Posted on 08/19/2022 4:38:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber
If the FBI can selectively leak portions of the affidavit agents used to justify the search of Mar-a-Lago, then why should it be allowed to conceal the rest of the affidavit?
I have been unable to locate any condemnation by the FBI of the leaks to the New York Times of the “highly sensitive information about witnesses, including witnesses interviewed by the government,” in connection with the Mar-a-Lago raid. That’s strange because only a day earlier the Justice Department told a federal judge that releasing the names of these witnesses would, “jeopardize the integrity of this national security investigation.” The silence is deafening.
On Monday, the Department of Justice filed an opposition to the release of the affidavit the FBI used to justify its “panty raid” on Mar-a-Lago.“Disclosure at this juncture of the affidavit supporting probable cause would, by contrast, cause significant and irreparable damage to this ongoing criminal investigation,” the government argued. “As the Court is aware from its review of the affidavit, it contains, among other critically important and detailed investigative facts: highly sensitive information about witnesses, including witnesses interviewed by the government.”
The very next day, within 24 hours, the Times published an article exposing “Pat A. Cipollone and Patrick F. Philbin, the White House counsel and his deputy under President Donald J. Trump,” as the very witnesses whose identity the Department of Justice said it wanted to protect. If this were a real investigation, the target would now be warned to be careful talking to these two witnesses.
The source for the Times article? “Three people familiar with the matter.” It’s conceivable that at the very moment a Justice Department lawyer wrote the warning to the court about revealing witness identities, three of the involved FBI agents were doing just that.
Of course, there will be no condemnation of the leaks of the identity of these witnesses because it’s part of the FBI’s public relations campaign and election interference strategy. In spite of the FBI constantly seeking secrecy to protect its “sources and methods,” it’s more than happy to leak its sources as one of its very dirty methods.
If all of this seems vaguely familiar, it’s probably because of the many developing parallels between the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago panty raid and its Russian collusion hoax perpetrated to obtain a FISA warrant. Then, as now, the FBI leaked supposedly secret details of its investigation to mount a politically inspired public relations campaign against Trump. The election-year leaks accusing Trump campaign figure Carter Page of being a Russian spy became so flagrant that Page wrote an open letter to the FBI demanding an opportunity to clear his name. He wrote,
I am writing to request the FBI’s prompt end of the reported inquiry regarding my personal trip to Russia in July 2016—an investigation which has been widely mentioned in the media . . . Although I have not been contacted by any member of your team in recent months, I would eagerly await their call to discuss any final questions they might possibly have in the interest of helping them put these outrageous allegations to rest while allowing each of us to shift our attention to relevant matters.
In the case of the Carter Page FISA warrants, the FBI fought a vigorous battle to protect the supporting affidavits from public view. No wonder. While it claimed then that it was merely protecting “sources and methods,” it turned out that its sources included the debunked Steele dossier procured by Hillary Clinton and its “methods” included lying to the FISA court to get the warrant.
The FBI’s most flagrant lie to the FISA court was its certification that intrusive electronic surveillance was the only way the FBI could gather information about Page’s Russia-related activities. Worse yet, when the Justice Department finally did cough up a sacrificial lamb, Kevin Clinesmith, he revealed during a court hearing that he had informed his unidentified and still uncharged superiors of the fabricated FISA court evidence and they chose to file it anyway.
As the New York Times reported, “Mr. Clinesmith’s laers also argued that their client did not try to hide the C.I.A. email from other law enforcement officials as they sought the final renewal of the Page wiretap. Mr. Clinesmith had provided the unchanged C.I.A. email to Crossfire Hurricane agents and the Justice Department lawyer drafting the original wiretap application.”
No defund the FBI. They have no shame.
Supporting your “fast spreading” theory, the Taliban was blended into the Afghan population the ENTIRE 20yrs we were there. An like BANG, when Joey Crappy Pants pulled out (something we all wish his father had done 79 years ago), they were there to suddenly overwhelm the body and Take Over.
This is a non-starter. These organizations have shown themselves time and again to be shameless.
They have no shame.
Best we can do is to disband them.
They are organized criminals.
So you think shaming criminals will get them to turn into saints? Indict, convict, and throw them in jail might be a better way.
No you cannot shame the FBI.
“The question arises: Can one shame an organization that has long lost any dignity it once possessed?”
Yeah. You accuse them of falsifying evidence against Trump and they high-five — good job, we got the FISA warrant! Good job! That bozo Reinhardt signed the warrant that lets us confiscate all the incriminating evidence Trump has on us.
Then they do a lessons-learned in how to lower the chance of getting caught next time.
They think this stuff is what they ought to be doing to fight evil and save the universe. I personally think they watch too many Marvel comic movies.
And leave a smoking crater as a memorial. You could have a suspended walking path with historic symbols of barbaric tyranny over the years.
You can’t shame the shameless.
4 words, The FBI is Corrupt.
Shame the FBI and abuses will continue anyway.
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