November 14, 2023
Piercing the halo of the FBI special agent
By W.A. Eliot
When confronted with a litany of examples of recent FBI partisan bias, Director Christopher Wray in his congressional testimony always a makes a point of praising the rank-and-file special agents as being above the fray. For example, here is an exchange with Louisiana senator John Kennedy on August 4, 2022 (starting at 8:40):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7A0INepQjhQ&t=520s&ab_channel=ForbesBreakingNewsWray: “I will tell you that what you’re describing is not representative of the FBI that I see up close every day in this country where I see patriots working their tails off ...”
Kennedy: “And I agree with that ...”
Wray: “... with tremendous integrity and objectivity”
Kennedy: “I, I agree with that and have said that to you repeatedly ...”
Note that Politico’s reporting — Kennedy said he agreed with Wray’s statement that the majority of FBI employees have “tremendous integrity and objectivity” —was either sloppy or dishonest, because if you watch the video, Kennedy, in his slow Southern drawl is still responding to “patriots working their tails off,” not to “with tremendous integrity and objectivity.” Even so, care always seems to be taken not to criticize the rank-and-file special agent.
Is such care warranted?
If you follow any FBI partisan bias story carefully, there are always rank-and-file special agents carrying out orders. For example, recall special agent Joe Pientka, who accompanied Peter Strzok when interviewing (and allegedly entrapping) Michael Flynn and the 302 he may have written up exonerating Flynn, and case agent Stephen Somma, Stefan Halper’s handler.
more
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/11/piercing_the_halo_of_the_fbi_special_agent.html
