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Dr. Strawman, Or How I Learned To Stop Loving The FBI And Start Worrying
American Thinker ^ | 17 May, 2021 | John Simpson

Posted on 05/17/2021 4:04:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber

In a divided America, the FBI focus on one group of politically motivated people, while ignoring others who are more violent, cannot end well.

For those of you old enough to remember, one of ABC’s most popular television series of all time was The FBI, starring Efram Zimbalist, Jr., which showed 241 episodes from 1965 to 1974. Then-FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover served as a consultant to the series until his death in 1972. Hoover’s second-in-command Clyde Tolson vetted every draft episode of the series, and even vetted the actors playing FBI agents and other characters so that “no Communists, subversives or criminals” were associated with the show.

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My respect for the FBI goes far beyond watching TV shows or reading about their successes. From 2012 to 2017, I worked for a major defense contractor that produced and serviced tactical communications systems and concealment devices for hundreds of federal, state, and local LEOS, including the FBI, DEA, ATF and the Secret Service.

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I can stand politicians lying to me. I’ve witnessed that my entire life. But for the Director of the FBI to lie to the American people in such a low fashion, one more characteristic of John Brennan and James Clapper is a bridge too far. Add to that the embarrassing raid on Marylin Hueper in Alaska based on a selfie. That’s not an investigation unless they have evidence I don’t know about. It was a politically motivated botch that completely disrupted the lives of two innocent Americans. Conversely, DoJ and the FBI seem determined to whitewash, equivocate, and dismiss any concerns about Antifa and BLM, whose members have caused over two billion dollars in damage and destroyed countless businesses and lives.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: communism; corruption
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1 posted on 05/17/2021 4:04:54 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

They are communists John. Just slimy, evil communists.


2 posted on 05/17/2021 4:05:06 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

Our ENTIRE GOVERNMENT IS CORRUPT!!


3 posted on 05/17/2021 4:10:49 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MtnClimber
How could this guy ever have loved THE FBI?
The FBI has been evil for decades. Right from the start with J Edgar Hoover, albeit the FBI far more evil today with Wray/Biden than they've ever been.
4 posted on 05/17/2021 4:16:22 AM PDT by SmokingJoe
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To: MtnClimber

The FBI has been fully exposed as the DS security apparatus. Any non swamper is well aware that they are now on the enemy list. This knowledge is intended to silence us. Should you ever decide to try to organize against the state, your first gung ho recruits will surely be some of Wray’s goons. The goons will be there to set you up for DOJ persecution. Trump had four years to clean up the FBI but took that 99.9999% clown, Hannity’s advice.


5 posted on 05/17/2021 4:17:35 AM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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To: MtnClimber

What people can’t get through their heads is that as soon as an FBI agent is sworn in he or she becomes part of the establishment.


6 posted on 05/17/2021 4:37:42 AM PDT by freedomjusticeruleoflaw (Strange that a man with his wealth would have to resort to prostitution.)
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To: MtnClimber

If there is one part of our government the Founders would be most appalled by it is the FBI. A national secret police force designed to go after political dissidents should not exist in a free society.


7 posted on 05/17/2021 4:42:22 AM PDT by Renfrew
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All perfectly natural for the FBI director and his number 2 to go on vacations together and dress alike. All perfectly natural if they're a gay couple.

8 posted on 05/17/2021 4:42:37 AM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: MtnClimber

There was a time in my known memory that if the FBI showed up at my door and wanted to ask questions, I would have unhesitatingly let them in, served coffee, and freely answered questions.

After all, I haven’t broken any laws that I know of, or engaged in criminal activity, right?

Now, if they show up, I wouldn’t let them into the house without a subpoena and wouldn’t talk to them without my lawyer present.


9 posted on 05/17/2021 4:44:04 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: MtnClimber

I have wondered more than once if the FBI tv series was nothing more than propaganda. Power corrupts ...


10 posted on 05/17/2021 4:44:45 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (“When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty.” ― Thomas Jefferson)
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To: MtnClimber

In 2021 America, saying bad things about the FBI is dangerous. Watch what you say, comrade.


11 posted on 05/17/2021 4:45:33 AM PDT by TTFlyer (Vote harder, sucker. Yeah, that's the ticket. ..)
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To: MtnClimber

With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.

The FBI has been found unworthy.


12 posted on 05/17/2021 4:51:51 AM PDT by MattMusson (Sometimes the wind blows too much)
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To: Ann Archy

I’ve been saying for years,

“There is no DEEP STATE.........there is only THE GOVERNMENT”


13 posted on 05/17/2021 5:16:50 AM PDT by Roccus (Prima di ogni altra cosa, siate armati!)
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To: TTFlyer
In 2021 America, saying bad things about the FBI is dangerous. Watch what you say, comrade.

I was posting about the FIB.

14 posted on 05/17/2021 7:13:50 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Flick Lives

It’s cute how they cross their legs pointing at each other.


15 posted on 05/17/2021 7:22:57 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. .... )
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To: rlmorel
Now, if they show up, I wouldn’t let them into the house without a subpoena and wouldn’t talk to them without my lawyer present.

Don't forget the audio/video recorders!

16 posted on 05/17/2021 7:25:56 AM PDT by zeugma (Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
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To: MtnClimber

Most conservatives have been very supportive of law enforcement agency such as the police and FBI.

What we’re coming to realize, though, is that for most of the cops and agents this is just a job, a way to get a paycheck to pay for their mortgage and their food. That means that they will do as they’re told. Few do it out of principle.

This means that whoever controls them can order them to go after their enemies, which is more and more getting to be us


17 posted on 05/17/2021 7:37:22 AM PDT by aquila48 (o not let them make you care! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: zeugma

I had no idea before 2017 that the FBI, as a matter of unalterable practice, never records their interviews!

If that had been their practice, they might not have had the gall to entrap General Flynn as they did.

I find that, in this day and age, to be appalling. I can only assume they do that for nefarious purposes. I can think of no reasonable reason for doing that, regardless of their rationalization or justification.


18 posted on 05/17/2021 9:08:35 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists are The Droplet of Sewage in a gallon of ultra-pure clean water.)
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To: SmokingJoe

He explains why.


19 posted on 05/17/2021 9:49:58 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

I am still awaiting one-—just one FBI agent to step forward and do the right thing and blow the whistle on all the illegal activity the FBI clearly has engaged in the last six or seven years alone, so far there is not one honest FBI employee out there-—not one.

So far these 99% good agents that Sean Hannity blathers on about have shown they are perfectly agreeable to accepting and following clearly illegal orders and commit multiple crimes in the process of following those orders.

The FBI is quickly showing the public they are the mafia like muscle for the political opponents of the Marxist/Democrats. They cannot be trusted to do the right thing and will eventually become America’s full blown Gestapo, NKVD or Stasi.


20 posted on 05/17/2021 12:02:20 PM PDT by sarge83
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