Any doubt why Trump/Bannon wanted Comey gone

[Skidmore]

is not limited to Russia. This article needs to go everywhere.

https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31/the-fbi-has-quietly-investigated-white-supremacist-infiltration-of-law-enforcement/

THE FBI HAS QUIETLY INVESTIGATED WHITE SUPREMACIST INFILTRATION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT

WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND other domestic extremists maintain an active presence in U.S. police departments and other law enforcement agencies. A striking reference to that conclusion, notable for its confidence and the policy prescriptions that accompany it, appears in a classified FBI Counterterrorism Policy Guide from April 2015, obtained by The Intercept. The guide, which details the process by which the FBI enters individuals on a terrorism watchlist, the Known or Suspected Terrorist File, notes that “domestic terrorism investigations focused on militia extremists, white supremacist extremists, and sovereign citizen extremists often have identified active links to law enforcement officers,” and explains in some detail how bureau policies have been crafted to take this infiltration into account.

Although these right-wing extremists have posed a growing threat for years, federal investigators have been reluctant to publicly address that threat or to point out the movement’s ...

[AlexSFCA]

1. important read

it's a blueprint of how fascism is going to play out in months and years ahead. However, I beleive Comey was fired solely because he would not let go of Flynn. Trump had every intention to keep Comey.

[dalton99a]

2. Yeah, that's a no-no

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. Not the primary reason but I'm sure it helped hasten the decision. nt

[Mr.Bill]

4. There's Sheriff's Deputies

where I live that have white supremacist tattoos.

[hadEnuf]

7. And now Trump is paving the way to give them surplus military equipment.

Can you say police state?

[iluvtennis]

9. Heard that on the news this morning. Un-fkn-believable. Banana Republic here we come. nt

[Mr.Bill]

10. They already have an armored personnel carrier.

They use it in parades and take it to the county fair and let kids climb all over it. Never been used for anything but publicity.

[PatSeg]

5. That's kind of scary

seeing Jefferson Sessions is the Attorney General.

[Sunlei]

6. IMO-No member of race excluding clubs or groups should be hired by police,federal gov or any elected

period. And no financial supporters either.

Who ever funded the damn kkk so they could go global and open TV stations should be drummed out of their job-whatever it is. REPUBLICANS? your terrorist RWingers should cost YOU your positions!!

[lostnfound]

8. The military supposedly has zero tolerance for it, why not police forces too?

Would have to be a citizens movement across country to demand it, would be hard, but important.