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19. Philip Bump, “The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People’s Data Than Previously Revealed,” The Atlantic, July 17, 2013, https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/07/nsa-admits-it-analyzes-more-peoples-data-previously-revealed/313220/.
20. Amy Nordrum, “NSA Can Legally Access Metadata of 25,000 Callers Based on a Single Suspect’s Phone,” Security, IEEE Spectrum, May 16, 2016, https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/telecom/security/nsa-can-legally-access-metadata-of-25000-callers-based-on-a-single-suspects-phone-analysis-suggests.
21. Siobhan Gorman, “NSA Collects 20% or Less of U.S. Call Data,” Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2014, https://www.wsj.com/articles/nsa-collects-20-or-less-of-us-call-data-1391790665.
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23. Tim Hains, “Dan Bongino on Spygate: Obama, Mueller, and the Biggest Spy Scandal in American History,” RealClearPolitics, November 25, 2018, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/11/25/dan_bongino_on_spygate_obama_mueller__the_biggest_spy_scandal_in_american_history.html.
24. Deb Reichmann, “Report: Government Officials ‘Unmasked’ More Than 1,900 Americans Swept Up in Foreign Surveillance,” PBS News Hour, May 2, 2017, https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/report-government-officials-unmasked-1900-americans-swept-foreign-surveillance.
25. Sara Carter, “ODNI and NSA Impede Lawmakers Review of Obama Admin ‘Unmasking’ Requests,” SaraACarter.com, February 19, 2019, https://saraacarter.com/odni-and-nsa-impede-lawmakers-review-of-obama-admin-unmasking-requests/.
26. “Who Is Adm. Mike Rogers? Unsung ‘Hero’ Alerted President Trump to Illegal Spying,” World Tribune, May 1, 2019, https://www.worldtribune.com/who-is-adm-mike-rogers-unsung-hero-alerted-president-trump-to-illegal-spying/.
27. “50 U.S. Code §1801. Definitions,” U.S. Code, Legal Information Institute, July 11, 2019, https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1801.
28. John Solomon, “FISA Shocker: DOJ Official Warned Steele Dossier Was Connected to Clinton, Might Be Biased,” The Hill, January 16, 2019, https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/425739-fisa-shocker-doj-official-warned-steele-dossier-was-connected-to-clinton.
29. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Explosive Revelation of Obama Administration Illegal Surveillance of Americas,” National Review, May 25, 2017, https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/05/nsa-illegal-surveillance-americans-obama-administration-abuse-fisa-court-response/.
30. Jeff Carlson, “NSA Director Rogers Disclosed FISA Abuse Days after Page Warrant Was Issued,” Epoch Times, June 18, 2019, https://www.theepochtimes.com/nsa-director-rogers-disclosed-fisa-abuse-days-after-carter-page-fisa-was-issued_2692033.html.
31. S. A. Miller, “Donald Trump Moves Transition Meetings to Private Golf Club in New Jersey,” Washington Times, November 1, 2016, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/17/donald-trump-moves-transition-meetings-private-gol/.
32. Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump), “Terrible! Just Found Out That Obama Had My ‘Wires Tapped’ in Trump Tower,” Twitter, March 4, 2017, https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/837989835818287106?lang=en.
33. Allen Cone, “Obama Officials Want NSA Chief, Possible Trump Cabinet Pick Mike Rogers Fired,” UPI, November 21, 2016, https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/11/20/Obama-officials-want-NSA-chief-possible-Trump-Cabinet-pick-Mike-Rogers-fired/7441479653208/.
34. Kimberley Strassel, “Brennan and the 2016 Spy Scandal,” Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2018, https://www.wsj.com/articles/brennan-and-the-2016-spy-scandal-1532039346.
35. George Neumayr, “The London-to-Langley Spy Ring,” American Spectator, May 25, 2018, https://spectator.org/the-london-to-langley-spy-ring/.
36. Shane Harris, “John Brennan, the Triumphant Bureaucrat,” Washingtonian, February 8, 2013, https://www.washingtonian.com/2013/02/08/john-brennan-the-triumphant-bureaucrat/.
37. Andrew C. McCarthy, “The Steele Dossier and the ‘Verified Application’ That Wasn’t,” National Review, May 18, 2019, https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/05/the-steele-dossier-and-the-verified-application-that-wasn’t.
