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Barton Gellman
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Senior advisor @BrennanCenter | Author 'Dark Mirror' & 'Angler' | ex-Atlantic & Wash Post | Contact: bartongellman.com/contact
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    Barton Gellman
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    Jun 11, 2018
    So, um, summit journalists. Do not plug this in. Do not keep it. Drop it in a public trash can or send it to your friendly neighborhood security researcher. Call any computer science department and donate it for a class exercise. I’d be glad to take one off your hands, btw.
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    uid.eth | Rickey Gevers ⛵️
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    Jun 10, 2018
    All accredited journalists at the #KimTrumpSummit get a free USB fan. Oh man, this is classic! #opsec
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    Barton Gellman
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    May 15, 2017
    How to tell @gregpmiller and @GregJaffe have it right: They know *which* details Trump told Lavrov. Officials asked WP not to publish them.
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    Barton Gellman
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    Feb 14, 2017
    Trump is still tweeting from an Android device, connected to Internet, during work hours in secure spaces. Will Congress not investigate?
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    Barton Gellman
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    May 11, 2017
    US photographers barred from Lavrov meeting. Russian govt brings cameras and a whole kit bag of electronic equipment. Into the Oval.
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    Barton Gellman
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    Feb 12, 2018
    White House says it’s common for security clearance to take a year. 1. It’s not. Unusual, even for Regular Janes and Joes. 2. It verges on Black Swan territory for top-rankers like Kushner & Porter, who cut the line. 3. *May* mean “never” & bureaucracy doesn’t want to say no.
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    Barton Gellman
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    May 6, 2018
    This may turn out to be the most important piece about Trump in a long time. Where he found hundreds of millions in cash, and why he’d take the risk of committing it in a decade of near-zero interest bank loans, are questions he will not want investigators to explore.
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    Philip Rucker
    @PhilipRucker
    May 5, 2018
    As ‘the king of debt,’ Trump borrowed to build his empire. Then he began spending hundreds of millions in cash. A deep dive into Trump Org finances by @OConnellPostbiz @Fahrenthold & @jackgillum wapo.st/2KBI0bI
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    Barton Gellman
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    Mar 21, 2019
    Protip for Congress: Facebook keeps WhatsApp metadata, so in principle it’s discoverable whether Kushner really saved screenshots of all official business.
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    Kyle Cheney
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    Mar 21, 2019
    BREAKING: In letter to WH, Rep. Cummings reveals that KUSHNER was routinely using WhatsApp to conduct official business as recently as Dec. 2018. Kushner's lawyer told lawmakers he screenshots messages to preserve them. Cummings wants details by April 4. politico.com/story/2019/03/…
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    Barton Gellman
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    May 17, 2024
    The flag flew upside down for *days* as he lived in the house and moved in and out. It could not possibly have escaped his notice. He knew he was publicly associated with the message, and he does not even now renounce the association.
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    Michael Barbaro
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    May 16, 2024
    Crucially, Alito doesn’t deny the flag was flying upside down, doesn’t deny its meaning, doesn’t express any disapproval for it and doesn’t disavow it.
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    Barton Gellman
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    Jan 1, 2021
    Majorities of House Republicans have now supported, seriatim, the positions that (1) red states can tell blue states to change election results, (2) the VP decides who won the election, and (3) Congress can veto the voters' choice of president on January 6.
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    Barton Gellman
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    Dec 6, 2021
    My new Atlantic cover piece is a warning. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
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    Barton Gellman
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    Sep 23, 2020
    When Trump refuses to concede, the cascading effects could break our fragile transition of power. My new cover story in @TheAtlantic.
    The Election That Could Break America
    From theatlantic.com
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    Barton Gellman
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    Jul 12, 2017
    1/ Goldstone's email explicitly offered high level Russian intel to "incriminate Hillary." Failure to notify FBI fit other campaign choices.
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    Barton Gellman
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    Jan 22, 2024
    Some personal news. I’ve spent three years writing about an existential threat to the rule of law. I’ve decided to get off the sidelines. I have resigned from The Atlantic and joined the leadership team at the @BrennanCenter in the fight for democracy.
    The Brennan Center for Justice
    Barton Gellman Joins Brennan Center in Fight for American Democracy
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    Barton Gellman
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    Dec 6, 2021
    I’ll be on the @maddow show tonight to talk about Trump’s coup-in-waiting.
    January 6 Was Practice
    From theatlantic.com