{"id":1494,"date":"2023-02-22T09:10:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:10:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1494"},"modified":"2023-02-22T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T14:10:44","slug":"ex-fbi-agents-decry-bureaus-partisanship-and-weaponization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1494","title":{"rendered":"EX-FBI AGENTS DECRY BUREAU\u2019S PARTISANSHIP\u00a0AND WEAPONIZATION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1497\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-61.png 640w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-61-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-61-293x165.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-61-390x219.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking to a panel of House lawmakers last week, former FBI agents Thomas J. Baker and Nicole Parker explained how Americans have \u201clost faith\u201d in the investigative agency.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI spent many years with the FBI and am deeply troubled by this loss of faith,\u201d said Baker in a prepared statement. \u201cSpecific lapses have come to light, many of which will be focused on by this panel. But why did they happen? What changed? The answer begins days after the 9\/11 attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former FBI agents\u2019 testimony represents the first hearing held by the newly-formed House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/new-house-subcommittee-to-oversee-criminal-investigations-including-trump-probes\/\">As I wrote last month<\/a>, the panel aims to investigate a range of partisan-seeming probes in an effort to shed light on the Biden Administraiton\u2019s weaponization of the federal government. With subpoena power and access to the same data available to the Intelligence Committee, the panel will delve into ongoing criminal investigations including the August 2022 raid on former President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate and Trump\u2019s role in the January 6th Capitol attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Changes within the FBI began with Robert Mueller, who was appointed to lead the agency in September 2001 just days after the 9\/11 terror attack, explained Baker. Mueller was \u201chumiliated\u201d by then-President George W. Bush\u2019s demand that he prevent another terror attack and \u201cresolutely set about to change the FBI \u2018culture.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This so-called culture change included new \u201crecruiting practices\u201d such as lowered \u201celigibility requirements,\u201d said Parker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately, the agents themselves had no ability to stop Mueller as they were not permitted to let their personal views affect their actions during an investigation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s as if there became two FBIs. Americans see this, and it is destroying the bureau\u2019s credibility, causing Americans to lose faith in the agency and therefore the hardworking and highly ethical agents who still do the heavy lifting and pursue noble causes,\u201d said Baker, who worked as a special agent for over 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The perfect example is the FBI\u2019s controversial use of a FISA warrant to monitor ex-Trump advisor Carter Page.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/fbi-lied-about-steele-dossier-to-fisa-soq0ujykwbanwy6nnjxfunctionnif-typeof-soq0ujykwbanwy6nnjx-listn-string-return-soq0ujykwbanwy6nnjx-listn-split-reverse-joinr\/\">As related previously<\/a>, the agency used the Clinton-funded, bogus Steele dossier to obtain the warrant and was later proven to have lied about the document\u2019s authenticity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe use of FISA against a US citizen\u2026presents a fundamental threat to Americans\u2019 civil liberties,\u201d argued Baker. \u201cIt essentially suspends the&nbsp;<em>Constitution<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAmerica\u2019s not America if you have a Justice Department that treats people differently under the law,\u201d said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) last year following the release of a whistleblower-informed report authored by Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee. \u201cThat\u2019s not happening and we know it\u2019s not happening because 14 brave FBI agents came to us as whistleblowers and told us what exactly is going on here. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As chair of the House Judiciary Committee, Jordan is the&nbsp;<em>de facto<\/em>&nbsp;head of the panel on partisan weaponization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 2022 report described the FBI as a \u201cpolitical institution\u201d with a \u201cwoke, leftist agenda\u201d and accused it of maintaining a \u201csecret partnership with Facebook.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This accusation was proven true when the agency was found partially responsible for Facebook\u2019s decision to censor the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/gop-senators-to-facebook-wtf-on-hunter-biden-fbi\/\">infamous Hunter Biden laptop story.<\/a>&nbsp;The FBI\u2019s actions may have influenced the 2020 presidential election and the agency now faces a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/facebook-lawsuit-this-time-over-talks-with-fbi\/\">lawsuit<\/a>&nbsp;over its failure to disclose conversations with Facebook and other tech companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another whistleblower whose testimony was included in the 2022 report told lawmakers the agency decided to abandon all child sex abuse investigations in order to focus on the January 6th Capitol attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI is known to have taken action to silence dissent related to its investigation of the January 6th event \u2013 even going so far as to suspend the security clearances of a decorated agent who was brave enough to complain about the agency\u2019s lack of transparency regarding its knowledge of the event. At least two FBI agents who attended to riot while on leave were suspended from the agency indefinitely even though they had not been charged with a crime.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/ex-fbi-agents-decry-bureaus-partisanship-and-weaponization\/\">https:\/\/punchingbagpost.com\/ex-fbi-agents-decry-bureaus-partisanship-and-weaponization\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to a panel of House lawmakers last week, former FBI agents Thomas J. Baker and Nicole Parker explained how Americans have \u201clost faith\u201d in the investigative agency.&nbsp; \u201cI spent many years with the FBI and am deeply troubled by this loss of faith,\u201d said Baker in a prepared statement. \u201cSpecific lapses have come to light, many of which will be focused on by this panel. But why did they happen? What changed? 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