Congress Fears Blackmail by FBI

NewsMax.com ^ | 6/19/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff

[murdoog]

Lesson: don't videotape yourselves in compromising positions with poultry.

NOW you tell me!

[Red Jones]

who can trust law enforcement people? especially at the federal level? Remember Waco and other events.

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[Smedley]

The FBI knows more crap on congress than you suspect . . .

. . . but can do nothing about it.

Years ago when I had a high-level security clearance, I reported to the FBI that I had witnesses a number of congressional aides doing drugs in the capital-building parking lot. I was dating a Democrat at the time -- the perps were her friends.

The FBI agent threw up his hands and said that the FBI knew of a lot of criminal abuses on Capital Hill, but was powerless to do anything.

Congress has protected its own very well.

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[proudofthesouth]

I'm thinking the same thing as I read through this and I agree with you. Also, didn't J. Edgar Hoover keep files on Congressmen and others in Washington for the purpose of blackmailing them?

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[backhoe]

A little dated, but still of interest:

FBIfiles:

Names on the 1000+ FBI files Clinton obtained for political ...
FBI files Bill Clinton obtained illegally “I would
never condone or tolerate ...

Letters to the Editor
... Charles Colson goes to jail for reading one FBI files.
Clinton administration reads at least 900 FBI files. ...

Letter From A Friend - #49: January, 1999
... exposing their past immorality. (There is question that his information is coming
from the FBI files Clinton pulled and examined.) That's great! Larry Flynt is ...

The Nationalist Times -- June 2000
... noise. If any of them threaten to squeak too loudly, there are all those lovely FBI
files Clinton's operatives have at their disposal to keep them in line. Yes ...

<Investigation Into The White House and D...

Inquiry into Clinton use of FBI files on...

FBI Files Fiasco No SNAFU!

[Myrddin]

Also, didn't J. Edgar Hoover keep files on Congressmen and others in Washington for the purpose of blackmailing them?

The FBI does keep detailed files. Clinton used those files to have his way with his enemies in Congress. I suspect that is the means by which the Senate was prevented from a fair hearing on the impeachment.

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[chemainus]

The FBI is corrupt .

[chemainus]

"Big government by its very nature is government that intrudes in people's lives, usurps their rights and responsibilities and confiscates their money. There is nothing conservative about any of this. Regardless of how benevolent and well-meaning its intentions are, government expands almost entirely for the purpose of controlling and regulating the lives of its citizens. Each act of government, each law passed, each regulation written is a step toward limiting the freedom of some one or some group or some organization or some business or industry. Granted, some of these steps may be necessary but most of them are not. So let's not kid ourselves. If conservatives are people who put freedom ahead of security and individual rights ahead of government control, then it must follow that they are opposed to big government. This being the case, a policy of 'big government conservatism' is merely an excuse for wayward conservatives to justify moving leftward and anyone who denies this is an ignoramus, a fool or a hypocrite." --Lyn Nofziger

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oooooo blackmail

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