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| Still from The Manchurian Candidate, 1962. |
OK legally it's true that he's innocent until proven guilty, but that's not true in spy stories. To George Smiley, you're not to be trusted...ever. How is there not a principle governing that? Does the legal principle even have any relevance to national security issues? Jesus, I think we should be giving them fake product and then watching to see if it turns up in Tehran or Beijing. Or Israel. Why would we be allowing him to have anything real, in the knowledge it could end up in a vulnerable bathroom at Mar-a Lago?
What if Rep. Eric Swalwell, or Governor Tim Walz, or, keeping the sex aspect out of it, Senator-Elect Andy Kim, was indicted—not accused by some badmouth rightwinger but formally indicted, by a grand jury, on several counts of espionage and conspiracy; would we really allow them into the crown jewels of US intelligence?
There has to be a trial before Trump gets unconstrained access to the stuff.
