Note: This article has been updated to include observations about the extreme length of time the FBI background investigation requires, and to include a question in the investigation about historical …
Bart Marcois
Bart Marcois
Bart Marcois (@bmarcois) was the principal deputy assistant secretary of energy for international affairs during the Bush administration. Additionally, Marcois served as a career foreign service officer with the State Department.
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Are Shadowy Intelligence Organizations Supporting Rosatom, the Russian Nuclear Energy Company?
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisNote from the author: On 25 September 2018, a day after I published an article titled “Why Is A Shadowy Intelligence Organization Supporting Rosatom, the Russian Nuclear Energy Company?”, a London-based …
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The Other Arabs of September 11th: Kuwait, a Grateful Ally
by Bart Marcoisby Bart Marcois17 years ago today, September 14th, 2001, our nation observed a national day of mourning and memorial for those lost in the vicious attacks three days earlier. We attended services …
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The New York Times published an anonymous opinion article earlier this week that was breathtaking in the hubris and cowardice of the author. That is a rare and highly unattractive …
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Czech General Petr Pavel appropriately remarked this week that Czech President Milos Zeman’s conduct is shameful. Zeman recently made yet another allusion to liquidating journalists, in what has become a …
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Will the Real Putin Puppets Please Stand Up?
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisPresident Trump refused to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Helsinki summit press conference. President Trump recognized that he missed an opportunity at the press conference, that he had …
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The Trump-Putin summit on July 16th is not a meeting of equals. Trump leads a superpower, but Putin does not. Russia is a regional power in economic, ideological and non-nuclear …
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Bricks of Gold in the Manure Pile at the Peter Strzok Hearings
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisAmericans were disgusted by yesterday’s Peter Strzok hearings. Strzok was dripping with hatred and contempt for the members of Congress interrogating him. But FBI legal advisors forced him to answer some questions, …
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If You Really Want Choice, Confirm Brett Kavanaugh
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisCongratulations to Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. He now faces the same old chorus from the Democrats and their Leftist allies. …
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Trump’s Diplomacy Not for the Faint of Heart
by Bart Marcoisby Bart MarcoisPresident Trump’s diplomacy at the Singapore summit has upended what has become normal diplomatic procedure. But his method has firm historical precedent. Instead of the American president showing up to …