There is a reason the FBI refuses to allow other governmental agencies to see the data.
The claim of the FBI is: they cannot conceive of any reason anyone would want to look at the data.
John responded: “You guys break down everything by race and sex. What’s the big deal with this?”
Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.
That makes sense to me. They know, unconsciously, that the data will make them uncomfortable with their suppositions intact. So they don't make any analytical effort to interpret it and deem it "useless" in order to sustain their indoctrinated thesis.
It's a deep psychological problem common to anyone who operates from beliefs rather than from a passion for pursuit of truth no matter where it leads knowing that no matter what, there always will be surprises along the way because we are all ignorant to a degree. Humility yields truth.
Although I’ve known of John’s work some time, I wasn’t aware of his time in the previous Trump administration. I appreciate the account of the FBI stonewalling regarding the NICS data. Amazing. People should be held to account for such nonsense.