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The FBI Needs to Be Pulled Up, Root and Branch
It is beyond any hope of rehabilitation at this point. And this should be the picture next to the definition of the word “smarmy.”
I would submit several more descriptive terms to this little worm, approximately 99% of which would not be appropriate for polite company. It seems, from a hearing before the Senate Oversight Committee this morning, that I am in good company in this opinion of this walking personification of the phrase “Washington Establishment.”
Here is the video of the questioning of this [redacted] by Sen. Josh Hawley in which it is fair to say that the senator, as our friends in Mississippi might describe it, “cut him long, deep and wide’; it runs about six minutes and is worth every second.
"Please tell me that's not accurate…"
Senator @HawleyMO roasts FBI Director Wray for using a government plane for a lake vacation INSTEAD of answering Senators' questions. pic.twitter.com/FH7PRgCuPi
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) November 17, 2022
As a side note, isn’t it interesting that the opening couple of seconds is of that reliable RINO checking his cell phone and then leaving the hearing? Perhaps he knew what was coming was going to be too painful for his delicate, self-righteous sensitivities to hear.
The despicable activities of the FBI, some almost certainly reaching the criminal level, are too well known to repeat here, although Sen. Hawley gives a nice, brief listing of them in his questioning of The Honourable Mister Wray (s/o). This organization is so steeped in the deepest kind of rot and corruption that there does not seem to be much hope for its rehabilitation. As analysts and commentators much more knowledgeable about matters surrounding the descent of this formerly great agency than I could ever pretend to be have observed, it should be abolished and its various important – non-political – functions spread among various entities so it can start afresh. The very first act of the Republican who is inaugurated in January 2025 should be the firing of this little cretin and all of his sycophants, after which the real weeding can get started — pull it up, root and branch!
Too harsh? Am I wrong in feeling there is no hope for this organization in the future? Can it be reformed in its present state? I would like to have any views, pro or con, you care to offer.
God Bless America!
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The idea that the Administration in power can use the political appointees in the DOJ to categorize any protest group as “domestic terror” groups, then use the resources of the FBI to attempt to manufacture this narrative no matter how weak or non-existent, is scandalous.
And if the 4th Estate were actually functioning as working journalists this scandal would be exposed and discussed and the scandal would be dealt with.
Instead the 4th Estate is in on the scandal and pretends the Right Wing “domestic terror ” narrative is real and George Orwell is turning in his grave.
In most cases, right-click on the video, left-click on “copy video URL”, then go to your post and move the cursor to where you want the video, right-click, scroll to “paste” and left-click. the video will appear when you post the comment. I think that is how it is done. I am late to this OP.
Of course. Didn’t Senator Hawley make your point as well? I totally agree.
The easiest way I have found is this: when on twitter, go to the bottom right hand side of the tweet and click on the icon that has the up arrow – this is the share button (see picture below – this is just a screen capture, not the actual tweet). This will allow you to “copy link to tweet” and then you can paste it into your post.
Thank you for both tips; as I am a constant and continuing learner when it comes to technology, I can use all the help I can get. Much appreciated, Jim
Well, I didn’t get that point until Granny made it. I thought the “mandatory” private plane use was for security reasons. Still he never explained why he couldn’t delay his private flight for an hour or so. You’d think he would also get priority in runway use.
I have to believe the FBI Directors staff is busy back dating Wray’s personal reimbursement payments for his personal use of the FBI jet …..
He couldn’t have looked any more guilty of abusing his office . Word to future office abusers , after ditching your Senate oversight hearing with a BS “really gotta go” for important business reasons excuse ….. don’t use the government jet to go on a personal vacation.
However, even with all that , given the current level of Biden/Fetterman type (D) political qualifications, and the (D) voter reception to whatever manner of AhrseClownery the (D) candidates can come up with ….. I wouldn’t be surprised to see the (D) Party testing the waters of a :
Chris Wray 2024!
When the CNN and MSNBC loons start talking about this sheer insanity as if it were even a remote possibility, all bets are off. To play Devil’s Advocate for a moment, why not Chris Wray? As far as the libs are concerned he would be one of the most perfect picks, as they love the criminal enterprise he is running and he is pure Washington Establishment! Added to all that is the fact that his entire attitude is one of sneering, snarky, smarmy condescension. In their eyes, what’s not to like?
