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Authored by Glenn Greenwald via The Intercept,

Just as was true when the Mueller investigation closed without a single American being charged with criminally conspiring with Russia over the 2016 election, Wednesday’s issuance of the long-waited report from the Department of Justice’s Inspector General reveals that years of major claims and narratives from the U.S. media were utter frauds.

Before evaluating the media component of this scandal, the FBI’s gross abuse of its power – its serial deceit – is so grave and manifest that it requires little effort to demonstrate it. In sum, the IG Report documents multiple instances in which the FBI – in order to convince a FISA court to allow it spy on former Trump campaign operative Carter Page during the 2016 election – manipulated documents, concealed crucial exonerating evidence, and touted what it knew were unreliable if not outright false claims.

Continue reading “IG Report On FBI Spying Exposes “Scandal Of Historic Magnitude” For US Media”

Guest Post by Matt Taibbi

The Guardian headline reads: “DOJ Internal watchdog report clears FBI of illegal surveillance of Trump adviser.”

If the report released Monday by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz constitutes a “clearing” of the FBI, never clear me of anything. Holy God, what a clown show the Trump-Russia investigation was.

Like the much-ballyhooed report by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, the Horowitz report is a Rorschach test, in which partisans will find what they want to find.

Much of the press is concentrating on Horowitz’s conclusion that there was no evidence of “political bias or improper motivation” in the FBI’s probe of Donald Trump’s Russia contacts, an investigation Horowitz says the bureau had “authorized purpose” to conduct.

Continue reading “‘Corroboration Zero’: An Inspector General’s Report Reveals the Steele Dossier Was Always a Joke”

Guest Post by Kurt Schlichter

The FBI has managed to transform its image from Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., into Special Agent Boogaloo Shrimp, and the Inspector General’s report was the bureaucratic self-policing equivalent of Breakin’ Faith 2: Electric Bamboozle.

Here’s the punchline: MC Hammered, who dropped his Glock and shot a dude whilst bustin’ a move, was one of those “top 5% of applicants” that zombie FBI Director Christopher Wray kept babbling about during his excuse conference following the report’s release. But that guy would not have even placed in competition for the title “Worst FBI Agent Ever” against the toadies, flunkies, and hacks the report highlights.

During his spin cycle news conference, Wray spent a surprising amount of time – that is, any time – boasting about the quality of his FBI honors interns. Great. Put one of them in charge. He, she, or (knowing the current liberal culture of the FBI) xe, can’t do any worse.

Continue reading “The IG Report Was a Whitewash and Devastating All At Once”

Guest Post by Shawn Fair

I’m getting that feeling again, the same one that I felt November 7^th, 2012 when Obama won the election. I traveled a bit at that time and felt what I observed in different parts of the country was that the “silent majority” seemed to realize that from 2008 to 2012, nothing was done to improve America, race relations were at an all time low and the people were looking for a change; just not the change from “Mr. Hope and Change.”

The feeling was that of a restricting of my wind pipe, not a life threatening restriction, but one that I had no ability to release myself from that came from the realization that the government was in full control. Resistance is futile.

Continue reading “Fear and Loathing and the IG Report”

Guest Post by Hardscrabble Farmer

So the IG has completed his/her/its review of the Clinton email/Russian Collusion/Shady Dossier/Trump campaign Spying Scandal and it will become public (allegedly) next month. I say that because it was due on March 5th, April 22 and May 5th and was a no-show for each, but hey, it’s the Government we’re talking about here.

https://www.rt.com/usa/427050-justice-department-report-finished-comey/

The Justice Department Inspector General has finished its report into law enforcement’s handling of the Hillary Clinton email case. Officials named in the report will now review it, and many have a lot at stake.

Here’s what stood out to me.

“According to the Post, copies of the IG report have been sent to James Comey, Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, former FBI deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and former Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Their feedback will be incorporated into the final report, which will be then released in the coming weeks.”

WTH? Why do you make the report available to the people you’ve been investigating and then incorporate their feedback into the final report? Do they do that for other criminal investigations? Did Ted Bundy get to put in his feedback on the investigation into his serial murder spree? In what world does that make any sense at all? Does that imply that the report was written without even contacting the principles involved for interrogation? What kind of investigation doesn’t seek to contact the perps until after it’s been completed? Who runs this dog and pony show?

Continue reading “IG Report Complete”