Just When I Thought the Federal Bureau of Instigation Could Stoop No Lower

 

Last week, the apartment of James O’Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, was raided by the Federal Bureau of Instigation (no relation), ostensibly searching for a diary of Ashley Biden (el presidente’s daughter). The diary, having been surrendered to law enforcement over a year ago, was not present. Two smartphones owned by O’Keefe were confiscated in the pre-dawn raid. O’Keefe was kind of surprised when shortly after the raid, a reporter from The New York Times called him up to ask how it feels.

While the diary has been published online for over a year and contains quite a few juicy tidbits regarding the, ahem, inner workings of the family Biden, we now know that the diary was a pretext. It wasn’t about the diary.

It never was.

We know this because in its hubris, The New York Times has begun publishing attorney-client communications between Project Veritas and its counsel. You read that right. The New York Times, in the middle of defamation litigation between it and Project Veritas, has received, as if by magic, privileged communication that it is now using to attempt to impugn further the reputation of Project Veritas. It looks like the FBI has leaked it to the paper.

This is the deep state.

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  1. Barfly Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    Hang On (View Comment):

    Will the Republicans have the stones to make major cuts to the American Gestapo’s FBI’s budget? It’s the only thing the American Gestapo FBI will understand.

    I’m going with, “No, they won’t have the stones.”

    Wait another year or two for the left to really trash the economy. When interest on the debt consumes all our taxes, we’ll have no choice but to inflate our way out. When the IMF and World Bank say we have to be less profligate, they’ll come to their senses and start sacrificing these broken agencies.

    Nah, you’re right. What am I thinking – when things start getting tight, the FBI will be their Sword and Shield.

    How loyal would the FBI be if they’re not being paid, or being paid with worthless “money?”

    Once that becomes a question, things will have deteriorated to the point that they will have to stick with the establishment or suffer a serious lifestyle change. The Sword & Shield will be protected and well-provisioned.

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  2. kedavis Coolidge
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    Barfly (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    Hang On (View Comment):

    Will the Republicans have the stones to make major cuts to the American Gestapo’s FBI’s budget? It’s the only thing the American Gestapo FBI will understand.

    I’m going with, “No, they won’t have the stones.”

    Wait another year or two for the left to really trash the economy. When interest on the debt consumes all our taxes, we’ll have no choice but to inflate our way out. When the IMF and World Bank say we have to be less profligate, they’ll come to their senses and start sacrificing these broken agencies.

    Nah, you’re right. What am I thinking – when things start getting tight, the FBI will be their Sword and Shield.

    How loyal would the FBI be if they’re not being paid, or being paid with worthless “money?”

    Once that becomes a question, things will have deteriorated to the point that they will have to stick with the establishment or suffer a serious lifestyle change. The Sword & Shield will be protected and well-provisioned.

    I’m not sure how that works.  The left doesn’t seem to believe in producing anything but fake/fiat money, and when that runs out how do they expect to pay their sword & shield?

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  3. Terry Mott Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    Hang On (View Comment):

    Will the Republicans have the stones to make major cuts to the American Gestapo’s FBI’s budget? It’s the only thing the American Gestapo FBI will understand.

    I’m going with, “No, they won’t have the stones.”

    Wait another year or two for the left to really trash the economy. When interest on the debt consumes all our taxes, we’ll have no choice but to inflate our way out. When the IMF and World Bank say we have to be less profligate, they’ll come to their senses and start sacrificing these broken agencies.

    Nah, you’re right. What am I thinking – when things start getting tight, the FBI will be their Sword and Shield.

    How loyal would the FBI be if they’re not being paid, or being paid with worthless “money?”

    Once that becomes a question, things will have deteriorated to the point that they will have to stick with the establishment or suffer a serious lifestyle change. The Sword & Shield will be protected and well-provisioned.

    I’m not sure how that works. The left doesn’t seem to believe in producing anything but fake/fiat money, and when that runs out how do they expect to pay their sword & shield?

    There will always be a way to keep the “elite” living comfortably above the hoi polloi.  Their protection force will get paid using whatever store of value ends up being useful for the times.  Euros, pounds, gold, crypto — whatever works.

