I don't think making every agent who touched the investigation of the Jan. 6 riot answer questions about his or her role is an exercise in fair-minded control over the police. This was a proper and, indeed, righteous investigation into atrocious and unlawful conduct.
Bove's memo, though necessary to prevent (I hope) the plummeting of morale, leaves me unimpressed. Does he have a sound basis for believing that agents "acted with corrupt or partisan intent, blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI?" If so, he must know which agents might have done so, or at least know a smaller subset of agents who might have.
Investigating every agent involved in the investigation is unnecessary and strikes me as designed to intimidate. It can't be good for morale, even with the Bove clarification.
Indeed, the idea that Bove would have to issue such a disclaimer tells me that the administration is going about this the wrong way.
I should add that, although the investigation was righteous, some of the prosecutions were dubious. But that has nothing to do with the FBI. No one there decided whom to prosecute. Certainly that was way above the pay grade of the more than 1,000 agents whose actions the Trump administration is probing.
I take issue with one thing. You call them liberals. They arent liberal. Obviously. They are illiberal. Liberals believe in things like equality before the law. Indeed in the rule of law. They believe in things like freedom of expression and freedom of religion. The Democrats with a few exceptions believe of none of these things. I never refer to these cretins as liberals. I call them either leftists or just Democrats.
I don't think making every agent who touched the investigation of the Jan. 6 riot answer questions about his or her role is an exercise in fair-minded control over the police. This was a proper and, indeed, righteous investigation into atrocious and unlawful conduct.
Bove's memo, though necessary to prevent (I hope) the plummeting of morale, leaves me unimpressed. Does he have a sound basis for believing that agents "acted with corrupt or partisan intent, blatantly defied orders from Department leadership, or exercised discretion in weaponizing the FBI?" If so, he must know which agents might have done so, or at least know a smaller subset of agents who might have.
Investigating every agent involved in the investigation is unnecessary and strikes me as designed to intimidate. It can't be good for morale, even with the Bove clarification.
Indeed, the idea that Bove would have to issue such a disclaimer tells me that the administration is going about this the wrong way.
I should add that, although the investigation was righteous, some of the prosecutions were dubious. But that has nothing to do with the FBI. No one there decided whom to prosecute. Certainly that was way above the pay grade of the more than 1,000 agents whose actions the Trump administration is probing.
I take issue with one thing. You call them liberals. They arent liberal. Obviously. They are illiberal. Liberals believe in things like equality before the law. Indeed in the rule of law. They believe in things like freedom of expression and freedom of religion. The Democrats with a few exceptions believe of none of these things. I never refer to these cretins as liberals. I call them either leftists or just Democrats.
I see your point; I was just using common shorthand.
Dennis Prager:Liberalism vs Leftism
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nTMYEsomvc
Feb 5, 2016
Syndicated talk show host Dennis Prager explains the difference between being a Leftist and being a liberal