Politico cofounder lashes out at Nate Silver for trying to prove things with math.

Immigration reform appears to be swirling down the drain in the House which is preparing to vote later today to ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

In commenting on our story this morning about the Senate intelligence committee invoking a non-disclosure agreement to prevent a former staffer from talking to us about the way congressional oversight of the intelligence community works — or doesn’t work — Steven Aftergood raises an additional point: “One problematic aspect of congressional oversight of intelligence that is not often addressed is the heavy, disproportionate representation of former intelligence community employees … among the professional staff of the oversight committees.” Read More