I just wonder how many people out there like you realize exactly what they are seeing when the FBI admits to this stuff openly. There have to be hundreds of thousands of Americans who have been specifically trained to know it would get them prosecuted BY the FBI if they used the same investigative technique.
Same with the very concept of 302 forms. Imagine a local police department that has a matter of policy refused to use any cameras, or recording devices when conducting interviews up to and including homicide. There would be a doj takeover of that department within the week.
What I don’t understand is how this is happening so openly. It’s as if we are all rushing towards the cliff, know that the cliff is there and what the outcome will be, yet we run in that direction regardless.
I have (had) a lot of respect for FBI agents. In the LEO community, although they were sometimes the butt of jokes, they were highly thought of. I just cannot believe that they are willing participants in this bloodless coup of our government.
I can understand the hierarchy of the Bureau. Like municipal and sheriff’s offices, the politics run rampant. Local police executives, (chief’s; deputy chief’s) serve at the pleasure of the local governing authority. Sheriff’s are duly elected and their departments are overrun with the proverbial butt-kissing political hack, (think Broward County). But below that, the troops are pretty solid.
Since there is an avenue for Federal employees (IG) to report abuse, I just cannot believe we’ve come to the point where everyone is going along with this.
I have my fingers crossed that Judge Sullivan will be the spark that lights the fire. He’s a Federal Judge who ORDERED the production of documents to which he is entitled. Not redacted, “here’s what I’m willing to give you” BS, but the actual document associated with the case. This Judge gave Mueller a smack-down once before, I don’t think he’d hesitate to do it again.
Are we past the point of no return in this republic? For our sake, I hope not.