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Dead Drop: March 24

Dead Drop: March 24

THERE GOES THE JUDGE: Turns out allegations that the British GCHQ had done the dirty work for the Obama administration in electronically surveilling the Trump campaign came to Fox News from Judge Andrew Napolitano.  The Judge, whose story changed from “might have happened” to “definitely happened,” apparently was relying on three anonymous sources who Fox did not find compelling. So as of Monday, Judge Napolitano emulated Judge Crater and disappeared (well, at least from Fox News at the moment).  The LA Times reports that the  Judge is not expected back on the air in the near future. Meanwhile, outgoing NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett told BBC that the claim that NSA asked GCHQ to snoop on the Trump campaign was “arrant nonsense.”  No further word from the White House – which may still be looking up “arrant.” Ledgett added that asking the Brits to conduct such an illegal act would be “epically stupid.”

RAPP UP: We previously told you about plans to turn Vince Flynn’s very popular Mitch Rapp novel American Assassin into a motion picture.  Now comes word that the Lionsgate/CBS Films flick will open in theaters on September 15.  Dylan O’Brien plays the hero Rapp – while Michael Keaton plays Rapp’s CIA mentor, Stan Hurley.

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