I guess this is news, but it seems to me that we (the right, that is) already knew it and so should have any sentient being following the story: The FBI “misled the public” for years in claiming a sniper’s … Continue reading →
Dan Bongino has been named Deputy Director of the FBI, and the Hill coverage I just linked has an unintentionally humorous lede: President Trump’s selection of Dan Bongino as deputy FBI director adds another conservative firebrand to the top of … Continue reading →
Patel has been confirmed by the Senate, and this time McConnell voted yes, and Collins and Murkowski voted no. When Pete Hegseth was confirmed, I wrote this post about Murkowski and Collins, and what I wrote there applies to the … Continue reading →
This is what I’m referring to: As chief counsel, Patel had no idea [between 2017 and 2018] that the subject of his investigation — the FBI — was collecting his data and increasing the visibility of witnesses he was communicating … Continue reading →
Couldn’t resist that triple rhyme. Here’s the story: President-elect Trump said Christopher Wray’s resignation is a “great day for America,” telling Fox News Digital it “will end the weaponization” of the FBI, while touting his nominee Kash Patel as the … Continue reading →
A lot of people at the FBI must be feeling a certain amount of anxiety and/or rage tonight. The news: President-elect Trump’s nomination of Kash Patel as FBI director evoked strong reactions from supporters and critics Saturday night. Patel’s nomination … Continue reading →
Well, well: When the FBI originally released the “final” crime data for 2022 in September 2023, it reported that the nation’s violent crime rate fell by 2.1%. This quickly became, and remains, a Democratic Party talking point to counter Donald … Continue reading →
Iran seems to be really, really reluctant to allow Trump to win the election. Now the FBI has announced that one of Iran’s efforts to thwart him involved attempting to enlist Biden aides by enticing them with hacked information: The … Continue reading →
McCabe is beating the same old drum: Andrew McCabe, the former FBI Deputy Director who Donald Trump fired in 2018, said on a podcast that the former president was a “de Facto Russian asset.” When Sir Richard Dearlove, a former … Continue reading →
Fancy that. Is anyone at all surprised? Even a smidgen? I doubt it. See this: Eight people with suspected ties to the Islamic State have been detained in the U.S., according to several media reports. The arrests took place in … Continue reading →
At the same time the intelligence community was spreading the word that the Hunter Biden laptop was likely to be disinformation, it knew full well that the laptop was Hunter’s and everything on it was real and not “Russian disinformation” … Continue reading →
I’ve written about this before, but now we have more evidence of the FBI’s role in plotting to kidnap Michigan’s Governor Whitmer and entrapping the defendants who are now imprisoned, two of them for lengthy terms. Here’s the recent news … Continue reading →