38. John Solomon, “Steele’s Stunning Pre-FISA Confession: Informant Needed to Air Trump Dirt before Election,” The Hill, May 7, 2019, https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/442592-steeles-stunning-pre-fisa-confession-informant-needed-to-air-trump-dirt.
39. Jonathan Turley, “The Steele Dossier and the Perils of Political Insurance Policies,” The Hill, December 22, 2018, https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/422592-steeles-curious-comments-suggest-dossier-was-insurance-plan.
40. Jenny Beth Martin, “Trump’s Accusers Harmed Us All. Hold Them Accountable,” RealClearPolitics, March 29, 2019, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/03/29/trumps_accusers_harmed_us_all_hold_them_accountable_139889.html.
41. Tim Hains, “Dan Bongino on Spygate: Obama, Mueller, and the Biggest Spy Scandal in American History,” RealClearPolitics, November 25, 2018, https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/11/25/dan_bongino_on_spygate_obama_mueller__the_biggest_spy_scandal_in_american_history.html.
42. Jeff Carlson, “Carter Page’s Assistance in Russian Spy Case Might Count as Exculpatory Evidence,” Epoch Times, September 10, 2018, https://www.theepochtimes.com/carter-pages-assistance-in-russian-spy-case-could-count-as-exculpatory-evidence_2656861.html.
43. Charlie Spiering, “Jeff Sessions Resigns as Attorney General,” Breitbart, November 7, 2018, https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/07/jeff-sessions-resigns-as-donald-trump-attorney-general/.
44. “Appointment of Special Counsel to Investigate Russian Interferences with the 2016 Presidential Election and Related Matters,” Office of the Deputy Attorney General, May 17, 2017, https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/967231/download.
45. Ronn Blitzer, “Mueller, Trump Clash over Whether He Sought FBI Job,” Fox News, July 24, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-trump-clash-over-whether-he-sought-fbi-job.
46. Ronn Blitzer, “Legal Experts Stunned by DA’s ‘Barbaric’ Move To Send Manafort to Rikers Island,” Fox News, June 5, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legal-experts-stunned-by-das-barbaric-decision-to-send-manafort-to-rikers-island.
47. Andrew C. McCarthy, “Flynn: Fact, and Narrative,” National Review, December 19, 2018, https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/flynn-fact-an
d-narrative/.
48. “Mueller Finds No Collusion with Russia, Leaves Obstruction Question Open,” American Bar Association, March 2019, https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2019/03/mueller-concludes-investigation/.
49. James Comey, “Statement by FBI Director James B. Comey on the Investigation of Secretary Hillary Clinton’s Use of a Personal E-Mail System,” Press Releases, FBI National Press Office, July 5, 2016, https://www.fbi.gov/news/pressrel/press-releases/statement-by-fbi-director-james-b-comey-on-the-investigation-of-secretary-hillary-clinton2019s-use-of-a-personal-e-mail-system.
50. “Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III Makes Statement on Investigation into Russian Interference in the 2016 Presidential Election,” Office of Public Affairs, News, the United States Department of Justice, May 29, 2019, https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/special-counsel-robert-s-mueller-iii-makes-statement-investigation-russian-interference.
51. Alex Pappas, Judson Berger, “Tight-lipped Mueller Faces GOP Ire over Probe’s Handling, As Hearing Retreads Russia Report,” Fox News, July 24, 2019, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mueller-in-capitol-hill-testimony-says-no-trump-russia-conspiracy-no-trump-exoneration-on-obstruction.
52. Sean Davis, “Mueller Just Proved His Entire Operation Was A Political Hit Job That Trampled The Rule Of Law,” Federalist, May 29, 2019, https://thefederalist.com/2019/05/29/mueller-just-proved-his-entire-operation-was-a-political-hit-job-that-trampled-the-rule-of-law/.
53. “Rule 3.8: Special Responsibilities of a Prosecutor,” Model Rules of Professional Conduct, American Bar Association, July 11, 2019, https://www.americanbar.org/groups/professional_responsibility/publications/model_rules_of_professional_conduct/rule_3_8_special_responsibilities_of_a_prosecutor/.
