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2022-11-07 Home Front: Politix

‘I Was Hoping That There'd Be Accountability at the FBI’ – Former AG Bill Barr Forgets That He Ran FBI for 2 Years!

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Posted by Besoeker 2022-11-07 04:43|| || Front Page|| [9 views ] Top

#1 People forget about the difficulty of doing investigations of government action.

TMany witnesses need to be interviewed, many more than once. Typically witnesses are uncooperative, manage to forget key points, etc. Terrabytes of information in emails, documents, etc.

It is a hard slug.

A lot of rantburg readers were dissapointed at the speed of the IG's review and this was narrower than the investigation by a special counsel.

Posted by Lord Garth 2022-11-07 08:05|| 2022-11-07 08:05|| Front Page Top

#2 /\ It is a hard slug.
Reading this I had an image of a huge banana slug with 'FBI' on its side and a very tough skin. Perhaps a dump truck full of salt would be necessary? But yes, it would take a 'hard slog' to batter through the walls of institutional Omerta and get significant reform.

Posted by magpie 2022-11-07 12:18|| 2022-11-07 12:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Once an institution has a majority of 2nd-tier and 3rd-tier career middle management bent towards a political direction, it takes years to unwind the attitudes that they use to undermine appointee directions and intent. As a first hand veteran of this at a state civil service level for example, the veneer of paper thin obedience is often comedic. I appeared at work on day to find my office door still dripping wet to discover that there had been an adhoc demonstration early that morning to splatter the nametag on the door with "Holy Water" in hopes of moderating the demonic influence within. You can't fire civil servants in California, but you can move them around under the guise of temp assignments and even lateral promotions. Once group-think meets intransigent guidance cloaked with good manners, things slowly change.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2022-11-07 13:47|| 2022-11-07 13:47|| Front Page Top

#4 Do a"Musk" to the FBI amd DOJ. I.e., fire the entire FBI and DOJ, lock them all out, then do a selective and vetted rehire of a few and hire new agents as needed.

This would be the fastest way to clean the depts up.

Posted by Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-11-07 21:01|| 2022-11-07 21:01|| Front Page Top

#5 Did you succeed, NoMoreBS?

Posted by trailing wife 2022-11-07 21:36|| 2022-11-07 21:36|| Front Page Top

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