In the latest episode of The Steady State Sentinel, Margaret Henoch (former senior CIA Operations Officer) sits down with Bob Drogin– a 38‑year veteran of the Los Angeles Times who served as a national correspondent, foreign correspondent, and ultimately White House editor during the first Trump administration. Drogin covered intelligence and national security for years, […]
The DOJ’s “anti-weaponization fund: a federally sanctioned mechanism for settling political scores at taxpayer expense. The recent announcement by acting Attorney General Todd Blanche that he has established an “anti-weaponization fund” in exchange for the Trump family dropping its collective lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is a horrible misuse of authority in its […]
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“Those in line can vote” photo with thanks to PBS The threat of armed federal personnel near polling places is meant to intimidate, not protect democracy. Americans must reject fear, defend the rule of law, and vote. The prospect of armed federal personnel appearing at or near polling places should alarm every American, regardless of […]
In the latest episode of the Sentinel podcast, former CIA Operations Officer Margaret Henoch interviews Bob Drogin, a 38-year veteran of the Los Angeles Times. Drogin describes what he assesses as the Trump administration’s unprecedented assault on the First Amendment: cutting NPR and PBS funding, banning reporters from the White House and taking over the […]
The danger is not merely unjust war, but the normalization of military force without rigorous moral or constitutional examination. Recent U.S. operations suggest that threshold is eroding. The Just War Theory is a moral framework for judging when the use of military force is morally justified, and how it should be ethically executed. It begins […]
Photo: With appreciation to Roll Call Republics Do Not Survive Automatically The Steady State sounds the warning bell that republics collapse when citizens, leaders, and institutions decide preserving comfort matters more than defending constitutional principle. Constitutional democracy endures only when citizens, public servants, military officers, and political leaders are willing to defend law and democratic […]
The lesson of Nuremberg still matters: “I was only following orders” is not a defense when legality, morality, and constitutional duty collide. I served first as an Army sergeant in my youth, and later as an officer in both Military Intelligence and Special Forces for nearly twenty-six years. I retired from active military service in […]
As Trump’s personality cult, attacks on institutions, and consolidation of power intensify, a small number of principled Republicans may determine whether the United States remains a constitutional democracy or slides further toward authoritarian rule. It could not be clearer: the country is well along the road to authoritarianism and autocracy, and the coming six months […]
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was supposed to balance national security and civil liberties. Then technology changed everything. Birds became ducks. Satellites gave way to fiber optics. And the government found itself collecting communications involving U.S. persons without individualized warrants or routine notice. In this episode, former CIA Office of General Counsel attorney, James […]