The Democratic Party (an odd misnomer is ever one existed) of the good old USA is currently insisting at the top of their lungs that those stalwart souls residing at the J.E.Hoover building and out in Langley and environs are the protectors and saviors of our embattled democracy.
My, things have changed. My salad days were an exercise in distrust of these two institutions. They had proven themselves invasive and completely unfazed by the vagaries of the constitution. They were then, and still are, a secret police.
The idea that the FBI is a political tool has been bandied about for years. I think that the reason this is the case is simply that the FBI and CIA have always has been just that.
The average American quivers in exquisite terror when imagining the trespasses of the Stasi or the KGB. Truth be told, I think that with the recent additions to the technology sets of internet, cell phones, and banking make them even more capable and intrusive than any of these rookie organizations ever thought of being.
Nope, the Democrats have thrown in with the devil. The way that I see it, Cheney began the trend with his brilliant suborning of the intelligence agencies to execute on his plans to control the oil supplies of the Middle East. The agencies very much liked this active use of power and were encouraged to expand their use and abuse.
After Cheney left the scene, a young and beholden Chicago machine politician came in and made subtle and finely honed use of the blade. I really have no doubt that Obama used the resources of the FBI to try and undercut Little Donnie. It also appears that Hillary had her own little cabal within the FBI to do her bidding also. You gotta remember, she did inherit the power base of her husband (#42).
Look, when Mr. Spook is out busting folks for robbing banks or infiltrating and turning a drunken Russian scientist, I have no problems. Good job, stop by and I'll buy you a beer.
But if anyone thinks that the leadership of the FBI or CIA in Washington is non-political or doesn't have its own political axe to grind, I have some bad news for you. Trusting these folks is as useful and as smart as trusting a politician.
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