Midknight Review -- new and revised: Some believe that Hillary, now, sees the growing possibility a a criminal investigation.

Editor's notes: Last week, I posited this possibility (probability?): Hillary's aide, Brian Pagliano, is claiming the fifth should he be called by the Senate House Committee. More than this, he is refusing to cooperate with the State Department and will take the fifth, if questioned by the FBI. Clearly, Pagliano is afraid that he is suddenly in serious/criminal trouble.

When you couple this strategy with the fact that Hillary, over the weekend, made it clear that it was Pagliano who was in charge of the server, and, that she expected him to testify without claiming the fifth. Understand that Pagliano managed the server's content and was responsible for its security ACCORDING TO HILLARY. Again, Hillary told us this after a couple of months of making excuses . . . . a very sudden change of direction. Why? Why the change in direction? Well, I believe she is getting ready to shift the blame for the server in light of what she must, now, fear is a growing criminal investigation by the FBI.

That was my theory last week. And, now, shazam, it is being echoed in the major media but with this addendum: the Times is telling us that the continuing investigation is an Obama strategy. We know that the DOJ has been under his control, since becoming whatever he thinks he is. It would be an incredible change of direction, if the DOJ was, suddenly, no longer under his control.

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Washington Times:

Has the Clinton counterattack against President Obama begun?

The Clintons have never taken a political hit lying down. But given their weak and panicky reactions to Mr. Obama’s current, well-orchestrated hit on her — the FBI investigation into her alleged mishandling of classified material as secretary of state — they have appeared to passively absorb the escalating attack. Until now.

As he presses his attack, Mrs. Clinton has two choices. Option one: fold early and negotiate a mild end to the investigation in exchange for dropping out of the race. But Mr. Obama is not a forgiving sort, and now that he’s drawn blood, he’s likely to go for the kill.

That suggests that the Clintons are going with option two: fight him — as part of an elaborate, unspoken negotiation between them over their secrets and futures. That requires a plausible defense. Their go-to strategy has always been to blame others, or inanimate objects such as documents, servers, “processes” — and to designate a fall guy (or gal) to take the rap.

This is the well-worn path they now appear to be pursuing to try to escape Mr. Obama’s ever-tightening political and legal vise.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."