President Donald Trump late Saturday night issued another highly controversial and frankly unfair tweet targeting the FBI. Trump suggested that the FBI might have prevented the massacre atMarjory Douglas Stoneman High School in Parkland, Florida if they weren’t “spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign.” It is obviously a false association since the local and national offices dealing with such school threats are entirely removed by the Russian investigation. Indeed, the entire structure of the Special Counsel operation is designed to set it apart from Main Justice and other investigations. The tweet is being condemned as politicizing the massacre as students are still being mourned and buried. This includes some very angry responses from the surviving students.
The President’s tweet read:
Very sad that the FBI missed all of the many signals sent out by the Florida school shooter. This is not acceptable. They are spending too much time trying to prove Russian collusion with the Trump campaign – there is no collusion. Get back to the basics and make us all proud!
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Instead of tweeting from the toilet, maybe Trump should work a weekend and schedule meetings with Wrey and others to improve the FBI, or to find out what went wrong: to make it a priority *now.*
Nah, he should just fly down to Mar-a-doucheo for some more free advertising, which is why he ran for president on the first place.
Well maybe he is having meetings with Christopher Wray. If he meets with your guy Wrey he might as well play golf.
Dave 137 is sounding like a nut who doesn’t have much of an understanding of how our government is supposed to function. He is too focused on the toilet.
Mar a doucheo. Laughing out loud. That is da place Epstein partied. T rump spent 7 minutes at da hospital for a photo op. Da sex fiend has not an ounce of compassion in that cold spray tanned body.
Look, let’s be honest the FBI needs a great deal of house cleaning. People like Strozck, Page, Ohr and God knows how many others are still there.
True, you can’t just replace the Director. The politicization of the agency runs much deeper than that. Certainly all layers of management in Washington need to go.
TIN – I think everyone is waiting for the IG report which might be out in March.
T rump appointed Wray but since he ain’t his total flubkie he would like to get rid of him. Javanka and da T rump sons could be T rump’s pick but they couldn’t get approved by anyone but Putin.
Insightful post; It’s likely that Putin does vodka shots in their honor each day.
this is to “calling it straight” ken
Sad- Trump and Facebook running interference for Russia.
80,000 unpaid posts by Russian trolls reached 126,000,000 Facebook users but, Facebook’s Goldman, quoted by Trump, ignores the 80,000 preferring to focus attention on the 3,000 paid ads.
Linda,
Also sad- the school shooting might/probably was a false flag.
Come out of your basement and get some fresh air, you are suffering from lack of knowledge and empathy, loser.
billmcwilliams – who ran the false flag, since Cruz has confessed.
First smart thing ya said today.
Linda – What exactly did Obama do other then reassure the nation that the Russians couldn’t hurt the election. This all started on his watch and why have we suddenly stopped asking questions about Hillary’s lies.
(1) A guy receives priceless stolen property (the Presidency).
(2) Russians were the thieves.
Everything else is background noise.
What you have in Trump, JT, is a fighter. You’re just not used to it. That’s all. Pure and simple. A scrappy fighter, who doesn’t just go down after being hit, from every conceivable angle. Sure, you can moan and groan that he is not being presidential with his comments–attacking the FBI and holding it responsible for the carnage–but that ignores the fact that he is under, what many believe to be, an unfair, prolonged, incessant, highly- politicized, and biased witch-hunt, by very agency, which has shown itself incompetent and weak with regard to acting upon known and flagrant warnings of impending catastrophes. An agency that has, once again, proven its ineptitude in investigating or responding to potential terror threats, and Trump–like it or not–is not afraid to punch back. I get it. You are shocked by what you perceive as Trump’s lack of finesse. You want him to behave like Obama, who, when not scripted, stuttered and stammered, when the cameras were rolling. Trump may not be the most articulate, but a good portion of the blame, for what transpired the other day, is due to the failure to act by those with whom we have vested our trust and security, believing that they will, in fact, respond to and follow up on legitimate and valid warnings. A major and colossal failure. Trump called it. I’m betting that the loved ones, of those who were mowed down in this attack, would be willing to settle for less–finesse–if it meant that the authorities–yes, including the FBI–were doing their jobs. If it meant that the authorities would be jolted into performing their jobs. We now have, yet, another mound of dead bodies which lends support to his appropriate criticism of the agency. While not every catastrophe is preventable, with enough tips or warning signs presented to officials, this specific tragedy, at this specific school, was, by all accounts, preventable. Foreseeable. With enough known warning flags, beforehand, to have saved all of the anguish and pain. Trump, as usual, is being, personally, blamed for the massacre, yet you find it, tawdry, that he insists on placing the blame, where it should be–with those charged with the responsibility of investigating and following through on legitimate and verifiable leads. You would have preferred that he, personally, accepted full responsibility for the massacre. Too bad that you were disappointed.