54. Jessica Damiana, “Yes He Can: ‘Clever Boy’ Obama Returns to Indonesia for Family Vacation,” Reuters, June 28, 2017, https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-usa-obama-idUSKBN19J1JT.
55. Paul Kengor, “Obama’s Communist Mentor,” National Review, October 5, 2010, https://www.nationalreview.com/2010/10/obamas-communist-mentor-paul-kengor.
56. Matt Patterson, “Study Saul Alinsky to Understand Barack Obama,” Washington Examiner, February 6, 2012, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/study-saul-alinsky-to-understand-barack-obama.
57. John Fund, “Obama’s ‘Chicago Way,’ ” National Review, May 30, 2013, https://www.nationalreview.com/2013/05/obamas-chicago-way-john-fund/.
58. Eric Levitz, “CIA Director Reveals He Was Once a Communist Sympathizer,” New York Magazine, Intelligencer, September 22, 2016, http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2016/09/cia-director-reveals-he-was-once-a-communist-sympathizer.html.
59. Paul Kengor, “Comey Was a Commie,” American Spectator, May 21, 2019, https://spectator.org/comey-was-a-commie/.
60. Josh Gerstein, “Hillary Clinton’s Radical Summer,” New York Sun, November 26, 2007, https://www.nysun.com/national/hillary-clintons-radical-summer/66933/.
61. Hillary D. Rodham, “ ‘There Is Only the Fight… ’: An Analysis of the Alinsky Model,” (B.A. thesis, Wellesley College, 1969), https://www.docdroid.net/V8962fC/hillaryclintonthesis.pdf.
Chapter Two: The Political Elite’s Bipartisan Betrayal of America
1. J. D. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and a Culture in Crisis (New York: HarperCollins, 2016).
2. Ibid, 22.
3. Ibid, 18.
4. William Egginton, The Splintering of the American Mind: Identity Politics, Inequality, and Community on Today’s College Campuses, (London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018), 152.
5. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, 52.
6. Ibid, 54.
7. Ibid, 55.
8. Michael van der Galien, “Bannon: ‘Monday Was the Most Important Day of Trump’s Presidency,’ ” PJ Media, May 7, 2019, https://pjmedia.com/trending/bannon-monday-was-the-most-important-day-of-trumps-presidency/.
9. Steve Bannon, “An Hour with Steve Bannon, Former Chief Strategist to President Donald Trump,” interview by Charlie Rose, Charlierose.com, September 11, 2017, https://charlierose.com/episodes/30951.
10. “Munk Debate on the Rise of Populism,” C-SPAN, November 2, 2018, https://www.c-span.org/video/?453964-1/steve-bannon-david-frum-debate-rise-populism.
11. Damian Paletta and Caroline Porter, “Use of Food Stamps Swells Even as Economy Improves,” Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2013, https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323699704578328601204933288.
12. Vance, Hillbilly Elegy, 144.
Chapter Three: The Plotters—and Their Plan—To Destroy America
1. Dick Cheney and Liz Cheney, Exceptional: Why the World Needs a Powerful America (New York: Threshold Editions, 2015), 51.
2. Otis C. Mitchell, The Cold War in Germany: Overview, Origins and Intelligence Wars (Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America, 2005), 59.
3. Romesh Ratnesar, Tear Down This Wall: A City, a President, and the Speech that Ended the Cold War, (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2009), 4.
4. “Fatalities at the Berlin Wall: 1961–89,” Berlin Wall Memorial, https://www.berliner-mauer-gedenkstaette.de/en/todesopfer-240.html.
5. Wesley Pruden, “The Four Noisy Horseladies of the Apocalypse,” Washington Times, July 15, 2019, https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/15/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-her-squad-have-taken-over/.
6. Andrew Breitbart, Righteous Indignation: Excuse Me While I Save the World! (New York: Grand Central Publishing, 2011), 121.
7. Breitbart, Righteous Indignation, 125.
Chapter Four: Can President Trump Stop the Radical Left?
1. Byron York, “Harvard Study: CNN, NBC Trump Coverage 93 Percent Negative,” Washington Examiner, May 19, 2017, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/byron-york-harvard-study-cnn-nbc-trump-coverage-93-percent-negative.