How is it said? Oy vey! But remember, he is REQUIRED to use the taxpayer funded Gulf Stream jet to take his private family vacations. And Wray knows that because, as the head of the FBI, he made the rule.
You are very welcome to do so. But I left out so much! Like the FBI failure to investigate the TWA 800 crash, instead ceding the investigation to the CIA the gave us the biggest cock and bull story in the history of aeronautics…and much more.
Chief Justice Roberts is supposed to oversee the FISA courts. Have you heard anything from him? Bueller? Bueller? Anyone?
The (D) voter wouldn’t even flinch at pulling the lever on the Biden/Fetterman ticket.
Not too long go, here in Chicago the (D) voters voted for a stroke stricken John Stroger for President of the Cook County Board of Commissioners (actually a very high office based on Cook Counties billions to spend) …. Stroger won the election and promptly bought the farm shortly there after.
So not only do dead (D)’s vote in Chicago, but the nearly dead (D) politicians win elections handily.
The concept of the FISA Court is only effective if he individuals charged with overseeing the safeguards actually oversee the safeguards.
So the FBI’s supervisory agency, the DOJ, is fed up with the fact that the under 30 crowd can’t afford their Taylor Swift concerts.
They are now beginning an investigation into Ticketmaster.
The same DOJ is upset about Elon Musk’s plans for Twitter and are undertaking an investigation into him.
Meanwhile Ghislaine Maxwell is killing time inside a country club prison set up. She was sentenced there for procuring under age girls for the sex trade. Yet apparently, at least judging by arrest records, none of these girls ever actually had sex with anyone.
I’m sure once the DOJ handles the full Ticketmaster/Musk investigations, they will get right on looking into the matter!!
If they need some tips for their investigation, maybe they could subpoena Bill Gates. He was on the Lolita express and visited the Island over 30 times. Surely he would remember two or three other people he saw there, right?
Thank you for this great compendium of past misdeeds and omissions of the FBI.
J Edgar Hoover it seems was compromised by his homosexuality, and Ray Cohn was able to twist him into doing whatever Cohn wanted to have happen.
Two people who know about the in’s & out’s of Hoover & a great deal more are Whitney Webb, and her rival in all investigations into controversy, Ryan Dawson. Dawson is the lesser known of this pair, but his research is spectacular!
Thank you! I’ll put it up tomorrow and include the TWA 800 case. I again thank you for such a fine (albeit depressing!) listing of so many reasons the FBI should be abolished!
We will hear from the Chief on the disgrace which is the FISA Court on the same day we learn the identity of the Dobbs draft opinion leaker. I have every reason to be confident that these disclosures will be made in the very near future. Now… about that bridge…..
TWA 800 is one of a handful of clearly identifiable exposures of the FBI’s corruption. Jim Kallstrom, their lead agent on that case, wanted to tell the truth, it seems.
If we were to assume the FBI started out pure before Clinton and Gorelick, then we could say TWA 800 was a clear turning point in the FBI’s corruption. But nobody should make that stupid assumption.
The Clinton administration was a disaster for the United States. There’d have been no Barack Obama without Bill Clinton. Before FJB was our illegitimate President, he was Barry O’s leg-humping sidekick.
God, I hate those people. Lying about how those passengers died is only one of the crimes we need them to pay for.
I always think I could have done something to wreck Gorelick’s career back in the 90s when one of her legal manuals crossed my desk for typesetting. Maybe I could have inserted some incriminating words in the margins. Changed a few lines here and there. Assuming the proofreaders weren’t looking too closely, I could have brought her down!
Alas, what might have been.
While the College Admissions scandal was a mildly serious issue …. I thought it was odd that the FBI and DOJ got involved at all.
It seems a state/local investigation and adjudication would have been about as high as the issue deserved, if not within the Universities themselves.
To the extent individuals were taking cash “bribes” and not reporting the income , then yes that is Federal Income tax evasion …. but having the FBI involved in a years long named “Operation Varsity Blues” investigation seems like a weird way for the FBI to utilize it’s law enforcement resources.
Although, with the way the DOJ/FBI is utilizing it’s resources now(ie: domestic terror snipe hunts), maybe wasting their efforts on nonsense like “Operation Varsity Blues” is a good thing.
And like Elon Musk suggests, how about FTX?
Someone here on Ricochet once said that it would be easier and faster to count the times the FBI got something right, fingerprint database and going after the Ku Klux Klan.