Posted on 11/10/2024 5:20:30 AM PST by MtnClimber
A new lawsuit suggests that the bureau has not exactly been respectful of political appointees’ privacy.
The FBI’s background investigation (B.I.) process for political nominees has allegedly been corrupted with “improper handling” of sensitive information, according to an investigation by America First Legal (AFL). AFL’s November 7 press release asserts that the mishandling of private information is a “critical” matter” that must be addressed because of the potential to use the B.I. process as a “weapon against future nominees.”
It also appears that select staff from the Senate Judiciary Committee “appear to have shared FBI background reports and personal financial information in a breach of Senate security protocols.” AFL rightly asserts that Americans, including administration nominees, have a right to privacy “to the greatest extent possible,” as cited in the Privacy Act of 1974.
AFL alleges that it has found “explosive new discoveries about the FBI’s flawed and unlawful background investigation process for nominees to positions that require Senate confirmation.” The investigation goes back to late June 2021, when AFL submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the DOJ.
The June 24, 2021 FOIA request included but was not limited to requests for records related to consent from nominees to be investigated by the FBI and all communications between the FBI and the Senate Judiciary Committee members and staff. In addition, AFL asked the DOJ to respond with “all laws, regulations, guidance and documents” that would apply to the “disclosure of judicial nominee background information files to Congress.” Those requested documents would also include any “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) between the Biden White House and the Senate Judiciary Committee and any MOU between the White House and the DOJ related to the “background investigations of potential judicial nominees.”
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How did Hillary get the BI files for her political enemies?
Who hired Craig Livingston and was he fired after bringing the 900 FBI files on political opponents to Bill and Hilary at the Whitehouse? What’s old Craig up to these days?
“How did Hillary get the BI files for her political enemies?”
She asked for them...probably.
Sandy Burglar probably had something to do with it. He could fit a whole library in them drawers.
Just Democratic Warriors championing their cause because the ends justify the means!
How would we know about any of this without Trump’s ascendancy?
FBI is americas gestapo. It started under J Edgar Hoover.
Hmmm.. I tried that link and it goes to a pay wall, but at the top of the page I found this....
https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/104th-congress/house-report/849/1
Disband it, fire everyone, and raze all its buildings and facilities to the ground.
Back to journalism school Wendi! The following in brackets should be redacted.
American Thinker ^ | 10 Nov, 2024 | Wendi Strauch Mahoney
A new lawsuit [suggests?] that the bureau has not [exactly] been respectful of political appointees’ privacy. The FBI’s background investigation (B.I.) process for political nominees has [allegedly] been corrupted with “improper handling” of sensitive information, according to an investigation by America First Legal (AFL). AFL’s November 7 press release asserts that the mishandling of private information is a “critical” matter” that must be addressed because of [the potential to] use the B.I. process as a “weapon against future nominees.” [It also appears that] select staff from the Senate Judiciary Committee “[appear to] have shared FBI background reports and personal financial...American Thinker ^ | 10 Nov, 2024 | Wendi Strauch Mahoney
A new lawsuit [suggests?] that the bureau has not exactly been respectful of political appointees’ privacy. The FBI’s background investigation (B.I.) process for political nominees has [allegedly] been corrupted with “improper handling” of sensitive information, according to an investigation by America First Legal (AFL).
There are a number of Senate committees that need a total houscleaning of their staff, and if we get the right GOP Senate leader they should be encouraged to demand it. Then that GOP leader needs to have a staff that investigates the nominees to those committee staff positions and vetoes those that should be excluded even from choices allowed by the Dims.
Much of the perfidy from Congress comes from the congressional staffs as much as Congress itself.
Abolish the FBI. It apparently has become the crime syndicate they first were charged with destroying. The United States does not need a STASI.
Trump should use Trump Organization security to do bknd checks instead
You don’t see this reported much but I think most people realize that almost all federal agencies and DoD are going through people’s social media and if they get a hint of Trump support they kick that applicant to the curb.
Trump really needs to fumigate the Homeland “Security”, the FBI and the Border Patrol if he intends to protect America’s borders from invasion.
That is one for the history books!
They find dirt on them for the DNC?
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