thehill | Politifact asserts that “just because the FBI sometimes operates in secret does not mean that it’s a ‘secret police.’"
But the FBI’s secrecy is profoundly skewing American politics. More
than a year after the 2016 election, Americans still have no idea the
true extent of the FBI's manipulation of the presidential campaign. Did
the FBI wrongfully absolve Hillary Clinton on the email server issue? What role did the FBI have in financing or exploiting the Steele dossier? Will we ever learn the full truth?
The so-called fact checkers insists that any comparison of the FBI and KGB is “ridiculous” because the FBI is “subject to the rule of law and is democratically accountable.” But
there is little or no accountability when few members of Congress have
the courage to openly criticize or vigorously cross-examine FBI
officials. House Majority Leader Hale Boggs admitted in 1971 that Congress was afraid of the FBI:
“Our very fear of speaking out (against the FBI) ... has watered the
roots and hastened the growth of a vine of tyranny ... which is
ensnaring that Constitution and Bill of Rights which we are each sworn
to uphold.” The FBI is currently scorning almost every congressional
attempt at oversight. Thus far, members of Congress have responded with
nothing except press releases and talk show bluster.
Politifact repeatedly scoffs at the notion that the FBI is “a secret police agency such as the old KGB.”
And since the FBI is not as bad as the KGB, let’s mosey along and
pretend no good citizen has a right to complain. A similar standard
could exonerate any American president who was not as bad as Stalin.
In
the 1960s, some conservatives adorned their cars with “Support Your
Local Sheriff” bumper stickers. How long until we see Priuses with
“Support Your Secretive All-Powerful Federal Agents” bumper stickers?
But those who forget or deny past oppression help forge new shackles for
the American people.
