There is something almost poetic about the way this story came to light. Jennica Pounds, the conservative online investigator better known as DataRepublican, became convinced that the Deep State might be trying to set her up. A government official had given her documents related to conservative allegations of federal censorship, Pounds became suspicious of what she had been handed, and she sounded the alarm. Except the supposed Deep State operative wasn't some Biden holdover

Somewhere inside FBI headquarters in Washington was a secured room known as Room 9582. Inside were filing cabinets, safes, boxes, classified material, and five burn bags. There were also potentially hundreds of thousands — perhaps as many as nearly two million — pages of government records requiring digitization and review. That sounds like the opening scene of a political thriller. The problem is that it is not fiction. Inside FBI headquarters, Room 9582 held potentially nea

Transparency is one of those words politicians love because it sounds noble before anyone asks what it actually requires. It suggests openness, accountability, and clean hands. It conjures an image of a government flinging open the curtains and inviting the public to look around. Donald Trump and several senior members of his administration did not merely promise greater transparency. They repeatedly described their administration as the most transparent in American history.