Politicization of the FBI Threatens American Democracy

The XX Committee intelligence, strategy, and security in a dangerous world ^ | October 21, 2016

[Beautiful_Gracious_Skies]

Obama and Hillary have allowed our secret police to become a tool of the Democrats—which should trouble all Americans

During the presidency of GWB, Americans heard a lot about the “politicization of intelligence” after Operation Iraqi Freedom went disastrously wrong. Without reopening that whole can of top secret worms, it’s clear our Intelligence Community made some bad calls on Iraq—specifically regarding Saddam Hussein’s alleged weapons of mass destruction.

... We didn’t have hard evidence of WMDs, but there wasn’t evidence of their absence either. I, like all my colleagues, assumed Saddam had WMDs because he’d had them in the past, moreover he wanted his enemies to think he still did.

Saddam was a cagey fellow and he had an intricate scheme—what spies call Denial and Deception—to convince Iran (which he considered a much bigger threat to his regime than the Americans) that he had WMDs, when in fact he really didn’t. Alas, that plan worked too well. Saddam successfully fooled Tehran, Washington, and pretty much every intelligence service on earth. We know what happened next.

The consequences are still with us today. In Iraq, America got a painful lesson in the politicization of intelligence, particularly what happens when spies tell policymakers what they want to hear. Politicization of intelligence hasn’t gone away, in fact President Obama has done much the same regarding the Islamic State, with the White House making clear the “correct” answers to intelligence questions. As with so many issues, the media considered this a really big problem when George Bush did it, but much less so when Barack Obama does.

However, politicization of intelligence is a manageable problem compared to what’s transpired during Obama’s two terms as our commander-in-chief. I’m talking about the politicization of our secret police—an alarming development that threatens democracy itself.

[realcleanguy]

Its obvious today that the Democrat Party is actually Anti-Democracy

[Gaffer]

It isn’t “Politicization” in my world.

This began decades ago with Jaime Gorelick (Asst AG) who put up the CIA/FBI wall. It continued with the FBI, ATF, at Ruby Ridge and yes, the MILITARY ‘advisors’ who participated at WACO where about 22 children were burned to death.

What we are relegated to today are Vichy directors of ALL of out Federal Agencies under control of the Executive Branch. We are infested and inundated with treasonous vermin who prefer Islam over Founding Father America, duplicity over truth and the rule of law, individual rights over selected group victim rights.

[dainbramaged]

President Trump needs to clean house big time.

[ETL]

From CNN, July 2016...

This was not his first time investigating the Clintons [Comey]

Nor his second. The email server probe marked the third time Comey has investigated Bill or Hillary Clinton.

His first run-in came in the mid-1990s, when he joined the Senate Whitewater Committee as a deputy special counsel. There he dug into allegations that the Clintons took part in a fraud connected to a Arkansas real estate venture gone bust. No charges were ever brought against either Clinton..."

"In 2002, Comey, then a federal prosecutor, took over an investigation into President Bill Clinton's 2001 pardon of financier Marc Rich, who had been indicted on a laundry list of charges before fleeing the country . ..."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/07/politics/who-is-james-comey-fbi-director-things-to-know/index.html
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"The Whitewater controversy (also known as the Whitewater scandal, or simply Whitewater) began with investigations into the real estate investments of Bill and Hillary Clinton and their associates, Jim and Susan McDougal, in the Whitewater Development Corporation, a failed business venture in the 1970s and 1980s."

Whitewater Convictions

Jim Guy Tucker: Governor of Arkansas at the time, removed from office (fraud, 3 counts)

John Haley: attorney for Jim Guy Tucker (tax evasion)

William J. Marks, Sr.: Jim Guy Tucker's business partner (conspiracy)

Stephen Smith: former Governor Clinton aide (conspiracy to misapply funds). Bill Clinton pardoned.

