Crimes so large we look past them

Probably the single most coherent and summary explanation of the great unacknowledged scandal(s) of the past three years. From What the 'Obamagate' Scandals Mean and Why They Matter by Charles Lipson.

The mainstream media, as a player and abettor to much of the scandal has a major stake in preventing a clear description of what happened. It is astonishing just how much smoke is still being blown around facts now out in the open, documented, and attested. Lipson lays out the three inter-locking scandals and provides a thumbnail sketch of what happened. His reporting broadly matches my interpretation of what has been happening the past three years.

Scandal No. 1: Massive, illegal surveillance of American citizens, using the database of the National Security Agency

Scandal No. 2: Spying on the Trump campaign

Scandal No. 3: Covering up this spying, continuing it during the new administration, charging that Trump was not legitimately elected, and impeding his presidency with major investigations, based on false charges

Those are the big items.

The only major additional scandal that I don't see listed is the CIA's spying on Congress in 2014 and perhaps earlier. We know it happened but I have never seen a clear explanation of why it happened, why the CIA Director was not fired, and why there were no other consequences to the crime.

Worth a read for the simple act of cogently presenting the facts.