Posted on 02/01/2018 11:30:12 AM PST by Zuben Elgenubi
Sorry about the hot link at the top of the post. I think it might be the authors notes embedded in the article.
An ongoing criminal enterprise has throughly infested the FBI and DOJ.
Documents released years after they should have been, when the news related to them had died down, reveal that during the Department of Justice’s Fast and Furious scandal—where federal agents were instructed to allow thousands of weapons to be trafficked to Mexican drug cartels—public records officials were told to forward any Freedom of Information Act requests that I made to a special tasker under the guise of “coordination.”
“Recently requests have been made to multiple components for certain records pertaining to Project Gunrunner, an ATF initiative,” a Department of Justice information official wrote to various agencies and officials on May 20, 2011, including DEA, the Attorney General’s office, the Marshal’s Service, the FBI and the Inspector General. “You should contact me directly before proceeding, and as soon as possible…Similarly, you should contact me if you receive a request from Sharyl Attkisson.”
Indeed, this process ensured that I did not receive lawful responses to Freedom of Information requests on Fast and Furious.
This sort of toying with public records is, in my view, one of the worst modern violations of the public trust by our government. The newly-released text messages further that view, but there appears to be no serious effort to remedy it.
Anyone in jail or fined due to any FBI/DOJ investigation going back to when Mueller was in Charge of the FBI down to the current deep state liars/thugs/crooks of the DOJ/FBI will be asking for a reversal.
As walls close in on FBI, the bureau lashes out at its antagonists!
BY SHARYL ATTKISSON, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 01/25/18 01:50 PM EST
There are two overarching issues.
First, there’s the alleged improper use of politically-funded opposition research to justify secret warrants to spy on U.S. citizens for political purposes.
Second, if corruption is ultimately identified at high levels in our intel agencies, it would necessitate a re-examination of every case and issue the officials touched over the past decade — or two — under administrations of both parties.
This is why I think the concerns transcend typical party politics.
It touches everybody. It’s potentially monumental.
This week, the FBI said it was unfair for the House Intelligence Committee not to provide its memo outlining alleged FBI abuses. The committee wrote the summary memo after reviewing classified government documents in the Trump-Russia probe.
Excerpted. For full story go to the link below:
Among other agencies
Maybe all of them
If Comey likes to dress up in ladies clothes, the parallels are amazing.
Lock them up!!
Maybe agents were being encouraged to compromise themselves. It’s easier to control an employee who’s compromised than one who is ethical...
The whole letter is worth reading; it contains a number of other bombshells.
Bkmrk.
In a sane, “just” setting, that text alone would be enough to start sending people to prison for YEARS.
Waiting for Flynn to ask out of his conviction.
One immediate step towards fixing the problem should be extending the statute of limitations for federal records law violations to 13 years after the violation is discovered. That would be three presidential administrations plus 1 year. Plenty of time for them to worry about who might take charge of the government and prosecute them.
“...evade federal record requirements...”
How many have the feds sent to prison for the very same “process crimes”?
Thank you, mojito
Well, there’s an easy fix:
Each carrier must submit all text messages (or use the NSA *wink wink*).
Govt cross-matches and any discrepancies are used to fine and fire the employee(s) attempting to subvert the retention policy laws.
No pensions, no bennies, just buh-bye and enjoy your stay @ the gray-bar hotel.
Thanks Zuben Elgenubi.
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