2. Brooke Singman, “Special Counsel Mueller’s Team Has Only One Known Republican,” Fox News, February 23, 2018, https://www.foxnews.com/politics/special-counsel-muellers-team-has-only-one-known-republican.
3. John Gage, “Pelosi: ‘We Cannot Accept a Second Term for Donald Trump,” Washington Examiner, May 7, 2019, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pelosi-we-cannot-accept-a-second-term-for-donald-trump.
4. My conversations with Victor Davis Hanson, Lord Black, and, later in the book, President Trump, have been edited slightly for readability.
5. “Grassley, Graham Uncover ‘Unusual Email’ Sent by Susan Rice to Herself on President Trump’s Inauguration Day,” News Releases, Chuck Grassley U.S. Senator for Iowa website, February 12, 2018, https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-graham-uncover-unusual-email-sent-susan-rice-herself-president-trump-s.
Chapter Five: How You Can Win the War for America’s Soul
1. Paul Bedard, “Trump Campaign Mocks Bernie Sanders’ Honeymoon to Soviet Union, ‘What a Joke!’ ” Washington Examiner, May 28, 2019, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-campaign-mocks-bernie-sanders-honeymoon-to-russia-what-a-joke.
2. Sun Tzu, The Art of War, translated by Lionel Giles, 2009, http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.html.
3. “Reagan, a Wise Man Who Fooled Many People All of the Time,” The Telegraph, February 6, 2001, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/4259277/Reagan-a-wise-man-who-fooled-many-people-all-of-the-time.html.
4. Roger Simon, “Reclaiming the Culture,” PJ Media, December 6, 2012, https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2012/12/06/reclaiming-the-culture/.
5. Chen Guangcheng, The Barefoot Lawyer: A Blind Man’s Fight for Justice and Freedom in China, (Henry Holt and Company, 2014).
Bonus Chapter Six: Straight Answers to Popular Questions
1. Andrew Walker and Josh Wester, “From Obamacare to Obergefell: The Obama Administration’s Troubled Legacy on Religious Liberty,” National Review, January 18, 2017, https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/01/obama-administration-has-troubled-religious-liberty-legacy/.
2. Kira Goldenberg, “Obama’s Broken Promises on Transparency,” Columbia Journalis
m Review, October 10, 2013, https://archives.cjr.org/behind_the_news/cjp_report_on_us_press_freedom.php.
3. Alina Polyakova and Filippos Letsas, “On the Record: The U.S. Administration’s Actions on Russia,” Brookings Institution, June 3, 2019, https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2018/09/25/on-the-record-the-u-s-administrations-actions-on-russia/.
4. “President Trump’s Speech to the Arab Islamic American Summit,” Statements and Releases, the White House, May 21, 2017, https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-trumps-speech-arab-islamic-american-summit/.
5. John Gage, “Megan Rapinoe Says She Will Talk to Anyone Who ‘Believes the Same Things We Believe In,’ ” Washington Examiner, July 10, 2019, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/megan-rapinoe-says-she-will-talk-to-anyone-who-believes-the-same-things-we-believe-in.
6. Mosheh Oinounou and Bonney Kapp, “Michelle Obama Takes Heat for Saying She’s ‘Proud of My Country for the First Time,’ ” Fox News, February 19, 2008, https://www.foxnews.com/story/michelle-obama-takes-heat-for-saying-shes-proud-of-my-country-for-the-first-time.
7. “The Perils of Illegal Border Crossing,” Press Releases, Department of Homeland Security, July 19, 2019, https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/07/19/perils-illegal-border-crossing.
8. “Unaccompanied Alien Children and Family Units Are Flooding the Border Because of Catch and Release Loopholes,” Department of Homeland Security, February 15, 2018, https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/02/15/unaccompanied-alien-children-and-family-units-are-flooding-border-because-catch-and.
9. Avik Roy, “Man Bites Dog: Trump Did Better with Minorities in 2016 Than Mitt Romney Did in 2012,” Forbes, November 19, 2016, https://www.forbes.com/sites/aviksaroy/2016/11/19/man-bites-dog-trump-did-better-with-minorities-than-mitt-romney-did-in-2012/.
10. Bill Powell, “How Rick Santorum Helped Donald Trump Win the White House,” Newsweek, November 15, 2016, https://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/25/donald-trump-presidential-campaign-521145.html.