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The FBI has a long detailed and documented history of spying and lying. It does it under republican presidents. It does it under democratic presidents. It's nothing new. They've been doing it for decades. They are particularly prone to lying about situations that put them in a poor, ethically debatable or legally questionable or worse, light.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fbi-spied-and-lied-misled-justice-department-
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/05/fbi-chastised-court-lying-about-existence
Michael Hastings had a history as a truth teller, someone who was meticulous about facts.
And that's why, I believe Michael Hastings over some spokesperson for the FBI. Yes, he could have been wrong, but I only have the word of the FBI and the word of Hastings to go by. I choose Hastings for the reasons I've laid out.
*for the reading comprehension challenged: No, I'm not saying they lie about everything. I'm saying they have a long history of spying on people and lying about it.
Want to add this too: Nope not saying that the FBI or the government killed Hastings. Not implying it either. Got that? Good.
RIP to the award-winning journalist Michael Hastings. I read the he was investigated by FBI few hours before the car crash, and it seems crash may have been suspicious, casting doubt on whether a Mercedez-Benz would catch fire so quickly after a crash???? and LA cops got suspicious circumstances ... something fishy in this accident. Hope some one breaks the silence ...
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)knowledge or a hunch?
cali
(114,904 posts)baldguy
(36,649 posts)from Wikipedia:
If you don't like domestic spying by the govt, without Mueller being there it would have been 1000x worse.
cali
(114,904 posts)is suddenly pure and would never do such a thing, I have a bridge I'd love to sell you.
temmer
(358 posts)It can't be much worse than it is.
cali
(114,904 posts)JI7
(89,174 posts)cali
(114,904 posts)the comparison of the FBI to posters on the internet is hilarious. clearly unintentionally hilarious, but that makes it even better.
temmer
(358 posts)what did the FBI right with the Boston bombing suspects?
Michael German, a former FBI agent and ACLU's counsel on national security, immigration and privacy, said: "What became concerning is that different stories... were coming out. They need to correct the recordboth for the protection of the people in the community and for the protection of the law enforcement officers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibragim_Todashev