Dumpington
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Democrats were OUTRAGED following their party's shocking 2016 presidential defeat, with Hillary Clinton's historic loss to Donald Trump upsetting all of their many hopes & dreams! But they quickly found solace in Robert Mueller & his investigation, repeating the mantra: "Wait until the Mueller Report comes out" - over & over! But then it was released - NO COLLUSION & NO OBSTRUCTION - and they were once again devasted!
But it's not over just yet!
Momentum is quickly building towards uncovering the distasteful possibility that the targeting of a U.S. presidential campaign was actually a political operation, fostered at the highest levels of our government, and masquerading as an FBI counterintelligence investigation. Attorney General William Barr has signaled that his interest in examining the origins of the investigation into the Trump campaign extends far beyond whether the FBI operated “by the book,” as former FBI Director James Comey described it. Barr also wants to understand the role played by other branches of our nation's INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY in all of this.
Barr’s words and actions are telling. First, he raised the concern that the Trump campaign was “spied” upon. His use of the word “spying” appears more calculated than casual. The wailing and gnashing of teeth that followed is also telling. “The FBI doesn’t spy” became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness. It’s a fair point - the FBI is charged with acting under strict legal restrictions and court orders. Spying is not a term traditionally associated with those activities.
But it also misses the point that Barr appears to be making. The INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY does spy - it’s what they do. Barr may have been referring less to the FBI and more to the IC’s possible murky involvement. This seems to be validated by Barr’s appointment of a surrogate investigator: U.S. Attorney John Durham. Why would the attorney general add a third investigation to those under way by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and U.S. Attorney John Huber? Because those investigations are focused on the FBI. Durham’s assignment is NOT similarly constrained; his marching orders appear broader.
Through Durham, Barr can begin dusting for fingerprints across the government, not just the FBI. The squirming has begun.
The American people shouldn’t feel badly if all this seems confusing. Even experienced counterintelligence investigators are scratching their heads. The former FBI general counsel to Comey, James Baker, added to the confusion last week with some lawyer language — that the FBI “took the dossier seriously, but not necessarily literally.” Say what?
Intelligence Community leaders aren’t used to being held to account by the Justice Department, and their oversight by Congress is generally mild. Theirs is a comfortable world, obfuscated and kept mysterious by the liberal use of their classified-information shield. The demonization of Attorney General Barr has begun — a sign that he is probably on the right track. And the IC leaders are on notice.
But it's not over just yet!
Momentum is quickly building towards uncovering the distasteful possibility that the targeting of a U.S. presidential campaign was actually a political operation, fostered at the highest levels of our government, and masquerading as an FBI counterintelligence investigation. Attorney General William Barr has signaled that his interest in examining the origins of the investigation into the Trump campaign extends far beyond whether the FBI operated “by the book,” as former FBI Director James Comey described it. Barr also wants to understand the role played by other branches of our nation's INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY in all of this.
Barr’s words and actions are telling. First, he raised the concern that the Trump campaign was “spied” upon. His use of the word “spying” appears more calculated than casual. The wailing and gnashing of teeth that followed is also telling. “The FBI doesn’t spy” became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness. It’s a fair point - the FBI is charged with acting under strict legal restrictions and court orders. Spying is not a term traditionally associated with those activities.
But it also misses the point that Barr appears to be making. The INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY does spy - it’s what they do. Barr may have been referring less to the FBI and more to the IC’s possible murky involvement. This seems to be validated by Barr’s appointment of a surrogate investigator: U.S. Attorney John Durham. Why would the attorney general add a third investigation to those under way by Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz and U.S. Attorney John Huber? Because those investigations are focused on the FBI. Durham’s assignment is NOT similarly constrained; his marching orders appear broader.
Through Durham, Barr can begin dusting for fingerprints across the government, not just the FBI. The squirming has begun.
The American people shouldn’t feel badly if all this seems confusing. Even experienced counterintelligence investigators are scratching their heads. The former FBI general counsel to Comey, James Baker, added to the confusion last week with some lawyer language — that the FBI “took the dossier seriously, but not necessarily literally.” Say what?
Intelligence Community leaders aren’t used to being held to account by the Justice Department, and their oversight by Congress is generally mild. Theirs is a comfortable world, obfuscated and kept mysterious by the liberal use of their classified-information shield. The demonization of Attorney General Barr has begun — a sign that he is probably on the right track. And the IC leaders are on notice.
