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user-inactivated  ·  2208 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What To Do About This Now

    Why would they investigate Hilary, reveal she was under investigation only to exonerate her?

Don't forget about reopening the case as an October Surprise.

I mean, I wouldn't put it past the FBI to want to interfere in an election. But if they were trying to put their hands on the scale to benefit Hillary, they did a piss poor job of it.





hootsbox  ·  2205 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So, what do we actually know and not provide conjecture for? One, the DNC and the Clinton campaign, after the, "never Trumper conservatives , who aren't much better", financed a mostly false document, with a foreign person of interest, with proven collusion with Russians, which was used to obtain, without clear disclosure to the FISA court, a warrant to monitor a low level person, who did have some contact with Trump but mostly with his own business interests, and open a monitoring program on an opposition party (and it would be wrong if it were the opposite party). The person who was the object of this monitoring, has NEVER been charged, NEVER been indicted, and roams around free to this day. How is it that an FBI Director begins an exoneration letter, months before the investigation is completed, of the DNC candidate before even finishing questioning witnesses? How is it that the FBI Director, in complete violation of his constitutional charge (to investigate) recommends that no charges be made against a clear violator of explicit law (destruction of evidence under Congressional subpoena which is a Federal crime) which is NOT the role of the FBI (I would fire his out of order BUTT too!) How is it that a clear (Trump or anybody else it might be) hater, changes the verbiage, that Comey regurgitated, from "Grossly Negligent" to "Extremely Careless" based on proven, email and text documented bigoted statements. How is it that all these people escape the purview of a special counsel? Let us quit the innuendo and stick to the facts. I would not put it past the FBI and the "Deep State" of unelected power brokers, to do a piss poor job either.

user-inactivated  ·  2204 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    not provide conjecture

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    a mostly false document

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    open a monitoring program on an opposition party

That's how the state works. Nothing new.

    I would not put it past the FBI and the "Deep State" of unelected power brokers, to do a piss poor job either.

👏🏽 All sides in this are horrible. 👏🏽

The reason I don't buy the idea of them trying to swing the election to Hillary is that it requires me to severely underestimate their competency simply so I can line them up on a "side" between the D's and R's.

tacocat  ·  2208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Makes sense if you account for the deep state and are fucking insane. Mostly the latter.

kleinbl00  ·  2208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

'member back when Cheney was president and the "deep state" was just called "continuity of government?"

Good times.

tacocat  ·  2208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I don't know a thing about it except that it's a popular refrain for when the government does something that the Right doesn't like. I'm going to read this and report back:

https://www.avclub.com/steven-seagal-has-written-an-action-novel-starring-him-1821529875

kleinbl00  ·  2208 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Biography

    Tom Morrissey was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. He started his writing career in the music business as a song writer and a performer. He wrote songs for such greats as Ray Charles, Richie Havens, Brook Benton and The Crazy Elephant. He also performed with the hit recording groups The Echoes and the Ohio Express. He left the music business to become a U S Marshal where he spent 20 years chasing fugitives and protecting federal witnesses before retiring as the Chief Deputy US Marshal for the Federal District of Arizona. Tom also spent a life time studying martial arts, including a rare form of Chinese internal martial arts known as Shing Yi, under Grand Master Kenny Gong (Ak Fai) of Canton, China .

    In the last few years, Tom has turned his attention to a life long love of writing, only this time it is stories and novels. He calls upon his experiences as a US Marshal and a lifetime of martial arts to bring his characters to life on the pages of his books.

    He and his wife Kris live in the mountains of Arizona where he produces and hosts a weekly radio show.

The best thing that ever happened to this guy was getting Steven Seagal to pretend he wrote a book with him.