No half assed political rant for awhile, WSF? Let’s fix that now.
Sordid Eric Holder, Obama Administration Attorney
General and Clinton Administration Assistant Attorney General, has Presidential ambitions.
His crimes are well documented, not that
the (P)regressives care. To me, the most damning misfeasance on his watch was a
systemic easing of standards. From the recent IG report:
We identified numerous FBI
employees, at all levels of the organization and with no official reason to be
in contact with the media, who were nevertheless in frequent contact with
reporters,” said the report. “Attached to this report as Attachments E and F
are two link charts that reflect the volume of communications that we
identified between FBI employees and media representatives in April/May and
October 2016. We have profound concerns about the volume and extent of
unauthorized media contacts by FBI personnel that we have uncovered during our
review.”
“The harm caused by leaks, fear
of potential leaks, and a culture of unauthorized media contacts is illustrated
in Chapters Ten and Eleven of our report, where we detail the fact that these
issues influenced FBI officials who were advising Comey on consequential
investigative decisions in October 2016.”
And
In the report, on page 12 of the Executive Summary, it mentions instances of FBI employees receiving benefits
for information in April/May and October of 2016 from media reporters and media
representatives, tickets to sporting events, golfing outings, drinks and
meals, and admittance to non-public social events.
As the old saying goes, “A fish starts
stinking from the head down”. Holder and company set the tone and example. “Hey,
if the big boys don’t care, why should we?” goes the thinking.
From what I hear from my LEO friends and
relatives, the FBI is full of overbearing assholes. That is not to say they
aren’t dedicated patriots, just full of themselves. The problems occur up the
chain. From the field reports of Muslims in flight schools prior to 9/11, to
the recent Parkland shooter, the local agents were on top of it. Their bosses
dropped the ball.
The Bureau’s technical abilities are wondrous
to behold. The Bureau has the ability to mobilize resources and massively
attack problems. We as a country need them. We don’t need them politically
weaponized.
The core value of the FBI seems to be,
beyond everything else, don’t embarrass the Bureau. There are rumbles many of
the rank and files are itching to testify, to clean up their own nest, and
restore the prestige of the institution. Before they do, they want immunity. It
is probably they don’t fear prosecution but persecution from within their own
ranks. With immunity, they have cover in the sense, “I had no choice but to
testify”.
Then their honor won’t be akin to their headquarters building falling
apart and dropping debris on passersby’s, much as their past actions have
rained debris on the rule of law.
My bet is, after the midterm elections,
they will get it. The political climate will be more favorable.
Perhaps President Trump’s greatest
accomplishment will be cleansing the Justice Department and appendages, the
heart of the Deep State. With that, the Republic may survive for a few more
years.
YMMV