Trump’s a fighter, great. Incredible. Tremendous.
What is he fighting for, exactly. Could it be, himself? His tacky businesses? His own interests?
Trump was the swamp before he ran, and now the swamp runs the show.
Don’t forget to enroll in TU to learn more.
That’s right. According to you, the FBI is faultless. Above reproach. Doesn’t deserve the rebuke. According to you, Trump was wrong to have criticized its continued and repeated lapses, which appear to result in deadly and catastrophic attacks which could’ve, and should’ve, been prevented. I suspect that if one of your loved ones, were in the morgue, as a result if this preventable attack, you would be praising Trump for properly placing a large part of the blame precisely where it belongs, where such condemnation could, in fact, bring about real change; however, since you are sitting in a place of luxury, untouched by this calamity, at a distance, you mindlessly condemn Trump’s words. Remember, Trump’s words do not appear to be emanating from one so engulfed in a swamp and so a part of the old, corrupt and inept system. He is, contrary to your perception, actually fighting the swamp–not bolstering or supporting it with his condemnation. He is, whether your mind allows you to comprehend this or not, trying to evoke change. Trying not to let the swamp engulf him. Speaking his mind. Saying what we all believe to be true–the FBI f’d up. Period. It just did. Trump is speaking out. Trying to get the FBI to do its job. But, alas, with you and your kind, everything that Trump does, or says, is because–according to you–he is a part of the swamp. How sad and pathetic that your mind is so clouded and possessed that everything President Trump says or does–without exceprion–is tainted by your all-consuming hatred for the man that you can’t–ever–acknowledge when he is correct. When he is wrong, he is wrong, and, when he is right, he is wrong.
Tell us, Dave, in all of your vast and great wisdom. . .was this attack preventable? Yes or no? Easy question. Try to focus. Try to concentrate. Were there enough red flags that the authorities should’ve been able to, at least, attempt to stop this lunatic in his tracks? Was there a colossal and major failure, which needs to be addressed? If you answered, yes, then you should be praising Trump. Praising him for NOT acting like part of the so-called, swamp. A member of the swamp would never call out and condemn a part of the swamp which was failing, now would he? Was that too deep for you? I suspect that the concept was way too far above your head.
Congratulations! I thought I’d already seen the depth of depravity; the most off-kilter, disconnected-from-reality post that was possible here (georgie). You however, now are the clubhouse leader. Rather than recognize the sophomoric con which you, and other gullible rubes like you, fell for last year and disavow your shocking lapse of judgment, you double down on the bad hand! Again; congratulations.
this is to “what does this ‘good money after bad’ thingy mean” bammie
Another useless comment from a useless contributor. Yawn.
Gen. Kelley, the President’s man, showed what he and his inner circle think about victims’ families in his treatment of the gold star widow and the family’s friend, a Black congresswoman. He lied about them.
Trump told us what he thinks about POW victims.
In Trump’s orbit the only people who matter are those who gratify him with money, praise or sex.
