Former Obama "mind meld" and deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes found himself before the House Intelligence Committee Tuesday, answering questions about his suspected role in the rash of national security leaks plaguing the Trump administration.  Given the disappointment of the last national election to Obama operatives; Rhodes's arrogance; his known connections to holdovers still in the White House; his connections to the press (his more accomplished big brother, David Rhodes, is chief of CBS News); his record as a spin doctor; his bitter, malevolent tweets about the Trump administration; and his inability to get a security clearance, he's a good one to ask, although one shouldn't get one's hopes up that the top Obama spin doctor will be all that scrupulous with telling the truth to people he hates.  He certainly wasn't in the wake of Benghazi, when he cooked up Susan Rice's talking points, nor was he when...(Read Full Post)