Friday, January 17, 2014

Has the FBI terminally discredited itself?


Investor's Business Daily thinks it has.

The FBI says it won't prosecute anyone at the IRS for its admitted targeting of the president's political foes. This just as the agency claims the law is no longer its main mission. So it's a political goon squad now.

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The reality is, the acts reeked of political targeting, the most illegal of acts, a corrupt use of government power, and a worthy target of checks and balances provided by the FBI in the name of law and order.

But for some reason, the FBI has neither interviewed the Tea Party activists targeted for intrusive scrutiny, nor has it noticed anything amiss in light of the White House's rabid attacks on Tea Party activists ... And it hasn't picked up the clue from the Center for Responsive Politics showing that IRS employees donated to Obama's campaign by more than 2 to 1 over Tea Party-tied Republicans — let alone that the prosecutor chosen by the president to look into this case is a fat-cat donor to Obama.

If New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie can be criticized for a traffic jam, then the White House's attacks on political opponents are in a league with what goes on in Venezuela. That the FBI won't get involved in this and is willing to wreck its reputation for apolitical probity suggests this investigation is leading to a place the bureau would rather not go — namely, the White House.

There's more at the link.

I think that perhaps the most damaging achievement of the Obama administration has been to discredit so many agencies of the federal government by suborning them for partisan political ends.  Apart from the FBI's unconscionable conduct, consider:


Personally, I think that all these scandals add up to what the constitution refers to as 'high crimes and misdemeanors' . . . but I doubt whether anyone will do anything about that.  Our politicians just don't care - or, if they do, they care that it was the other party that got away with it.  They won't make too many waves, because they can hardly wait for the opportunity to get away with the same things themselves in due course.





Peter

7 comments:

Old NFO said...

They are, but if you 'say' that, you're branded as a racist... sigh... And yes the FBI is now on the bad guy/JBT list along with DHS...

Anonymous said...

FBI doesn't prosecute anyone, US Attorney Generals do.

But I do agree that there is quite a stink coming from the DOJ these days.

Gerry

Anonymous said...

That may be one of the administration's "greatest" accomplishments: turning 40% of the country into people who automatically distrust the federal government. (I'm not counting those who already feared/suspected/assumed the worst about any federal, state, or local agency.)

LittleRed1

Paul said...

The only way to make the TSA the top dog is buy taking the others out.

I've said it before and I will say it again, Obama will be the last president in the USA.

We are screwed, blued and tattooed.

Will said...

@Paul:

President-for-Life, or a change in title?

shrimp said...

Maybe he means the end of the USA. Just sayin'

Paul said...

The USA is a constitutional republic that exists through the equal enforcement of laws on the citizenry. We are not, and never have been, a democracy.

Obama is not only ignoring any law he finds offensive, his DOJ is currently engaged in illegal behavior. And he only refers to the USA as a democracy.

The FBI had decided it no longer enforces the laws it was formed to enforce.

I would anticipate some disaster that will enable martial law to ensure peace and stability in CONUS. It will never be lifted.

It really does not matter what Title Obama decide is his as we will not be having any elections.