Posted on 12/09/2023 4:06:06 AM PST by MtnClimber
A new report just released by the House Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government has offered shocking new insights into the full extent of the FBI’s efforts to use government power and resources to target, intimidate, and harass Catholics, pro-life activists, and other members of the religious community.
The December 4 report found, among other disturbing revelations, that the FBI “abused its counterterrorism tools to target Catholic Americans as potential domestic terrorists” when agency operatives in Richmond, Virginia, circulated a memo designating so-called “radical-traditionalist Catholic[s]” as potential “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.”
“The Committee and Select Subcommittee discovered that the FBI relied on at least one undercover agent to develop its assessment and the FBI even proposed developing sources among the Catholic clergy and church leadership,” the House report states. “Not only did the FBI propose to develop sources, but it already interviewed a priest and choir director affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia, for the memorandum.”
In other words, instead of infiltrating criminal gangs or drug cartels, the FBI was targeting Catholics purely on account of their strong faith.
The report continues: “Most concerning of all, without the disclosure of the brave whistleblower [who disclosed details of the FBI interviews], the Richmond memorandum would still be operative in FBI systems, violating the religious liberties of millions of Catholic Americans.”
According to the report, the FBI also “singled out Americans who are pro-life, pro-family, and support the biological basis for sex and gender distinction as potential domestic terrorists”—another stunning indication that the federal government is openly targeting Americans on the basis of their political views and religious belief.
Contrary to FBI Director Chris Wray’s statement that the Richmond memo was a one-off occurrence, the House report also found that the Richmond field office relied on intel from FBI offices in Los Angeles, Milwaukee, and Portland in making its assessment—a strong indication that other local FBI offices have undertaken similar anti-Catholic operations.
Given these revelations—and given that the FBI backtracked from the contents of the Richmond memo only after it leaked and became the subject of widespread backlash in the conservative media—who is to say what other investigations or protocols the Bureau is secretly deploying against religious groups or other law-abiding Americans?
The House report further concludes that the Bureau made “errors” at “every step of the drafting, review, approval, and removal process of the memorandum”—signaling that the FBI was not only targeting Catholics in a way that abused the agency’s procedures, but was also doing so haphazardly.
Moreover, the anti-Catholic memo “relied on a single investigation in the Richmond Field Office’s area of responsibility”—and despite the FBI’s use of the term “radical-traditionalist Catholic” as the basis for its memo, Bureau employees reportedly “could not define the meaning of a [radical-traditionalist Catholic] when preparing, editing, or reviewing the memorandum.”
In other words, the FBI’s Richmond office issued a full-scale anti-Catholic memo based on a single investigation in which they could not even define the term at the center of the case.
In some cases, the FBI’s targeting of Christians has gone beyond merely spying on local churches. In another sign of unprecedented hostility last year, more than a dozen armed FBI agents raided the home of Mark Houck, a Catholic pro-life activist and father of seven, who was charged with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for praying the rosary outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic.
Though FBI and Biden administration officials have repeatedly attempted to reassure the American people about these incidents, those who defend the unborn or practice the Catholic faith rightly remain skeptical.
After all, the Biden DOJ has provided the American people with little reason to give them the benefit of the doubt. In just the past few months, the DOJ has deployed FBI agents to target patriotic parents, raided the home of Biden’s top political rival, and last year refused to lift a finger to stop the onslaught of violent attacks against crisis pregnancy centers and Catholic parishes in the wake of the June 2022 Dobbs decision.
Is it any wonder then that Christians and conservatives have lost confidence in the Biden DOJ’s ability to enforce the law impartially, without fear or favor? And is it truly that far-fetched to believe the DOJ is deliberately targeting Americans of faith? “You wouldn’t be here if the Trump administration was in the White House,” Mark Houck recalled saying to the multitude of agents who stormed his home last fall.
This realization continues to grow among Americans of every faith. Unless the Biden team brings its political and faith-based persecutions to end, they could soon face a massive reckoning at the ballot box.
This while a terrorist cell could just walk across the southern border and just become a few more of the got aways.
Anyone notice that these other FBI field offices are all in Antifa strongholds?
Biden is at least nominally Catholic. So IMHO Biden, even in his addled state, would not personally direct the FBI to persecute Catholics. Therefore this seems to be directed by someone else. Rhymes with yomama?
And the question that’s not asked or answered??? Who the hell is running the FBI?????
The reported actions of the FBI, as detailed in the House Subcommittee’s findings, raise serious concerns about potential abuses of power and targeting of specific religious and political groups. The allegations of profiling Catholics and pro-life activists, along with procedural errors, underscore the importance of transparency and accountability in law enforcement. The broader implications on public trust in the justice system and potential political motivations warrant careful consideration and investigation.
9/11 hollowed out America.
Hysteria burns out but the long version, the Big Brotherism, is a consuming force eating us from inside.
There’s no privacy, no threshold they may not cross, and no right to hold an opinion to the contrary.
Shut up and pay your taxes...and don’t turn your phone off.
Not long ago we had a Muzzard running the CIA.
Wasn’t Brennan also a communist, in addition to being a Muslim?
The Catholic Church is deeply divided—wheat and tares among other ways.
The bulk of Catholics in Freepdom care for neither Biden nor the Pope, and many of them would prefer, with a minority very strongly prefer, the Mass in Latin. Rome is presently waging a war on those who prefer the Mass in Latin, a preference that tends to ally with a number of other “conservative” positions.
It wouldn’t surprise me if Rome would at least tacitly approve of the FBI’s activities.
And ultimately the offspring of Foreign Born Irish.
Things do unwind.
This is how you keep the Hispanic vote on your side. Attack catholicism. Works every time.
And the question that’s not asked or answered??? Who the hell is running the FBI?????
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Voters, all Democrats and many RINOs, have enabled America’s foreign and domestic enemies to seize control of the Federal Government and weaponize it to attack and destroy everyone who resists their complete control of the country. So it’s probable that you and I have friends, and/or neighbors, and/or relatives who are responsible for who’s controlling the FBI!
Instead of infiltrating criminal gangs, border terrorists and death-wielding drug cartels,
the criminal Biden FBI was targeting Catholics purely on account of their strong faith.
The House Dec 4 report found disturbing revelations:
<><>the Biden FBI “abused its counter-terrorism tools to target Catholic Americans,
<><>Catholics were labeled potential domestic terrorists”
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<><>the FBI tagged Catholics “radical-traditionalist Catholic[s]”
<><>labeled Catholics as potential “racially or ethnically motivated violent extremists.”
“The Committee and Select Subcommittee discovered that the FBI relied on at least one undercover agent to develop its assessment and the FBI even proposed developing sources among the Catholic clergy and church leadership,” the House report states.
“Not only did the FBI propose to develop sources, but it already interviewed a priest and choir director affiliated with a Catholic church in Richmond, Virginia, for the memorandum.”
Atheism (or worship of the celebrity ruling class) is the official religion of the deep state.
Catholics (with some exceptions such as the Pope) do not adhere to the religion of the deep state.
So what's the problem?
The Pope is more in control than Biden—but he does not appear to have ever been very smart for a Jesuit and he too is in decline. While he has aged better than Biden, he is 87.
That said, I can easily envision someone in Rome giving affirmation without the Pope ever hearing a word.
This is how you keep the Catholic Hispanic vote on your
side. Get the FBI to attack Catholicism. Works every time.
Answer: Merrick Garland.
I gather the FBI fellas no longer are Georgetown or Boston College alum.
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