Empire (Dark Side of Force)
Geffen /ourguy ?
Rep. James E. Rogan, then a two-term Glendale congressman, had prosecuted President Bill Clinton with a zeal that made him a hero to the GOP faithful. It also made him vulnerable in his home district.
Enter David Geffen, naturally. Enraged by Rogan, the media mogul committed unlimited “time and money and effort” to ousting him. He rallied his Hollywood troops behind then-state Sen. Adam Schiff, and poured enough cash into the race to break House records.
Schiff won that 2000 race and hasn’t faced a serious election challenge since.
Born in Boston and bar mitzvahed in Northern California, Schiff attended Harvard Law
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-12-19/newsletter-the-making-of-adam-schiff
Geffen helped Schiff get elected to congress.
The US is sending 3,500 Army paratroopers to the Middle East on a snap deployment as tensions with Iran soar, and they have been told to leave their cellphones and other personal electronic devices behind.
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-paratroopers-told-to-leave-cellphones-behind-for-unusual-deployment-2020-1
I was in the military before cellphones existed, but this seems highly unusual. Worried about leaks?
Best Gyro I've ever had was from a street vender in Frankfurt when we were on leave and were headed to the Red Light District.
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