This public lecture will have caused gnashing of teeth at the White House. Ignatius is a top member of the Democratic media elite. The son of a prominent Democratic player, Paul Ignatius (still alive at almost 103), who served as Secretary of the Navy and president of the Washington Post, the younger Ignatius was raised in Washington, DC, educated at St. Albans, then Harvard . He’s worked in top-level D.C. journalism for over four decades and has been at the Post since 1986. David Ignatius is the Washington Democratic media elite wrapped up in one person.

But there’s another side to Ignatius, too, and here’s where things get interesting.

For decades, Ignatius has cultivated a close relationship with the intelligence community, particularly the Central Intelligence Agency. … Ignatius perhaps isn’t just speaking for himself with his latest Post column.

[Well, that may be what the Deep State wants, but Biden won’t go away over a couple of columns. John’s point remains, however, even if Biden resists the hints. — Ed]