What set of circumstances might induce Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA), the well-educated (Sanford, Harvard Law) ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, to perform in an unconscionable manner – including lying to the American public and making a mockery of the rights of the GOP minority to ask certain questions of the witnesses?

Is Adam Schiff the firewall between the outrageous behavior of the top-level leadership of the Obama Administration and former President Barack Obama himself – a final scandal of historic proportions?

Why else would normally aggressive investigative reporters suddenly ask few pertinent questions and defer to their corporate bosses and preclude fame as journalists?

Consider …

Members of the Obama Administration, especially Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, went to extraordinary lengths to hide their communications from the government, Congress, and the American public.

Members of the Obama Administration spied on members of Congress and the opposition party prior to and after an election.

Members of the Obama Administration colluded with foreign counties to surveil or coerce American citizens into illegal actions.

Members of the Obama Administration aided and abetted our enemies (Russia, China, Iran, etc.) while disparaging America and its allies.

Obama, in spite of receiving a daily presidential brief and daily updates from his éminence grise, Valerie Jarrett, claims to have gotten his information from the media, like all ordinary Americans.

So what other explanation can there be?

What would justify a cover-up of this proportion – including the potential blackmailing of key Members of Congress?

Bottom line …

I guess we must wait for the next level of reports from the Attorney General. Although I have flagging confidence that all the perpetrators will be held accountable for their illegal actions.

We are so screwed.

-- steve