By FRITZ PETTYJOHN
The FBI went rogue a very long time ago. Director J. Edgar Hoover was a law unto himself, and everyone in political life was a potential victim. His violations of civil rights were a national disgrace. Throughout his 48 years as director, he broke the law routinely. Like his insufferable successor, James Comey, he believed he answered to “a higher authority” — his own conscience. These are delusions of grandeur. The FBI has degenerated into one of the greatest threats to American liberty. These people think they’re above the law.
In fact, they are merely criminal investigators, acting at all times under the direction of a U. S. Attorney. Every district attorney in the country has law enforcement officers who he tasks with investigating crimes. They’re called cops. FBI agents are just federal cops.
FBI Associate Director Mark Fell, playing the role of Deep Throat, took down a duly elected president of the United States, Richard Nixon. Comey and his gang tried to do the same thing to President Donald Trump, but they couldn’t pull it off. Now Trump is back, and he’s loaded for bear. His appointee, Kash Patel, will have the president’s unwavering support as he goes after this rot root and branch. Every civil libertarian in the country should back him 100%.
It’s true that he doesn’t have extensive service with the Department of Justice. That’s not a bug, it’s a feature. He’s not part of the club. There are thousands of perfectly fine FBI agents who work for the Bureau. Patel just needs to find them and promote them.
It wasn’t that long ago that the most zealous champions of American civil liberty were on the left. No more. They have succumbed to the totalitarian impulse hiding in many a liberal heart, and they should be ashamed of themselves.
This is not a Trump thing. It’s a “restoring-the-rule-of-law thing.”
Fritz Pettyjohn was a prosecuting attorney for the City of Ketchikan, Alaska in 1973 and served in the Alaska Legislature in the 1980s. He blogs at ReaganProject.com
It is refreshing to learn there are leaders in Alaska who understand the threat D.C. represents to our nation.
Patel wrote a children’s storybook that had Trump as a king. The FBI director is supposed to serve the people and Constitution, not a spray tanned combed over woman abuser
Frank your boy is a proven liar and thief.
You lost, so cry in your mom’s basement.
Frank, you are so, so pathetic. I am almost, ALMOST sorry for you.
Trump won’t make that same mistake twice.All of his appointees are going to be card carrying members of the mara lago club.
Be prepared for the “threat to muh democracy” posts from the usual suspects here.
The Government Gangsters are shaking in their shoes over this pick. If you think Gaetz was their worst nightmare, Patel has all the goods one these criminals. Grab some popcorn, this is going to be fun as justice will finally be served!
“It wasn’t that long ago that the most zealous champions of American civil liberty were on the left. No more. They have succumbed to the totalitarian impulse hiding in many a liberal heart, and they should be ashamed of themselves.’
I take issue with this paragraph. Switch left with liberal. True liberals are accepting of other views, champions of civil liberty and embracing of new viewpoints and able to have civil discussion and debate. Leftists on the other hand are the censoring, fascist/socialist, rabid mob that is trying to destroy America. Please don’t ggive leftists the title of liberals. Theyare the furthest thing from it.
I think the FBI should be reformed. Culture never self-reforms, unfortunately. People from outside of the culture are necessary to take charge.