This is just another example of Mr. Trumps total ignorance to reality. If Mr. Trump wants to ‘take credit’ for there being no aviation crashes in the U.S. last year then should his policies of hate be given ‘credit’ for the massive increase in school shootings that have taken place since he became President 13 months ago? I’m just saying…
Maybe oldpoet it is your hate that should ” be given ‘credit’ for the massive increase in school shootings” (if the statement is even true).
The FBI got a phone tip; the person who answered the phone at the FBI failed to pass the information on per protocol; tragedy ensued.
What are the odds that the failure to pass the information on had anything to do with being preoccupied with the Mueller investigation? Vanishingly small, I think.
Porkchop – what do you want to bet several lawyers are typing a class action suit against the FBI as we communicate?
Well, some lawyer or lawyers may do that, but the likelihood of success is also vanishingly small.
Porkchop, it may have a lot to do with the FBI’s underlying culture.
Right. Everyone knows that the FBI is a hotbed of liberal hippies. Try again.
this is to “No, I’m not a Russian troll, promise” allan
It had a lot to do with that office being grossly understaffed. That office has 25 people. Mueller’s staff has 200 people. That should pretty much spell out the problem for you; that the FBI considers attacking Trump to be 100 times more important than protecting schools.
“It had a lot to do with that office being grossly understaffed.”
The office may be understaffed, but understaffing may or may not have been the cause of the failure to pass the information on per protocol. We don’t know the details, so it is too soon to draw that conclusion. Is there a pattern of failures that might be attributable to lack of personnel? Or did somebody just blow it? Or was there actually a reason to bypass protocol in that particular case? If understaffing is the problem, what is the optimal staffing? Two more people? Fifty? Two hundred? Are the people answering those phones even agents, or are they clerical staff? As I understand it, the people in question answer the phones, take reports, and pass them on; they do not investigate those reports themselves. There is no allegation that I have heard that the Miami office would not have had the agents to investigate if they had been informed of the call per protocol, so blaming diversion of agents for the problem seems unsupported at this point.
Ratio indicates 8x, at any given moment, tRump is more dangerous.
Sorry to say, Prof Turley, but I made that same comment to: my wife who said “Probably”; to my best friend, “No doubt”; to my son, “Dad, I think you’re right.”; and to my liberal daughter, “Most tips are fake but Trump is clearly guilty”.
Liberals think nailing Trump (with something! anything!) is the most important activity for the FBI. Until a mass killer hits their town.
Your daughter has the highest I.Q. in your family.
There should be some push back against the role of FBI as political secret police. They have always been that to some extent, but it’s not something to be encouraged. Probably the worst example of FBI political policing was the FBI siege at Ruby Ridge. FBI sniper Lon Horiuchi shot off Vicky Weaver’s head while she stood in the doorway of her home holding an infant. Earlier, US Marshals initiated a firefight on the Weaver property that led to deaths of one US Marshal and 13-year-old Sammy Weaver (who was shot in the back.) Before the USG decided to invade their property and attack them, there was no evidence the Weaver family was a threat to anyone.
I am going with Trump on this one. During one of the hearings, someone slipped and mentioned they had 500 FBI agents working for Mueller. Mueller has never exposed his budget and Judicial Watch has tried to get it but was last stonewalled because it would expose sensitive government investigative techniques. JW is appealing.
The FBI was internally spending a lot of precious time trying to protect its butt, its headlines, its budget and its sanity. That was costly to the nation and costly to those children one of whom was the son of someone I knew a long time ago.
I suppose Stroik’s tweets about hating Trump sent to his girlfriend were more important than the life of this very nice person’s child.
Trump is right. The FBI does not have its priorities straight. Assume that you do have 24 employees working the tip lines, and you get 1,000 tips per day. That works out to 42 tips per day, or about 5 per hour. Hardly a heavy workload. All the “system” has to do is computer automatically route tips with locations to the appropriate local office. That could be a simple function of data entry.
If the tips were prioritized or “triaged”, by credibility and potential harm, and an hourly report generated, a supervisor with no voice contact duties could scan the tips as a safeguard.
