Chimes in the most sincere and honorable
Mr. Yoo, of torture-justification-memo fame, warning of the dire consequences of impeaching the so-called president, for fear of violating the privacy of private conversations with foreign heads of state:
A president, even one who is possibly engaging in wrongdoing, must have confidence in the confidentiality of his communications or he will be unable to perform his constitutional duties and our international relations will fall victim to government by committee.
I'd say, particularly a president "engaging in wrongdoing" must have confidence in the confidentiality of his criminality, and yet he is also the one whose confidentiality is not protected in any way, shape or form while he perpetrates his crimes.
Had the Trump administration followed the law, and handed over the whistleblower complaint to the Gang of Eight, we would never have heard about it, in case the complaint is without merit, as Trump asserts. It is Trump, his disregard for the rule of law, for democracy, for Congress, which brought the whole thing crashing down on his own head.
And yet Mr. Yoo wastes no time breaking a lance for the mob boss and his right to keep his crimes secret. Why this intellectual vandal is not in prison for life, I will not understand for the rest of my life. Why the venerable NYT provides him space to disseminate his vandalism, I will also not understand. Mr. Yoo and a Republic governed by laws are perfectly incompatible - he is the closest you get to a "Fuehrer's lawyer", in favor of a state in which the Fuehrer's will displaces the law, all in the stilted legalese of a carefully crafted facade in terms of "the functioning of the presidency". Because, a mob boss sort of "functions" as a president - and Mr. Yoo has no objections, except to those who would strive to stop the crimes.
Catastrophic.