Saturday, August 13, 2022

August 8

There have been some major political events in the past week. On Monday. there was the first FBI search of a former President's home/hotel. It was on the anniversary of Nixon's resignation on August 8, 1974. I previously wrote about my memories of that day--All Politics is Personal (https://storiesoflivingwithghosts.blogspot.com/2016/07/all-politics-is-personal.html). 

On Friday, the Search Warrant was released. It mentioned suspicion of violation of the Espionage Act and failure to respond to a subpoena. Several commentators mentioned than Nixon's involvement in Watergate pales in comparison. The Washington Post has even reported that nuclear secrets may be involved (https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/08/11/garland-trump-mar-a-lago/).

While further information is sure to come, the information so far is concerning. I hope that this information will, like with Watergate, result in the creation of further safeguards to reduce the likelihood of similar events in the future.