But, that is not glamorous! And sure, probably most of the tips are of little value. But this tip was, and it was never even routed to the local office. The truth is, if it had been routed to the local office, it would still probably been blown off. But we will never know.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
I wonder how many FBI employees work at getting the best headlines?
Squeeky – how are your coffee pots doing?
Oh fine, but I am back to French Press for a while. The percolators make the coffee too strong, so I have to figure out how to get the mix just right. FWIW, I bought another one, an 8 cup vintage Farber one.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky – try one less cup of coffee each time until you get it right. 😉 Have you tried the Faber?
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Yes. Now, I have a “new” one, an 8 cup one. But there is a lot of hard water buildup in it, sooo I have to pick up some vinegar to clean it out before I use it. But the “old” Farber, the 6 cup one, it perked fine. Took less than 8 minutes or so from cold water to hot coffee.
And thank you to everybody for the tips. I am going to experiment with the new Hamilton Beach one on the amount of coffee to put in.
As far as Gevalia Coffee, I used to subscribe to them, but since you can find them at Krogers, why??? One that I like, that I need to reorder is Cameron’s Highlander Grog. I found it on Amazon.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Try blending more than one coffee bean together and make sure that the grind is correct for the percolator. Additionally, sometimes the vessel can impart a taste though I never had that problem with my Farberware.
I do a lot of mixing. For example, half and half Folgers Black Silk, and Seattle’s Best Hazelnut stuff. Sometimes I grind my own beans, I guess about 1/3 or so of the time.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Have you ever tried Lavazza? It’s an Italian blend.
Allan – try mixing some Kona coffee with your regular mix. Well worth it.
Paul, I use Nespresso. I don’t like Keurig capsules or many of the other brands including Starbucks.
Allan – I cannot stand Starbucks, but I accidentally found Caribou Coffee in Minneapolis and they have moved here. I have one about 3 blocks away.
Oh, you know something else I like??? It’s going by Barnes and Noble and picking out a few books, and then sipping a latte and eating a sconce, while I scan the books, or magazines. Very enlightening!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky – I will buy a Starbucks at B&N, but since I take it black, I have to take it home before it cools. It’s AZ don’t you know. 😉 So, I nurse a hot cup of coffee while my wife shops for books. I buy, she shops. 🙂
PaulCS
Oh, too, I ordered that SciFi book you recommended, but they sent me Vol2a instead of Vol1. They are supposed to be sending me the correct one. I was telling my dad about it, and guess what??? He has it in both hardback and paperback, but it is in his storeroom where he stores most of his library. One day, when he dies, I will inherit his library, but I will have to build a building for them. He has some great stuff, including the original 17 volumes or so GAO printing of the Nuremburg Trials, and a gazillion Hitler books. Plus, all kinds of scifi stuff.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky – Vol 2 has A Canticle for Liebowitz and the Last Mimsy in it. Both great pieces. Don’t get rid of it. I have a storage unit with all my books in it. Actually, I gave away a ton (literally) to get down to the storage unit. They have been sitting there while the rent goes up. 😉
PaulCS
I will end up getting Vol2B before it is all over. I also bought one for $1, called:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Mile_Beyond_the_Moon
With a name like Kornbluth it has to be interesting.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky – I have read that and it is excellent, hope you enjoy it. 🙂
Tell me about it! $17 for the last 12 ounce bag I bought!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Yes! I love their African one! The Italians know their coffee! Kroger also carries Lavazza, FWIW.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Today for the first time in around twelve years, I stopped by a drive-up coffee stand and ordered an espresso. It was enjoyable but you are correct, what I had in Italy is better than what can generally be had in the U.S.. The last time was for an armed robbery case we had where the suspect pulled a gun on the barista. Afterwards, the robber was nearly served a double-shot of a different kind.
The Italians take their time, and don’t try to give you 16ozs of coffee drink which dilutes everything. But I like Starbucks, and usually order a Chai Latte with 2 sweet and lows, Venti.
