Horowitz, Blind Men and the Elephant

Guest Post by Bryce Buchanan

In John Saxe’s 19th century poem, 6 blind men “of Indostan, to learning much inclined, went to see the Elephant, that each by observation, might satisfy his mind.”  Each blind man felt just one part of the elephant and therefor had an entirely erroneous image of what an elephant was.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz is examining one tiny part of the huge elephant that is Spygate.  He is examining the fraudulent FISA applications that were part of the carefully planned and executed attempt to destroy Donald Trump’s candidacy for President, and, if the plotters failed at that, to provide an “insurance policy” to destroy him as President.

Imagine the following crime.  A group of men plan to break into a home and kill the occupant and steal what belongs to him.  They pick the lock on the entry gate.  They relentlessly beat the occupant, but fail to kill him.  They take some of his rightful possessions.

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