The U.S. government is currently trying to exact a regime change in Lebanon, but that’s okay because we are The Great and The Good. (I think we’ve been down this road before…unsuccessfully.) Perhaps that explains their paranoia about Russia, China and Iran (their current obsession).
Ridiculous. It's interesting too because it looks like the Democrats and their affiliated media organs are trying really hard to paint every would-be or alleged attempt on Trump's life, no matter how thin the supposed plots are, on Iran. This isn't a coincidence with the current US-backed Israeli plans to attack Iran and further escalate the situation in West Asia.
But I wonder how many Democrat voters realize that this is how the surveillance and security state works from administration to administration. Whenever whichever party is in power starts engaging in this stated or unstated mission creep, claiming more and more purview and leeway in policing rights like free speech or violating privacy, the next administration (usually the other party) gladly accepts their newfound 'mandate' (as they see it) and then engage in continued mission creep. And on and on and on. So it makes me curious what these people who support blatant BS like this FBI visit or the "Open Skies" program or whatever will say when it's Trump doing the exact same thing, which again includes the pushing of the envelope mission creep. I mean, I thought I heard James Carville and several other long time centrist Dem pundits saying just the other day that "Trump's gonna round us all up."
That's how it works, folks. The Overton window shifts to the right and the liberals roll out the red carpet for fascism as they portray it.
P.S. I wonder if you'd been wearing one of those Google Glass or other body mounted video camera. Could they have ordered you to turn it off? Doesn't seem like it, especially on your property and when they aren't there serving a warrant.
“The frenzy over foreign influence operations is a moral panic that lacks any rational justification.” That sentence sums it up. Just today, Harris claimed that Black men are being influenced by Russian disinformation. HRC, Pelosi et al. claim that everyone who has protested the genocide has been under the sway of Iran or China. But it’s easier for the Democrats to blame a foreign country for their failures than it is to look in the mirror.
Meanwhile, our vaunted justice apparatus has not prosecuted a single ringleader of the attempted coup. It took the FBI a couple years to retrieve the stolen documents from Trump in a case that went nowhere because of Smith’s decision to file in Cannon’s jurisdiction.
But, hey, let’s go after a private citizen because he had the audacity to publish a document we don’t approve of.
So everything that the CIA does in foreign countries is virtuous while the exact same activities by the SVR in the US are terrible. I get confused by modern state morality.
Think of it this way: they sent a Junior Agent (no doubt first level [in Top Secret, his designation in the Investigation Bureau would be "Informer"]), not someone they'd trust with something delicate or heavy. Feel like you've done a public service for the lad by popping his investigative cherry.
I'm thinking this visit was made to appease someone further up the food chain and not necessarily within the FBI. This Webelo agent drew the short straw on this assignment and you probably pissed him off by not weeping or soiling yourself.
The FBI is the same as it was under Hoover to ebb and flowing degrees. They orchestrated the murder of a 21 year old in his bed when I was 16, and in 1982, a civil rights suit brought by the family was settled for $1.85 million, with the money coming city, county, and federal authorities. Money doesn't bring people back. But the silence when it happened was deafening. So you just had a visit. Nothing for me to get excited about. You're still free and alive. Be happy.
appreciate the work you do, Ken 🤍
As if the US government doesn’t interfere in every other country’s elections; not so happy when it’s reversed.
Exactly. And the CIA always bungles it and gets caught.
The U.S. government is currently trying to exact a regime change in Lebanon, but that’s okay because we are The Great and The Good. (I think we’ve been down this road before…unsuccessfully.) Perhaps that explains their paranoia about Russia, China and Iran (their current obsession).
This country has some goddamn nerve with foreign influence while AIPAC runs wild.
"he looked like he might have tripped over his umbilical cord on the way over"
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Thanks for unambiguously marking this moment in history—it feels like important work to do, especially because it’s so nuanced.
Who watches the watcher? Looks like you.