Webster Hubbell: Clinton political supporter; Rose Law Firm partner (embezzlement, fraud)

Jim McDougal: banker, Clinton political supporter: (18 felonies, varied)

Susan McDougal: Clinton political supporter (multiple fraud). Bill Clinton pardoned.

David Hale: banker, self-proclaimed Clinton political supporter: (conspiracy, fraud)

Neal Ainley: Perry County Bank president (embezzled bank funds for Clinton campaign)

Chris Wade: Whitewater real estate broker (multiple loan fraud). Bill Clinton pardoned.

Larry Kuca: Madison real estate agent (multiple loan fraud)

Robert W. Palmer: Madison appraiser (conspiracy). Bill Clinton pardoned.

John Latham: Madison Bank CEO (bank fraud)

Eugene Fitzhugh: Whitewater defendant (multiple bribery)

Charles Matthews: Whitewater defendant (bribery)

Ultimately the Clintons were never charged, but 15 other persons were convicted of more than 40 crimes, including Bill Clinton's successor as Governor, who was removed from office.[40]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_%28controversy%29#Convictions

or,

https://web.archive.org/web/20090326122112/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitewater_%28controversy%29

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[ETL]

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White House FBI files controversy

The revelations provoked a strong political and press reaction because many of the files covered White House employees from previous Republican administrations, including top presidential advisors.

Under criticism, Livingstone resigned from his position.

Allegations were made that senior White House figures, including First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, may have requested and read the files for political purposes, and that the First Lady had authorized the hiring of the underqualified Livingstone.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_House_FBI_files_controversy

[ETL]

Gary Aldrich FBI agent Unlimited Access

"Gary Aldrich was an FBI agent closing out his career
with a stint at the White House. What should have been
a peaceful exit left him shaken. Unlimited Access is Aldrich's
electrifying expose of a presidential administration with a great
deal to hide--and willing to put America at risk to keep it hidden."

https://www.amazon.com/Unlimited-Access-Agent-Inside-Clinton/dp/0895264064

[yoe]

Obama and Hillary have allowed our secret police to become a tool of the Democrats....If Hillary is allowed to run and should she win, America will have much to fear:

PLEASE GET THIS TO YOUR ELECTED.....NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW IN AMERICA, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE RUNNING FOR POTUS!!!

[ETL]

"So I deleted tens of thousands of e-mails after they
were subpoenaed. At this point what difference does
it make?"

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[rdcbn]

Actually, we did have hard evidence of Saddam's WMD programs.

Saddam outsourced his nuclear weapons development toPakistan, Syria and Libya. via the Khan nuclear proliferation network to build the “Islamic A Bomb” to carry out nuclear Jihad against the infidel.

They were very close

If it were not for GW Bush, we would be facing nuclear armed Islamic Jihadi.

[GOPJ]

It seems that way... something’s not right.

[philman_36]

I have to wonder about the intelligence of this group, and anything they say/write, when they don’t even know that America is a Constitutional Republic and not a Democracy.

[philman_36]

Furthermore...

BOMBSHELL: New York Times Reports WMDs WERE Found in Iraq!

How many times have we been told that there were no weapons of mass destruction found in Iraq? I’m pretty sure I’ve heard it millions of times. I’ve read stories here and there over the last several years about WMDs being found, but of course it never got much news coverage – until now.

The New York Times shockingly admitted in an explosive front page report that thousands of WMDs were found in Iraq since the start of the war:

From 2004 to 2011, American and American-trained Iraqi troops repeatedly encountered, and on at least six occasions were wounded by, chemical weapons remaining from years earlier in Saddam Hussein’s rule.

In all, American troops secretly reported finding roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells or aviation bombs, according to interviews with dozens of participants, Iraqi and American officials, and heavily redacted intelligence documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act.

So, now it needs to be repeated millions of times: there WERE WMDs found in Iraq!

I'll trust my own understanding of the issue of WMD's in Iraq.

[sergeantdave]

The disgraced FBI is a state-sponsored terrorist organization. When one accepts that premise, it becomes crystal clear what must be done.