The Nightshift: 16 May 2017

Editor’s Note: The Nightshift will post in concise form for the next several days. It will return in expanded form by the first of next week.  Press Clippings:  Good Morning. It’s Tuesday, 16 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. Another day, another crisis at the White House and in …

The Nightshift: 15 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Good Morning. It’s Monday, 15 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift, the world’s overnight news feed. North Korea continues to unnerve by firing off another missile test over the weekend. President Trump’s staff is working on finding a replacement for the fired head of the FBI, James Comey. Washington remains …

The Nightshift: 14 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Good Morning and Happy Mother’s Day. It’s Sunday, 14 May 2017 and this is theMorning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. North Korea, never one to let sleeping dogs lie, fired off another missile test yesterday. This one a short range missile that went 500 miles before dropping into the sea. Defiance is …

The Nightshift: 13 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Good Morning,  It’s Saturday, 13 May 2017 and this is the Mid-day Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. A global cyber attack/ransomware scheme has hit all over the world and is causing immense problems.  The tool used for the attack was allegedly stolen from the NSA. Be very careful online. Washington is boiling …

The Nightshift: 12 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Good Morning,  It’s Friday, 12 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. Well…things in Washington have deteriorated to the point that we’re adding another news/reference link to the site: Lawfareblog.com . A very good and very sharp read on current legal issues, some of them in …

The Nightshift: 11 April 2017

Press Clippings:  Embed from Getty Images Good Morning,  It’s Thursday, 11 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. The Comey firing has roiled Washington, the Press, certain Republicans, lots of Democrats, and much of America (Trump’s approval rating is down to 36% and falling). Expect more–not less–leaks and …

The Nightshift: 10 May 2017

Press Clippings:  Embed from Getty Images Good Morning,  It’s Wednesday, 10 May 2017 and this is the Morning Edition of The Nightshift: the world’s overnight news feed. Presidential Donald Trump FBI Director James Comey yesterday. No plausible reason was advanced for the firing and the timing is viewed as inappropriate at best and suspicious at worse–right in the …