“So I blow the whistle on the FBI, get raided by the same FBI, and now they want to keep the FBI’s reasons (for the raid secret). Do we now live in a secret police state? Feels a little like 1984.”
“Just following orders, sir”.
Remember all those ‘rank and file’ FBI employees…the ones who are just dedicated, committed, freedom-loving folks, ‘putting it all on the line’ for their country?
That would, of course, be the ‘36,000 employees of the ‘world’s greatest law enforcement agency’, not to be confused with that ‘handful’ of ‘Deep State’ characters at the leadership levels of the Bureau. You know the ones…products of both corrupt (as in Obama’s) and inept (most other GOP and Democrat) administrations.
No commentator of any stripe ever begins an analysis of the FBI’s role in the Deep State tactics and strategies to take down the duly elected presidency of Donald Trump without first dutifully exonerating all those ‘rank and file’ employees.
However, when one reads of the raids on the homes and offices of a president’s personal lawyer (with apparently little practical regard for ‘lawyer-client privilege), or on a ‘cooperating’ former member of a presidential election campaign at 2 AM, or on that of a ‘protected’ whistle blower, it is not the bureau’s ‘leadership’ who performs the activity, guns drawn.
No. It’s those ‘rank and file’ folks…’doing their duty’…apparently oblivious to any apparent legal ramifications, contradictions, or excesses.
Let’s face it folks. There are undoubtedly, good men and women who serve admirably and courageously and patriotically in our FBI. There is undoubtedly another kind as well. We would suggest that in the 8 years of the Obama administration it is quite likely many of that “other kind” were recruited into the ranks of the bureau…people who shared the ideology of that “Deep State Leadership’.
But nevertheless, on a given day, it doesn’t matter what the “commitment” or ideology of the rank and file is.
For most, what matters is their commitment to the ‘job’…their livelihood…for their families and themselves. Their ‘duty and commitment’ is to the paycheck, the career….
If “the Boss” says, “At 2 AM tomorrow morning, you’ll be part of a raid on a residence at 2018 Happy Lane”, the typical Special Agent (with very rare exception) checks his/her body armor, reviews his/her specific assignment, and readies him/her self for the order.
Nobody says, “this doesn’t seem right…”
Make no mistake…for a ‘free’ country, it’s all in the Leadership! DLH
Via Conservative Tree House (excerpt)
DOJ Wants Details of Mysterious FBI Raid on Protected IG Whistleblower Kept Secret – Target of Raid Says “Police State”…
Posted on December 10, 2018by sundance An interesting legal development (full pdf below) in the aftermath of the mysterious FBI raid on protected FBI whistleblower Nate Cain. [Backstory] The DOJ wants the details behind the search warrant to remain under seal, and the whistleblower target of that warrant -who was not arrested- is accusing the DOJ-FBI of being a police state:
[Tweet Link – – Daily Caller Story Link] Something about this entire story is just not adding up. The whistleblower came forward to the IG with information about how the FBI covered-up for the Clintons during investigations about the Clinton Foundation. The IG gave the whistleblower protection, confirmed anonymity, and passed on his documentary evidence to the Senate Intelligence Committee (SSCI). Then the whistleblower gets raided. From the outset the DOJ and IG claims don’t match the DOJ and FBI conduct. Even Senator Chuck Grassley has questions.