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  4. kedavis Coolidge
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    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    Hang On (View Comment):

    Will the Republicans have the stones to make major cuts to the American Gestapo’s FBI’s budget? It’s the only thing the American Gestapo FBI will understand.

    I’m going with, “No, they won’t have the stones.”

    Wait another year or two for the left to really trash the economy. When interest on the debt consumes all our taxes, we’ll have no choice but to inflate our way out. When the IMF and World Bank say we have to be less profligate, they’ll come to their senses and start sacrificing these broken agencies.

    Nah, you’re right. What am I thinking – when things start getting tight, the FBI will be their Sword and Shield.

    How loyal would the FBI be if they’re not being paid, or being paid with worthless “money?”

    Once that becomes a question, things will have deteriorated to the point that they will have to stick with the establishment or suffer a serious lifestyle change. The Sword & Shield will be protected and well-provisioned.

    I’m not sure how that works. The left doesn’t seem to believe in producing anything but fake/fiat money, and when that runs out how do they expect to pay their sword & shield?

    There will always be a way to keep the “elite” living comfortably above the hoi polloi. Their protection force will get paid using whatever store of value ends up being useful for the times. Euros, pounds, gold, crypto — whatever works.

    Maybe, but I’m dubious.  Even among the “elite,” the economics have change a lot since like the Great Depression.  Maybe that just means the “elite” that can survive the next collapse will be a lot smaller, and many people who currently fancy themselves as part of that “elite” are just deluding themselves and will end up worse off than the hoi polloi they currently look down on.  If things get that rough, who is going to want to pay Jonah Goldberg for his opinions, or Rob Long for his TV treatments?

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  5. Terry Mott Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Maybe that just means the “elite” that can survive the next collapse will be a lot smaller, and many people who currently fancy themselves as part of that “elite” are just deluding themselves and will end up worse off than the hoi polloi they currently look down on.

    Good point.  When I wrote “elite” I had in mind those who actually have the power to secure comfort for themselves at the expense of the rest of us, not the dispensable hangers-on.

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  6. kedavis Coolidge
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    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Maybe that just means the “elite” that can survive the next collapse will be a lot smaller, and many people who currently fancy themselves as part of that “elite” are just deluding themselves and will end up worse off than the hoi polloi they currently look down on.

    Good point. When I wrote “elite” I had in mind those who actually have the power to secure comfort for themselves at the expense of the rest of us, not the dispensable hangers-on.

    However many of those there might have been before/during the Great Depression, I expect there’s a lot fewer now.  Might be about the same number of people who think they are, including people like Jonah and Rob.  But they’re deluding themselves.  Even if they have money socked away now, the way things would collapse, that money won’t be worth much.

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  7. Flicker Coolidge
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    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    Hang On (View Comment):

    Will the Republicans have the stones to make major cuts to the American Gestapo’s FBI’s budget? It’s the only thing the American Gestapo FBI will understand.

    I’m going with, “No, they won’t have the stones.”

    Wait another year or two for the left to really trash the economy. When interest on the debt consumes all our taxes, we’ll have no choice but to inflate our way out. When the IMF and World Bank say we have to be less profligate, they’ll come to their senses and start sacrificing these broken agencies.

    Nah, you’re right. What am I thinking – when things start getting tight, the FBI will be their Sword and Shield.

    How loyal would the FBI be if they’re not being paid, or being paid with worthless “money?”

    Then they start collecting forfeited civil assets that appear to be drug related from grocery stores and pharmacies, and gas stations and farms.

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  8. Barfly Member
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    kedavis (View Comment):
    Even among the “elite,” the economics have change a lot since like the Great Depression.  Maybe that just means the “elite” that can survive the next collapse will be a lot smaller, and many people who currently fancy themselves as part of that “elite” are just deluding themselves and will end up worse off than the hoi polloi they currently look down on.

    Let’s take a step back and look at this. Over here are the effete “elite”, over there are the Praetorian Guard, and outside the peasants are becoming restless. Oh look the Guard has all the guns. 

