Exclusive: Audit reveals FBI rule-breaking
in probes involving politicians, religious
groups, media
Posted By: Ribicon, 3/11/2022 8:34:44 PM
FBI agents violated their own rules at least 747 times in 18 months while conducting investigations involving politicians, candidates, religious groups, the news media and others, according to a 2019 FBI audit obtained by The Washington Times. The internal review revealed a ratio of slightly more than two “compliance errors” per each sensitive investigative matter (SIM) reviewed by FBI auditors.(Snip)The FBI auditors reviewed a small portion of the bureau’s total portfolio. They studied 353 cases involving sensitive investigative matters—fewer than half of the total number of such cases—and found rules broken 747 times between Jan. 1, 2018, and June 30, 2019.
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Would Americans stay to fight for their
nation the way the Ukrainians are doing?
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nation the way the Ukrainians are doing?
Poll shows... 34 replies
An attack on the U.S. would bring out the patriotism of many Americans, according to a Quinnipiac poll released Tuesday, but a surprising number of our fellow citizens would also cut and run.
Here's the Washington Times story about it:
An attack on the U.S. homeland would bring out the fight in most Americans. according to a new poll, but a surprisingly large percentage say they'd flee.
A Quinnipiac University poll released Tuesday asked Americans what they would do "if they were in the same position as Ukrainians are now: stay and fight or leave the country?"
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The existence of such labs in Ukraine was confirmed by Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland last week in congressional testimony (snip) The World Health Organization (WHO) last week warned of the hazards of the labs:
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Much like American lawyers, 99% of them make the other 1% of them look bad.