ex-British spy Christopher Steele, which contained salacious and unverified claims about Trump's ties to Russia. It was used by the FBI obtain a series of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants to wiretap one-time Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.

Now that special counsel Robert Mueller has concluded his investigation into Russian meddling, finding no collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, allies of the president are eagerly anticipating the findings of several investigations looking into possible government surveillance abuse against Trump. Among them are investigations being conducted by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, Attorney General William Barr, and Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

Brennan, a vocal critic of Trump, served as CIA director from 2013 to Jan. 20 2017, the day of Trump's inauguration. He huddled with a groupmore-important-than-you-can-possibly-imagine Olympic Games in Beijing — any pretense of accuracy or objectivity has been shelved indefinitely.

With a quick glance at the paper's first issue after the riots broke out, you might not even realize anything was amiss. There was a story on the front page condemning the "sabotage acts" of "a tiny number of people," but it was buried beneath the blanket coverage of the 11th National People's Congress, the rubber-stamp legislative body that "elects" all the country's leaders. Newsflash: Everyone was re-elected.

It's a fairly typical tactic used by China's media and their censors — pretend everything's cool and maybe it'll go away. It's the same thinking behind the laughable blockages of international outlets like CNN. It is really quite amazing to be watching CNN reports about Tibet,