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Offering Up Military and Intelligence Communities as Political Cannon Fodder

By Andy Caldwell

Nov 30, 2025
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(This oped was submitted before the National Guardsman shooting in DC)

You must have heard about the six U.S. Senators who stated that the threats to our Constitution are emanating from the Trump administration and therefore both the military and intelligence community should refuse so-called “illegal orders.” Specifically, they stated, “This administrat…

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