https://theintercept.com/2017/01/31...has-inherited-an-fbi-with-vast-hidden-powers/ By Glenn Greenwald & Betsy Reed IN THE WAKE of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, the FBI assumes an importance and influence it has not wielded since J. Edgar Hoover’s death in 1972. That is what makes today’s batch of stories from The Intercept, The FBI’s Secret Rules, based on a trove of long-sought confidential FBI documents, so critical: It shines a bright light on the vast powers of this law enforcement agency, particularly when it comes to its ability to monitor dissent and carry out a domestic war on terror, at the beginning of an era highly likely to be marked by vociferous protest and reactionary state repression. In order to understand how the FBI makes decisions about matters such as infiltrating religious or political organizations, civil liberties advocates have sued the government for access to crucial FBI manuals — but thanks to a federal judiciary highly subservient to government interests, those attempts have been largely unsuccessful. Because their disclosure is squarely in the public interest, The Intercept is publishing this series of reports along with annotated versions of the documents we obtained. ... While the top echelon of the CIA community was vehemently pro-Clinton, certain factions within the FBI were aggressively supportive of Trump. Hillary Clinton herself blames James Comey and his election-week letter for her defeat. Elements within the powerful New York field office were furious that Comey refused to indict Clinton, and embittered agents reportedly shoveled anti-Clinton leaks to Rudy Giuliani. The FBI’s 35,000 employees across the country are therefore likely to be protected and empowered. Trump’s decision to retain Comey — while jettisoning all other top government officials — suggests that this has already begun to happen.
More swamp that needs to be drained. These organizations have become unamerican and have no business trying to influence our elections.
Fixed. Greenwald is responsible for publishing the NSA documents stolen by Edward Snowden. These revealed that the government is spying on us (thanks Obama) and ordering communications companies to allow access to our internet and phone traffic.
I think it was obvious all along that the CIA was pro Clinton and that many in the FBI wanted Clinton indicted. Greenwald wrote for Salon.com (left leaning site) and about John Brennan who later became CIA director. You may know Brennan from his leaking the unfounded dossier of claims against the new president and blasting him on his way out. The CIA was pro Clinton. Get it?