I could live in Italy, very easily. I like the culture. Also Hungary. And Iceland. And Finland. And Nova Scotia. Maybe one day I will move, but I would feel guilty leaving all my outside critters. Now, I even have another stray cat eating off the porch.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky – you have to stop feeding the strays. My wife was doing that for awhile and we had about 20 of them before I put my foot down. The cat food bill was enormous. Plus, most of them were not spayed or neutered. I could envision my one-acre backyard filled with hungry cats waiting to be feed. It was unnerving. 😉
I am going to trap the cat, and have it checked out. If it is a stray, I will get it spayed. I can’t just let it starve. Or the possums, or the coons, or the little birds and squirrels. I already spend more on cat food, and bird food, and outside critter food than I do on me. I went to the store a week ago and it was $100+ for pet stuff, and only about $65 for me, including coffee. That is for about 2 weeks. But I get like 5 or 6 meals out of an eggplant, and maybe 4 or 5 meals out of a 1 lb thing of hamburger meat. Plus, I eat a lot of eggs, and they are pretty cheap. And fresh veggies.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky, I couldn’t resist. . .a scene from Will and Grace. . .where Jack has been drinking coffee, non-stop, and he is hyper, to say the least. . .thought that you would enjoy it. . .poor sound quality. . .
https://youtu.be/dq2kVexx1pU
https://youtu.be/dq2kVexx1pU
My God, but that sounds like my mind sometimes! Hilarious! And last week, that was me when I had my first percolator coffee! Oh I was sooo frigging wired! Didn’t sleep right for about 3 days! Come to think of it, I am still drinking coffee and it is 11:27 PM here! Oh, I will need the Ocean Waves machine tonite! But at least I won’t have any dreams I will remember, like last night when I was in a P39 Airacobra strafing Japs, and carrying a passenger in the air intakes. Then, today when I was reading a website, what should appear but a P39 Airacobra and a Mustang in this big picture! I have a lot of predictive dreams like that. Talk about synchronicity! Here is the pic, because I saved it today when I saw it:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DWX_xSlV4AEAJoX.jpg
I have been trying to figure out how it happened. I didn’t tell anybody about the dream, until now, so Alexa didn’t overhear it. I swear to God though, this kind of stuff happens all the time to me.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
Squeeky – do you talk in your sleep? BTW, there are organizations that help you with free traps to help trap and then to spay or neuter and then re-release the cats.
I’m sure that we all appreciate your sharing the FBI expertise which you have so carefully nurtured during you long career as an agent-in-charge. On second thought; wait a minute. You can’t wear sheet sets to the FBI company picnics. You were never a fibbie. Sorry.
this is to squeeKKK
You’re welcome! if there is anything else you want to know about, just ask! I am pretty smart, and if I don’t know the answer, then I will just imitate you and make something up!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
“It is obviously a false association since the local and national offices dealing with such school threats are entirely removed by the Russian investigation. ” … “What do you think?”
I think Turley made a comment without evidence. I don’t think he knows the inner workings of the FBI nor does he or any of us understand the culture of the FBI. A lot of law enforcement both local and federal law enforcement have never been that pleased with the FBI though I am sure most of the agents in the field work hard and try to do a good job. We can point to many very bad missteps by the FBI including the Atlanta bombing where they got the wrong man, The Boston Marathon bombing where they were warned by the Russians in advance, Major Hassan’s radicalization, and many more episodes of what would seem to be FBI failures. There is a long history of cultural problems at the FBI and that history continues.
And then there is the biggest FBI failure of them all, when they were warned by their own agent about the Saudis taking flight lessons in Minnesota prior to Sept 11, 2011 but didn’t follow up. And let’s not forget the infamous FBI agent James Hosty, assigned to investigate the threats made against JFK by Oswald. Despite JFK’s impending visit, the Dallas-based Agent did not bother to contact Oswald. After the assassination, Hosty’s superiors ordered him to destroy a hand-written note he had received from Oswald, and transferred him to the Kansas City office in an attempt to bury their mistake. Of course, the ever-political FBI had plenty of agents investigating MLK’s sex life, but they always seem to have a manpower shortage when it comes to basic crime fighting.