    Now, you predict who gets the money.

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  9. TBA Coolidge
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    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Barfly (View Comment):

    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    Hang On (View Comment):

    Will the Republicans have the stones to make major cuts to the American Gestapo’s FBI’s budget? It’s the only thing the American Gestapo FBI will understand.

    I’m going with, “No, they won’t have the stones.”

    Wait another year or two for the left to really trash the economy. When interest on the debt consumes all our taxes, we’ll have no choice but to inflate our way out. When the IMF and World Bank say we have to be less profligate, they’ll come to their senses and start sacrificing these broken agencies.

    Nah, you’re right. What am I thinking – when things start getting tight, the FBI will be their Sword and Shield.

    How loyal would the FBI be if they’re not being paid, or being paid with worthless “money?”

    Once that becomes a question, things will have deteriorated to the point that they will have to stick with the establishment or suffer a serious lifestyle change. The Sword & Shield will be protected and well-provisioned.

    I’m not sure how that works. The left doesn’t seem to believe in producing anything but fake/fiat money, and when that runs out how do they expect to pay their sword & shield?

    There will always be a way to keep the “elite” living comfortably above the hoi polloi. Their protection force will get paid using whatever store of value ends up being useful for the times. Euros, pounds, gold, crypto — whatever works.

    …drugs, chickens, working WiFi….

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  10. TBA Coolidge
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    Terry Mott (View Comment):

    kedavis (View Comment):

    Maybe that just means the “elite” that can survive the next collapse will be a lot smaller, and many people who currently fancy themselves as part of that “elite” are just deluding themselves and will end up worse off than the hoi polloi they currently look down on.

    Good point. When I wrote “elite” I had in mind those who actually have the power to secure comfort for themselves at the expense of the rest of us, not the dispensable hangers-on.

    You can always get new intellectuals and apologists. 

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  11. Chris O Coolidge
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    Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…

    John D. O’Connor connects some dots, and finds the FBI attempting to compromise the 2016 Trump Campaign through George Papadopoulos. If he’s right, this is no longer a dossier question, and who knew what and when. Wiretaps? What could make us forget about illegal wiretaps? A multi-pronged operation where Bureau assets seem to keep showing up on Papadopoulos’ doorstep? Seems they zeroed in on him in a heavy way.

    And…who authorized such a thing? 

     

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  12. The Reticulator Member
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    Chris O (View Comment):

    Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…

    John D. O’Connor connects some dots, and finds the FBI attempting to compromise the 2016 Trump Campaign through George Papadopoulos. If he’s right, this is no longer a dossier question, and who knew what and when. Wiretaps? What could make us forget about illegal wiretaps? A multi-pronged operation where Bureau assets seem to keep showing up on Papadopoulos’ doorstep? Seems they zeroed in on him in a heavy way.

    And…who authorized such a thing?

    If an elected politician it was almost certainly someone who  arranged to have plausible deniability.  

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  13. EDISONPARKS Member
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    Chris O (View Comment):

    Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…

    John D. O’Connor connects some dots, and finds the FBI attempting to compromise the 2016 Trump Campaign through George Papadopoulos. If he’s right, this is no longer a dossier question, and who knew what and when. Wiretaps? What could make us forget about illegal wiretaps? A multi-pronged operation where Bureau assets seem to keep showing up on Papadopoulos’ doorstep? Seems they zeroed in on him in a heavy way.

    And…who authorized such a thing?

    I believe an important part of the plan of the corrupt insiders at DOJ/FBI/SecState/IC connected to the (D) (and some idiot NTers …. an ill and elderly McCain and his staff) once they were exposed was to  stall stall stall.

    After they were pretty well exposed by conservative Journos and (R) congress members and staff(Nunes and Patel) the game was to stall, push the exposure way out into the future at which time most of the public will have lost interest and more importantly forgot the story line.

    So now when Durham begins to expose key components of the historic scandal we focus only on the cases in which Durham is able to charge federal crimes, and we forget other equally or even more egregious cases of the brazen political abuse of power and the vast corruption used in an attempt to destroy and hobble the Trump Administration

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