Can the FBI Be Salvaged? By Victor Davis Hanson

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Can the FBI Be Salvaged?

For its own moral and practical survival, the FBI should be moved far away from the political and media tentacles that have so deeply squeezed and corrupted it.

By Victor Davis Hanson
November 17, 2021

The Washington, D.C.-based Federal Bureau of Investigation has lost all credibility as a disinterested investigatory agency. Now we learn from a whistleblower that the agency was allegedly investigating moms and dads worried about the teaching of critical race theory in their kids’ schools.

In truth, since 2015, the FBI has been constantly in the news—and mostly in a negative and constitutionally disturbing light.

The fired former Director James Comey injected himself into the 2016 political race by constantly editorializing on his ongoing investigation of candidate Hillary Clinton’s email leaks. In a bizarre twist, the public learned later that Comey had allowed Hillary Clinton’s own private computer contractor, CrowdStrike, to run the investigation of the hack. The private firm was allowed to keep possession of pertinent hard drives central to the investigation. How odd that CrowdStrike’s point man was Shawn Henry, a former high-ranking FBI employee.

During the Robert Mueller special investigation, the FBI implausibly claimed it had no idea how requested information on FBI cell phones had mysteriously disappeared.

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[Cyber Liberty]

The FBI is beyond repair.  Nobody will trust them now that they've gone political for Democrats.  They are now understood to be an instrument to be used to crush political dissent.

[Kamaji]

Most likely no, not for the foreseeable future.

[Bigun]

Only one way to salvage the FBI but no one is willing to do what is required so the answer is no.

[HoustonSam]

The FBI is beyond repair.  Nobody will trust them now that they've gone political for Democrats.  They are now understood to be an instrument to be used to crush political dissent.

Defund the FBI.

[DefiantMassRINO]

The FBI is the new Interior Ministry.

[cato potatoe]

Yes, but it will require a purge by a new administration, which will be met with howls from the press.  And even after that is accomplished, the distrust they have sewn will take many years to subside.

[catfish1957]

Just in the past 4 years....

(1) FBI involvement in Russian collusion debacle, and raids on Trump allies.
(2) Zero followup on Hillary's server dirty deeds
(3) Gestapho force to imprison, not charge J6 particpants
(4) Minimal enforcement and followup on 2020 Antifa and BLM terrorist riots
(5) And add to no. 4, it appears the FBI was using drones a lot more than the were letting on in the '20 riots.  Proof:  Drone footage from Kenosha being used (misused) by prosection in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.  Why wasn't this used more, to put away the terrorist. 

I know I am missing some, but it is truly evident...   This is no longer a non-poliitcal federal law enforcement agency.

[DB]

The Clinton Foundation says it all about the FBI.

Hundreds of millions of dollars laundered through it from foreign actors/powers while Hillary was Secretary of State. Where she was the gate keeper determining what they had access to from/within the USA.

It was blatant corruption that made them fantastically wealthy.

Once that bridge for the FBI was crossed there was no going back.

[GtHawk]

The FBI is beyond repair.  Nobody will trust them now that they've gone political for Democrats.  They are now understood to be an instrument to be used to crush political dissent.

I'm sure that the FBI did it's purge of Conservative minded agents and employees long before it started in the military so that all we have now true believers of liberal dogma.

[Absalom]

Hmmm..................so a DC Office has morphed into a political entity???
The Pentagon began in 1943 and within 7 years it was the political operative of our Military (Korean War).
The R's controlled Congress and WH from Johnson till Hoover during which the majority of Federal Offices
were created and are now simply Employment Agencies for our political frauds and hustlers.
Wow, what a shock. eh?????

[EdinVA]

The FBI, EPA, IRS in fact most of the agencies are nothing but liberal operations and are in dire need of dismantling.

The FAA is still the best of the bunch.

[Cyber Liberty]

The FAA is still the best of the bunch.

Elon Musk might disagree.

[EdinVA]

Elon Musk might disagree.

The only reason I point them out is considering the millions of passengers and tens of thousands of flights each day and so few incidents....
Mush needs to call 1-800-cry-baby and see if they can help

[DefiantMassRINO]

Don't forget the FBI acting as a protection racket for James "Whitey" Bulger, of the Winter Hill Gang, in Boston for 30 years as he trafficked drugs and weapons, and committed 19+ murders.

The Boston FBI put Whitey's competition - La Cosa Nostra - out of business.

The Boston FBI knowingly let innocent people be convicted and put on death row (at the time) for murders they did not commit ... and the FBI knew who really committed them.

The Boston FBI interfered in, obstructed, and prevented Massachusetts State Police investigations and prosecutions of Whitey.

The Boston FBI leaked the names of informants and witnesses to Whitey so he knew who to kill.

And the FBI pretended to look for Whitey for over a decade.

Yeah, Boston knows all about the FBI - just another criminal enterprise with a badge.