Why We Should All Fear the Rot Inside the FBI - by Joy-Ann Reid

[DonViejo]

What James Comey did was bad enough, but now he’s clearly at the mercy of a right-wing faction of his own agents. Who can stop them?

11.05.16 12:01 AM ET

When a black church burned in Greenville, Mississippi, leaving charred walls and roof and the words “vote Trump” scrawled on the side of the building, local authorities called in the FBI. Its offices in Jackson, the state capitol, and Washington D.C. were put on the case.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has been doing that kind of work for decades. It was the FBI, under pressure from Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, that sent scores of agents to Philadelphia, Mississippi in June of 1964 to investigate the disappearance of three civil rights workers: Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman and James Chaney, who had themselves been investigating the firebombing of a black church that was to serve as a “freedom school,” in preparation for registering black Mississippians to vote. When the three men were found dead—lynched and discarded in an earthen dam—it was FBI agents who made the discovery, acting on an informant’s tip.

The FBI has had its dark days, too. It was the federal law enforcement agency, under director J. Edgar Hoover, that tried to harass Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. literally to death; and that infiltrated, sabotaged and set up members of the civil rights movement, anti-war movement, the Black Panthers, and more; from COINTELPRO to infiltrating and spying on groups opposed the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The most recent target of massive surveillance by the FBI: protest movements organized under the broad banner of Black Lives Matter, which collectively are aimed at reforming policing, to reduce often fatal violence against unarmed black civilians. Americans have, at various times, leaned on the FBI for a measure of justice that local and state police couldn’t be counted on to deliver, and recoiled in fear at their exercise of raw federal power. That uneasy trust; the combination of need and dread, is the lot that FBI agents live with day to day.

The events of the past two weeks have made it all but impossible to have much faith in the FBI now. The agency has, through the actions of a minority cell of unknown size, been severely tainted, potentially dragging down the reputations of even the finest agents in its ranks.

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http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/05/why-we-should-all-fear-the-rot-inside-the-fbi.html

[Panich52]

1. Interesting to see how much coverage FBI will get on this morning's show

[Coyotl]

11. I've seen enough Rudy for a lifetime.

[dhol82]

2. Bad link

Comes up as an error message

[DonViejo]

3. Works fine for me...

here it is again though:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/11/05/why-we-should-all-fear-the-rot-inside-the-fbi.html

[Moosepoop]

4. Works fine for me, too. n/t

[dhol82]

6. This one worked

Thanks.

[DonViejo]

8. No problem! eom

[Cha]

5. Good background on how the FBI has been a force for good.. and

their "dark days" harassing Dr King and sabotaged the civil rights and anti-war movements.. wrapping up with their recent history on why we should be afraid and angry now

trump's fans are as stupid as he is thinking burning a Black Church and writing "vote trump" is going to get anything other than the moronic vote.

Thanks Don



Coyotl

[BlueCaliDem]

7. Republican partisanship within the FBI has damaged the organization's image considerably.

It will take a purge of these Republican partisans disguised as FBI agents and lots of coverage of it to restore their image of impartiality.

Clearly, anything and everything Republicans touch turns to s**t in a nanosecond. Conclusion: if you love America DON'T LET REPUBLICANS TOUCH IT.

[Mr. Ected]

9. DOJ has some serious housekeeping ahead of it

Step One will be identifying the rogue agents within the FBI that are behind this coup. Step Two is routing them out and punishing them for their transgressions.

The only question is, what punishment and on what basis?

[baldguy]

10. That picture should be up on billboards & displayed at polling places all across the country

[Sunlei]

12. FBI agents, retired or not who leaked information to anyone are criminals. apparently it wasn't..

'simply' the Russians hacking and then dumping stolen files on WikiLeaks, republicans KNEW about prior to the dump.

Now it appears some Republicans had direct access to FBI classified information. Espionage is a crime in America, people have spent decades in federal prison for that crime!

Gather up the entire lot of leakers, try them in our Federal Court and lock them up.

[dalton99]

13. "Police officers across the country pose with the Republican candidate, even donning 'MAGA' caps"

It's not just the FBI.

[greymattermom]

14. If that is illegal, there should be a fine

taken directly from paychecks. If it's a freedom of speech issue, then it doesn't matter. Which is it?

[TxVietVet]

15. I personally many FBI agents are conservanuts to their core

many can keep it in check. However, some are diehard conservanazis and are 'left behinds' from the previous conservanut administrations. Some get in positions of power and KNOW they can destroy someone and they do it.
Of course many ignorant people believe that this can't possibly happen and it just did. Comey should be brought before a presidential news conference and FIRED. Thrown out for violating laws and receive NO government pension. Actions like that are usually reserved for the working masses.

[Mc Mike]

18. Ms. Reid is aces.

Top notch indictment of the wing nuts in the repugs and feds.

[Akamai]

20. She is a delight to listen to and has evolved as a major star

and a force for good.

That was in every way an insightful article on a crucial topic!

[Mc Mike]

21. That's the kind of top anchor we need at all of the networks. nt

[Akamai]

22. Totally agree! As good as Keith Olbermann, I think. Especially with her

increased self-confidence. Hear her ROAR!!! (but in a nice way -- not mean!)

[Mc Mike]

23. When there's a split screen, and you see her and some dRumpfer nattering away,

her eyes narrow a bit and she gets an iron smile.

Things are not going to go well for the nazi bullshitter after that.

[Akamai]

25. You are keerect! The smile then is not her warm and friendly and

she does go after the bastids, supported by Kurt Eichenwald, David Corn, and others.

I sure would trust her to watch out grandkids and also to protect the country! He'll of a person.

[Mc Mike]

26. Great person, she is. nt

[sarcasmo]

19. Kick.

[uponit7771]

24. tRump and the FBI are some scary shit