I agree, wholeheartedly, with everything that you stated; however, I think that it is a disservice–for lack of a better word–to consistently utilize the term, CULTURAL problems, when referring to the problems endemic at the FBI. Why? Precisely because by using words–like, CULTURAL–which are so fuzzy and unspecific, one actually serves to guarantee the continuation of the myriad of institutional problems. How can one address, and, more importantly, solve problems–legitimate, valid and specific problems and concerns–when some broad and hazy term, like CULTURAL PROBLEMS, is utilized in describing the issues with the FBI? Why not just call the problems out, defining them specifically? It is only by doing so that the systemic issues and problems can be tackled, head on. Namely, the consistent lack of communication. The major egos. The inability, failure and/or unwillingness to share and discuss information with what are, foolishly, perceived to be, competitors. The intransigence. The desire to remain politically correct in the face of disaster by not following up on leads pertaining to members of certain religions or ethnicities. Well, the list, I am sure, goes on and on. Brushing over the true problems, by coating them with the term, cultural, only allows the true issues to remain unaddressed and ignored, which will surely lead to another preventable catastrophe occurring. . .whether it is in a school, a plane, a shopping center or an army base.
Bam bam, the reason for the use of the phrase ‘cultural problems’ is because there is no one specific reason the FBI has not functioned the way it should. The entire culture has to be revamped.
Apparently the word, “politicizing” is meant to characterize strongly held and well-supported policy proposals to campaign frivolity. While “guns” may be a hot button political issue to some, to others, it means the loss of their children, their parents, their loved ones because someone else enjoys owning phallic symbols that have never been and will never be used for “defense”.
there is no doubt that the f.b.i. had their head up their asses when it comes to this massacre it seems the people at the top had something else on their minds.there has to be a lot of people fired and be made public so it never happens again.
What Trump should have said was “The FBI blew it. We will find those responsible for the error, hold them accountable, and make sure it doesn’t happen again. I have directed AG Sessions to conduct a full investigation”. Unfortunately, rogue agents such as Strozk and McCabe and attorney Page have politicized the FBI to the point where a sitting President is in an adversarial position to them and this particular sitting President doesn’t quit when it comes to attacking his adversaries..
Since when has any US public official ever been held accountable?
Was Watergate the last time?
I don’t know. His tweet is certainly self-serving, but I think it’s accurate.
Remember Richard Clarke, speaking about 9/11 and the FBI and CIA failing to “shake the trees”?
I think that if the FBI had a national focus, really prioritized stopping school shootings, and mass killings, then the FBI would have not missed those many opportunities to stop Cruz.
Worse, CBS reports
“The FBI receives, by phone and email, more than 1,000 tips a day — more than 360,000 a year; the bureau has only about two dozen employees to handle them, CBS News learned.”
https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/964645515651624961
So yeah, I think it’s clear the FBI leadership has been distracted for a couple of years now.
I don’t know what the FBI’s priorities are, but dealing with tips doesn’t seem to be one of them.
The Koch’s, their brethren, and their flunkies could stop defunding the government, have their politicians increase the taxes on the richest 0.1% to pay for mental health services and, the rich would benefit because the deceased students could have grown up and been exploited by industry. The share of national income going to labor is at the lowest point in recorded history, courtesy of the Koch’s ALEC. But, the rich only care about profits today.
Division that handles da spies does not handle domestic threats of the white militias. Do you think all da resources should be spent on catching da US criminals and the Russian spy’s should have there way with the elections. Seems like both of these units could use some beefin up. Da white militias and da Russian spies are running amok.
