FBI caught lying to reporters about Foley child sex predator scandal

[cynatnite]

Washington, DC – Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General’s (I.G.) office today to ask for an investigation into why the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has fabricated and disseminated a cover-up story as to why it never investigated the Foley emails sent to it by CREW.

CBS News has reported that according to the FBI when CREW gave the Bureau the original set of emails from Rep. Mark Foley to a former House page, they were “heavily redacted.” The FBI is also claiming that it came back to CREW and asked for more information so that it could follow up, but that CREW refused to provide anything further. Reporters from several other news organizations have repeated this allegation. The FBI is lying.

On Monday, October 2, CREW sent a letter to the DOJ I.G.’s office, attaching exact copies of the emails CREW had sent to the FBI on July 21, 2006. Both the former page’s name and the person to whom the page forwarded Rep. Foley’s emails were clearly visible. Moreover, after CREW sent the emails to the FBI, CREW’s only subsequent contact with the Bureau was one telephone call from the special agent to whom CREW had sent the material confirming that the emails were from Rep. Foley. CREW had no further contact with the FBI.

In contrast with this new explanation for failing to investigate the Foley matter, The Washington Post has reported that an unnamed FBI official stated that the Bureau decided not to investigate after concluding that the emails “did not rise to the level of criminal activity.”

http://americablog.blogspot.com/

[Kagemusha]

1. These are legitimate questions that demand legitimate answers.

After all, the issue is not CREW providing proof of criminal activity, but evidence that such activity may exist, warranting an investigation to determine if it DOES exist. After all, it's for the children.

Edit: Ok, I've read CREW's statement in more detail right now. Oh my, an "unnamed" FBI official (I bet he had a name, he just wanted it not mentioned) blatantly lying to CBS, and CREW calling them out on these bold, blatant lies! Yep, this'll sweep the scandal under a rug. Sure it will.

[dmr]

12. Link to CREW:

http://www.citizensforethics.org/press/newsrelease.php?view=165

[LeftCoast]

2. So the scandal spreads to the executive branch now?!

*BOOM*

This is going to stay in the news for a while, I think.

[MADem]

5. Bush has cronied the FBI, the CIA, all the branches. We need a fucking

FUMIGATOR, frankly. The entire government is infested.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. Yup! There's a big house cleaning job to be done for sure.

We're going to have to root them out and it will take years.

[grasswire]

8. to "crony" -- a verb

I like it.

[aquart]

10. Yes. Me, too.

[MADem]

11. Well, it's one that can be used on TV and Radio, anyway

My first inclination was to type "wiped his filthy, fetid ass on..." but I figured "cronied" got the point across more succinctly!!

[blm]

3. Robert Mueller - Go to CLEAN-UP MAN of the BFEE for over 20 years.

The US Attorney who could find nothing prosecutable in BCCI case - where the Bushes and Bin Ladens banked and made their deals.

[NVMojo]

4. damn good questions. I am glad CREW isn't backing down

[lonestarnot]

7. Hang on like a bulldog CREW!

[Iwasthere]

9. So obedient to their fearless (er..mongering) leader

The FBI can no longer be trusted.

[elehhhhna]

13. FBI= Stasi. Holy SMOKES! Buh bye, FBI!

[The Backlash Cometh]

14. And this, boys and girls, is the problem for us honest citizens.

Nothing, but NOTHING "rise(s) to the level of criminal activity." You just can't count on the FBI to help us with the things that truly shock the real honest citizens in the community. And who are the honest citizens? People who would be ashamed to abuse their political, public servant positions in order to benefit themselves or their cronies.

[cynatnite]

15. No such thing as an apolitical FBI anymore...

:(

This is a truly sad state of our country.

[happydreams]

16. K&R. Thanks for keeping your eye on the ball CREW!

This is very important work CREW is doing. Taking on the FBI is no easy task.