Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: "A right to not have your data rise up and attack you."

Comey really spent an enormous amount of energy in the period in which both he and Trump were in office trying to protect the FBI from political interference from the White House.

As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that's part of the powers of the office.

Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: "A right to not have your data rise up and attack you."

There is nothing normal about removing the FBI director, as a general matter. It's an extraordinary measure. This is an office that is typically served for a term of years, 10 years, to be precise.

You know, you don't get to survive that long without making some compromises.

Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.