Turley has run afoul of the argument ad ignorantium. Because Mueller has not yet revealed any evidence of the Trump campaign coordinating its activities with the Russian election meddling campaign; therefore, Turley would have us all believe that Mueller will not ever reveal any evidence of the Trump campaign coordinating its activities with the Russian election meddling campaign. Or as Trump, himself, keeps incessantly protesting, “There was no collusion.” Turley knows better than to commit that fallacy.
Saying that the indictment cites no evidence of collusion (an accurate statement) is not the same as saying that there was no collusion.
Porkchop, saying that there was no evidence you killed the man is not the same as saying that you didn’t kill the man.
We seldom have video evidence of innocence or guilt and when we do someone will say the video evidence was altered.
I’d like to understand what your comment was all about.
Buck up cupcake he’s got hyou reduced to one line of nothing.
That is, simply, who Trump is, a lying piece of sh*t.
Issac can’t handle the truth. Trump was never involved in any Russian scandal though it seems Hillary was. Issac’s reason for existence has disappeared and we can see it with this last argument.
Who knows if T rump does not know there are different divisions of the FBI doing different work or does he know and thinks his thinks his brain dead cult does not know da difference.
Organizations develop cultures and try to protect their image. That takes a lot of time, money and energy leaving less of these things to handle the organization’s responsibilities. Thus when more than one report is in, likely to more than one individual one has to wonder if the organization was focusing in the right direction.
Add to that an incident like the Fort Hood incident where Hasan had been radicalized and subsequently killed a number of soldiers. The organization under the auspices of the Obama’s DOJ wanted to call it anything but terrorism. New words and ideas were created that also complicated the FBI’s mission as Obama for political reasons tried to downplay Islamic terrorism. Though others might not agree there is no doubt in my mind that those decisions greatly impacted the culture of the FBI and the way they handled terrorism cases. This shooting though appearing totally isolated from any political aspect was a form of terrorism.
I think a politicized DOJ (almost totally politicized under Obama) and a politicized FBI are major problems preventing the FBI from keeping Americans and American children safe.
Allan – politized = weaponized
Yeah, because even if he is wrong, Trump could not simply be a person who has a wrong belief. Oh no, if Trump thinks it isn’t going to rain today, and it does, obviously Trump is a liar.
My God, Isaac, but there is something mentally off with you, to have this much irrational hatred of somebody, and to be this obsessed with them.
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
He can’t help it. He comes from Canada but doesn’t know why he wants to live here while he keeps his eye on Europe. His thinking processes are a bit disordered.
Disordered? I think it is way beyond that. To be chugging full of irrational hatred and venom like that, and constantly make those idiotic pronouncements from his throne. Sheeeesh, IMHO, Isaac would have made a great Sturmfuhrer!
Squeeky Fromm
Girl Reporter
“Disordered? I think it is way beyond that.”
Squeeky, I’m trying to be a nice guy. You are right his hatred is what depots count on. Sturmfuhrer was a good example. But now having said that I won’t be on his mailing list for Christmas.
Trump’s claim is false on the face of it. Trump’s claim is also a craven exploitation of human grief to pursue a partisan, political witch-hunt against the FBI for the express purpose of saving his own ultra-thin skin from he who will not be deterred, Robert Swan Mueller The Third. Therefore, Isaac makes perfect sense. Nothing new about that. Good job, Isaac!
We hear a lot of words from you Diane, but what we lack is proof. The sum total of your proof has been you don’t like Trump and therefore he must be guilty. When the evidence proves otherwise you put the goal posts in another ballpark.
Start listing evidence.
Haha. Rich. Pot calling kettle.
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Issac, get yourself under control. Learn what sarcasm is. Look at a persons results not their demeanor. Life will become much easier for you.
The POTUS, Trump, is “sarcastically” blaming the Russia investigation for the school shooting in Florida? Did The POTUS, Trump, also “sarcastically” offer his condolences to the surviving kin of the victims? Has M. X. McGuire ever learnt the meaning of sarcasm? I’m pretty sure Isaac could teach it to you, M.X. McGuire.