12-2-2024
Taming the FBI Institution
Like many Americans I grew up idolizing and respecting J. Edgar Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigation. I watched the ABC television series “The Untouchables” with Robert Stack as Special Agent Elliott Ness (1959 – 1963) battling organized crime in 1930s Chicago. In real life when the FBI goes after the bad guys, they usually get killed or caught and imprisoned.
I’ve never been politically active during my 21 year military career. As a soldier I swore to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
The mission of the FBI is “To protect the American people and uphold the Constitution of the United States”. The FBI motto is “Fidelity, Bravery and Integrity”.
So imagine my surprise when it was discovered that Obama’s Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lost a whole lot of emails and not even the FBI could find them. Then there was Hillary’s private computer server where many of her email communication had been stored. Eventually those “lost” emails were scrubbed from her server, but recovered by an overseas whistleblower and then the FBI became involved (sort of). However and even though it was a national security issue investigated by the FBI no charges were ever brought against her or other implicated parties like (President Obama).
Along came President Trump who managed to get the FBI investigating him for a host of “trumped up” charges and accusations that led to his 2 impeachments during his first term. President Trump fired the director of the FBI and raised Director Wray from within and I said then that it was an opportunity to see if Wray could fix the problems within the FBI or was he in fact complicit?
Hunter Biden’s abandoned laptop was presented and confiscated by the FBI, damaging and incriminating information, illicit pictures and other information leading to corruption in the White House and with members of Congress, yet no investigation or charges were ever found.
When President Biden entered office his FBI conducted a raid on President Trump’s residence over classified documents. Agents went thoroughly through Trump’s residence opening drawers and searched every room (even though they knew the location of those classified documents).
All of Hunter Biden’s alleged and convicted charges became mute yesterday after President Biden gave his son Hunter a full and total and unconditional pardon (2014 – 2024).
Now that President Trump has announced Kash Patel as his nominee for FBI director it seems there is hope for the agency as an institution, not so much for those upper level (7th Floor) supervisors, managers and staff. It was reported that Patel had said he would close the doors of the Hoover Building as a monument to the deep state (who have taken over the FBI). He was probably saying it as a joke after having previously worked as a DOJ prosecutor, but maybe it would be more suitable to shutter the entire 7th Floor so that nobody is so self-righteous enough as to gain an office space there?
The credibility of the FBI is currently in question; however the integrity of agents and special agents remains intact until such time as they position themselves on the wrong side of right. Our society is sorely in need of honest and trustworthy field agents who stand up for the Constitution and all that it stands for without getting politically involved depending upon who sits in the White House. – RTM
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