Senators are now accusing the Secret Service of trying to make local law enforcement into “a scapegoat” for the Trump rally shooting after its acting director testified this week about why gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks wasn’t spotted in advance in Butler, Pennsylvania. Ronald Rowe, during his Capitol Hill testimony on Tuesday, appeared to blame local police…
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News As Gaza Talks Falter, Negotiators Look for a Deal or a Scapegoat
To understand what is happening now in the Middle East, it may be helpful to remember the dead cat. That was a favorite metaphor for Secretary of State James A. Baker III as he shuttled around the region in 1991 trying to negotiate a complicated deal. With each recalcitrant player, Mr. Baker would threaten to…
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