“Former National Security Agency analyst John Schindler has become well known for his commentary about ties between the Russian government and members of the Trump administration … ‘George Washington was all about counterintelligence,’ he said. ‘He would have had at least half the Trump WH shot as traitors, without tears or doubts.’” I don’t know which is more risible: this “analyst’s” acute ignorance of history, his slander of George Washington, or his pathetic attempt to enlist the Founders on the side of the profoundly despotic “Intelligence Community.” One charge we can never lay to General Washington’s account is bloodthirstiness. His … Continue reading Those Who Don’t Know History Make It Up As They Go