As Threat Level Reaches “Highest It’s Ever Been,” Trump Sidelines Key Counterterror Program

As Threat Level Reaches “Highest It’s Ever Been,” Trump Sidelines Key Counterterror Program

Once upon a time, if Homeland Security warned that the terrorist threat level was the “highest it’s ever been,” government officials would scramble to assure the public that everything was being done.  But when Secretary Markwayne Mullin delivered that exact warning five days ago on Fox News Sunday, the president was busy orchestrating the expiration of the law authorizing the government’s premier counterterrorist surveillance program: Section 7…