Must-Read Op-Eds for Tuesday, June 4

The Morning Joe must-read opinion pages for Tuesday, June 4

ACCUSE FIRST AND ASK QUESTIONS LATER
DANA MILBANK
WASHINGTON POST
Congressional investigators have not produced evidence to link the harassment of conservative groups to the White House or to higher-ups in the Obama administration. But the lack of evidence that any political appointee was involved hasn’t stopped the lawmakers from assuming that it simply must be true. And so, they are going to hold hearings until they confirm their conclusions.

DNA AND SUSPICIONLESS SEARCHES
EDITORIAL
NEW YORK TIMES
Until now, the Supreme Court has allowed suspicionless searches — also called “special needs” searches by the court — only when there is some justification other than discovering evidence of criminal wrongdoing. For example, the court has approved such searches in the form of random drug tests of railroad employees to ensure safety of the railroads. In this case, there was neither a basis for suspicion nor a special need.

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

WHY THE COURT WAS RIGHT TO ALLOW CHEEK SWABS
AKHIL REED AND NEAL K. KATYAL
NEW YORK TIMES
Proper DNA testing can simultaneously exonerate innocent people who have been wrongly accused and find the bad guys — a true win-win situation — and in the process, this amazing new technology can powerfully deter crime. On the other hand, DNA testing without strict safeguards can reveal lots more personal information than a mere fingerprint. … If members of racial minorities are more likely to be wrongly arrested, they and their relatives will loom disproportionately large in the government’s DNA database.

GIVE MANNING A PLEA DEAL IN CLASSIFIED LEAKS CASE
EUGENE ROBINSON
WASHINGTON POST
One difference between Ellsberg and Manning, I suppose, is that Ellsberg’s leak was more focused; the secret Pentagon study… amounted to 7,000 pages, as opposed to Manning’s alleged 700,000. … Any such large, unsifted release of U.S. diplomatic cables is bound to include disclosures that put lives in danger. WikiLeaks and the news organizations that published some of the information tried to make appropriate redactions. Manning allegedly just threw it all out there, heedless of the consequences. That kind of callous disregard, for life as well as the law, deserves punishment. But I believe “heedless” is the right word… Unless the government really believes he was a spy working for the enemy — which I doubt — he shouldn’t be prosecuted as one.

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FOR SUBSCRIBERSCBP leaders cut out of Trump ad buy decision

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAmerican passenger drafted goodbye texts to her family as Flydubai plane plummeted

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCornell rape allegation pushes embattled New York prosecutor into national spotlight

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAbdul El-Sayed tries to woo MAHA voters as Democrats seek inroads with RFK’s supporters

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKratom-like substances are popping up in a typically benign supplement

FOR SUBSCRIBERSGOP super PAC increases its spending for Sen. Jon Husted in tough Ohio race

FOR SUBSCRIBERSRecords reveal tumultuous marriage between slain New York Times executive and wife

FOR SUBSCRIBERSFrom clean energy warrior to ‘wall of shame,’ James Talarico reverses on a fossil fuel money pledge

FOR SUBSCRIBERSCongressional staff planned official trip with luxury stops in Italy and France weeks before election

FOR SUBSCRIBERSA harrowing ordeal aboard an Israel-bound plane

FOR SUBSCRIBERSOpenAI CEO Sam Altman to skip congressional hearing on rogue AI agents

FOR SUBSCRIBERSKey DOJ lawyers departed Trump ‘grand conspiracy’ probe amid pressure to produce, source says

FOR SUBSCRIBERSTrump’s new AI chatbot often links to a site launched under Clinton 26 years ago

FOR SUBSCRIBERSAt MAHA summit, industry CEOs the movement once vilified take the stage

FOR SUBSCRIBERSThis Paralympian has two goals: Win medals and give away $500,000 to her teammates

OBAMACARE BAIT AND SWITCH
EDITORIAL
WALL STREET JOURNAL
They now concede that individual costs will rise but claim that it is unfair to compare today’s market to ObamaCare because ObamaCare mandates much richer benefits. Another liberal rationalization is that the cost-increasing regulations are meant to help people with pre-existing conditions, so they’re worth it. So they’re finally admitting what some us predicted from the start, but that’s also the policy point. Americans are being forced to buy more expensive coverage than what they willingly buy today.

DON’T TRUST THE PENTAGON TO END RAPE
KIRBY DICK
NEW YORK TIMES
There is a way to stop these predators: we should prosecute and incarcerate them. But here the military fails entirely.
Though the Defense Department estimates that there were 26,000 sexual assaults in the military last year, fewer than 1 percent resulted in a court-martial conviction. Why? There is a deep institutional bias in the military’s justice system; senior officers can — and often do — intervene to prevent cases from being investigated and prosecuted