Garrett Graff, the man who literally wrote the book on special prosecutor Robert Mueller, is an editor at Wired.
Today, the technology magazine posted a fascinating analysis of where the Mueller investigation stands in the wake of the heavily redacted sentencing memo for Michael Flynn.
The author of The Threat Matrix lays out 14 things that Mueller knows which the American public doesn't yet know, in hopes of "decoding Mueller’s 17-month investigation."
As Graff notes, the Flynn memo had "the most intriguing and interesting parts redacted." But he expects that we may have answers to some or all of the questions by the end of the week.
Among the most interesting questions: Is acting AG Matt Whitaker actually overseeing the Mueller investigation and, if so, is he interfering?
"It’s remarkable how little we know about the status of the acting attorney general, Matt Whitaker, whose appointment is being challenged in multiple legal forums currently as unconstitutional, and whether he’s actively overseeing the Russia investigation," he asks.
We also don't yet have any clue about the participation of Felix Sater, "a longtime intelligence asset and businessman who was a key participant in the Trump Tower Moscow project." As Graff points out, Sater is a Russian with ties to Trump and "has been apparently cooperating with the special counsel."
Graff's deep analysis also gets into questions about why only one of the two known Russian intelligence teams involved in election interference has been charged. Members of Fancy Bear have been indicted in a detailed document, but the parallel Cozy Bear team have not yet been charged.
"If the Cozy Bear hackers haven’t been charged, there’s presumably a reason—and, given the public knowledge of the Dutch intelligence coup, it’s likely not just about protecting sources and methods. Is there a Cozy Bear shoe still to drop or did the FSB play some larger role in the plot that will become clear in time?" he asks.
Read the full piece here.
