits repeatedly made "material mistaken" representations to judge. ICE never had authority (under 2025 Guidance) to conduct arrests at immigration courthouses!

DOJ admits court "relied on...prior misrepresentations"

DOJ blames ICE Image
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2/ DOJ blaming ICE:

"This error, however, is not caused by a lack of diligence and care by the undersigned attorneys. The undersigned were specifically informed by ICE that the 2025 ICE Guidance applied to immigration courthouse arrests."

"... agency attorney error ..." Image
3/ You can be assured that we'll add this to 5th edition of Presumption of Regularity study.

Currently tracks 90+ cases in which either court determined the Trump administration submitted false information or the administration admitted it.

justsecurity.org/120547/presump…
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Mar 25
This is utterly extraordinary.

If Hegseth et al got this wrong, think what else is happening with the drug boat strikes and much more.

The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp. It Was a Dairy Farm.

Gets worse as you read it.

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2/ "Workers on the farm told The Times that Ecuadorean soldiers .. doused several shelters and sheds with gasoline and ignited them after interrogating workers and beating four of them with the butts of their guns ... later choked and subjected them to electrical shocks."
3/ "The Ecuadorean government said in the news release that it had relied on U.S. 'intelligence and support' to target the farm, which it said was a camp used to train 'about 50 drug traffickers.'”

nytimes.com/2026/03/24/wor…
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Mar 9
Key ruling on ICE/CBP operations

Judge Tostrud (Trump appointee):

"Plaintiffs have made a clear showing that Defendants have adopted a POLICY authorizing federal immigration officers to conduct investigatory stops based on ethnicity or race without reasonable suspicion."
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2/ With a team, I had provided a graphic representation of some of the key declarants in the plaintiffs' case here:

justsecurity.org/130745/minneso…Image
3/ Judge Tostrud:

"These witnesses’ accounts and related evidence show these witnesses were detained by DHS officers and questioned about their immigration status based solely on their race or ethnicity."

Note: Many of them U.S. citizens
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Feb 26
NYT adds important context for reporting on Kash Patel and Susie Wiles (plus oddity of Patel being Reuters' source for his own grievance).

[1] "Requests for phone records are common in complex criminal investigations to establish timelines and provide proof of communication." Image
[2] "It has been known for years that Mr. Patel was closely scrutinized by investigators under the special counsel Jack Smith and was compelled to testify in front of a grand jury."

My add/reminder: Kash invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Image
[3] "The fact that investigators obtained some of Ms. Wiles’s phone records was made public during the inquiry into Mr. Trump’s mishandling of classified documents."

nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/…
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