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Yes, intelligence agencies work against their own governments
2023-04-12
[Hot Air] After the past several years it should come as no surprise that intelligence agencies are not mere servants to their government masters, but rather sophisticated and nefarious political players of both the domestic and international political game.

The history of the FBI and CIA meddling in domestic politics is long and not especially heartwarming. Despite being lionized by the media, "Deep Throat" was nothing more than a disaffected FBI bureaucrat named Mark Felt who despised Nixon because he didn’t get the promotion to FBI director he wanted. He started leaking right after he was passed over for the directorship after J. Edgar Hoover died. Hoover himself was a vile political player, and his passing led to major reforms at the FBI.

Most people don’t know this, but Felt himself was convicted of violating the civil rights of political opponents he suspected to be in the Weather Underground. He ordered agents to break into people’s houses looking for evidence of wrongdoing. He was pardoned for his crimes while appealing his case. He was a real Hoover acolyte.

There are many other examples in the US, of course. The most recent was the campaign waged against Donald Trump both during the 2016 political campaign and the relentless and often illegal hounding of Trump and his associates. Lying to courts, illegal leaks, constant misinformation spreading. The works. And, of course, the FBI has helped cover up Hunter Biden’s crimes, as we all know through the Twitter files.

Well, it’s not just in the United States that this happens. You can bet it happens everywhere. And through some very disturbing leaks of top secret information that was tossed out onto the Internet, we have learned about Mossad plotting to discredit the current Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu.
Posted by:Besoeker

#6  Intelligence agencies working against their own government? Isn't this treasonous? Isn't that exactly what we have now? It weakens the rule of law and a constitutional government. Isn't this the epitome of a deep state or shadow government? This leads to coups and the overthrow of duly elected leaders by unelected government officials.
Posted by: JohnQC   2023-04-12 22:57  

#5  Lyndon Johnson when asked why he wouldn't fire J. Edgar Hoover, "I'd rather have him on the inside pissin' out than the outside pissin' in ".
Posted by: Deacon Blues   2023-04-12 19:02  

#4  A leak of SCIF documents would have to be intensional. The intent is not likely to be financial gain as secret information is not valuable when everybody knows it. SCIF logs should lead directly to a perpetrator unless the leak was authorized like the Dobbs draft.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-04-12 12:28  

#3  Dunno if it's true but I used to hear that Hoover used kompromat to blackmail the people who might have otherwise driven him from office. If the House doesn't defund the FBI it would raise the suspicion that Wray has something over them.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2023-04-12 12:22  

#2  /\ Rogers has no credibility.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-04-12 08:00  

#1  What most analysts are still missing in leaked Pentagon documents case
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-04-12 06:35  

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