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Back on March 14th, Thus Spake Ortner<\/a> and I live-blogged Winter Soldier II<\/a> under the watchful gaze of the Stasi secret police of Veterans for Peace and Vietnam Veterans Against the War. They monitored what we sent out to the internet, they limited our contact with IVAW members and the media. They even followed us to the bathroom and outside to the break area. But they were watching the wrong people.<\/p>\n We didn’t find out Rurik was there until most of the way through the testimony. He blended in well with crowd and hardly anyone noticed him. He carried a legal pad and a pencil and scribbled furious notes. Rurick has spent weeks ciphering and writing out his notes and he’s published them in three installments;<\/p>\n Send in the Clones<\/a><\/p>\n What I saw at the Circus Part I<\/a><\/p>\n What I saw at the Circus Part II<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n This is much more complete than my comparably incoherent ramblings – and much more damaging to the testimony given on the first day at Winter Soldier II. I commend Rurik and I heartily recommend that anyone who is interested in how history will judge the events go read them all. And in the last installment, Rurik names his candidate to be the next John Kerry. I won’t give it away.<\/p>\n Welcome National Review Online<\/a> readers. Oh, and welcome to IVAW fans who arrive from their NetVibe <\/a>connection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"