Here's a toast, "Congratulations to you, Ken, and to all real journalists, everywhere! 🥂
Ridiculous. It's interesting too because it looks like the Democrats and their affiliated media organs are trying really hard to paint every would-be or alleged attempt on Trump's life, no matter how thin the supposed plots are, on Iran. This isn't a coincidence with the current US-backed Israeli plans to attack Iran and further escalate the situation in West Asia.
But I wonder how many Democrat voters realize that this is how the surveillance and security state works from administration to administration. Whenever whichever party is in power starts engaging in this stated or unstated mission creep, claiming more and more purview and leeway in policing rights like free speech or violating privacy, the next administration (usually the other party) gladly accepts their newfound 'mandate' (as they see it) and then engage in continued mission creep. And on and on and on. So it makes me curious what these people who support blatant BS like this FBI visit or the "Open Skies" program or whatever will say when it's Trump doing the exact same thing, which again includes the pushing of the envelope mission creep. I mean, I thought I heard James Carville and several other long time centrist Dem pundits saying just the other day that "Trump's gonna round us all up."
That's how it works, folks. The Overton window shifts to the right and the liberals roll out the red carpet for fascism as they portray it.
P.S. I wonder if you'd been wearing one of those Google Glass or other body mounted video camera. Could they have ordered you to turn it off? Doesn't seem like it, especially on your property and when they aren't there serving a warrant.
Tell him to save their money and send an email next time, haha. Seriously though, I commend you for standing tall to all of these power brokers.
“The frenzy over foreign influence operations is a moral panic that lacks any rational justification.” That sentence sums it up. Just today, Harris claimed that Black men are being influenced by Russian disinformation. HRC, Pelosi et al. claim that everyone who has protested the genocide has been under the sway of Iran or China. But it’s easier for the Democrats to blame a foreign country for their failures than it is to look in the mirror.
Meanwhile, our vaunted justice apparatus has not prosecuted a single ringleader of the attempted coup. It took the FBI a couple years to retrieve the stolen documents from Trump in a case that went nowhere because of Smith’s decision to file in Cannon’s jurisdiction.
But, hey, let’s go after a private citizen because he had the audacity to publish a document we don’t approve of.
This should scare us all.
"The frenzy over foreign influence operations is a moral panic that lacks any rational justification."
Oh it has a rational justification, just not the public one. You note it a few paragraphs later:
"It is because they ultimately want to decide what you should and should not see and read."
That's all this has ever been about.
"But I do feel a little wary, asking myself how deeply they looked into my background, my taxes, etc. "
Next up will be the IRS visit like Matt Taibbi got, or the travel harassment like Tulsi Gabbard got.
And this from the administration that makes such a big deal about their defense of democracy and the rule of law against Trump.
So everything that the CIA does in foreign countries is virtuous while the exact same activities by the SVR in the US are terrible. I get confused by modern state morality.
Ken you should have been a victim and made millions of $ like Tim Pool. Jk you’re a real man!
Well, wasn't that special?! Must have made your day. That they sent a baby tells us where you stand on the threat list. The FBI is insidious.
Think of it this way: they sent a Junior Agent (no doubt first level [in Top Secret, his designation in the Investigation Bureau would be "Informer"]), not someone they'd trust with something delicate or heavy. Feel like you've done a public service for the lad by popping his investigative cherry.
I'm thinking this visit was made to appease someone further up the food chain and not necessarily within the FBI. This Webelo agent drew the short straw on this assignment and you probably pissed him off by not weeping or soiling yourself.
The FBI is the same as it was under Hoover to ebb and flowing degrees. They orchestrated the murder of a 21 year old in his bed when I was 16, and in 1982, a civil rights suit brought by the family was settled for $1.85 million, with the money coming city, county, and federal authorities. Money doesn't bring people back. But the silence when it happened was deafening. So you just had a visit. Nothing for me to get excited about. You're still free and alive. Be happy.