Following reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation used at least one spy to secretly surveil members of the Trump campaign, fired former FBI director James Comey lashed out at critics of his agency's activities during the 2016 election.
Years-long violations of the rules about the FBI's use of secret spies have led to massive investigations across every branch of government, including a multi-volume, 3,528-page congressional investigative report in 2003, a scathing 314-page report from the Department of Justice inspector general in 2005, and even a scathing 228-page, $102 million ruling against the government in 2007 after a federal judge ruled that the FBI deliberately withheld evidence, leading to the wrongful convictions of four men, in order to protect a mob informant.
In her introduction, Gertner made clear that the horrific miscarriage of justice perpetrated under the guise of the FBI's confidential spy program wasn't the result of innocent missteps by a few bad apples, but was instead a coordinated conspiracy involving the rogue agents, their supervisors, and even the FBI director himself.
The elected lawmakers who investigated the FBI and later compiled a lengthy report on what happened didn't expect anyone to pore through all 3,500 pages, so they subtly summarized their findings via the name of their report: "EVERYTHING SECRET DEGENERATES: THE FBI'S USE OF MURDERERS AS INFORMANTS.".
The report provided 47 separate recommendations to the FBI to improve its compliance with DOJ's spy guidelines.
In mid-2006, the issue of FBI spy abuse still had enough resonance that Sen. Patrick Leahy, who at the time served as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, required then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to answer detailed questions about his agency's guidelines for and oversight of the FBI's confidential spy program.
Given what we know about the FBI's history with secret spies, facts matter especially when the FBI decides the public doesn't deserve to know them.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/24/fbi-used-secret-spy-program-protect-killers-jail-innocents-screw-victims/
Years-long violations of the rules about the FBI's use of secret spies have led to massive investigations across every branch of government, including a multi-volume, 3,528-page congressional investigative report in 2003, a scathing 314-page report from the Department of Justice inspector general in 2005, and even a scathing 228-page, $102 million ruling against the government in 2007 after a federal judge ruled that the FBI deliberately withheld evidence, leading to the wrongful convictions of four men, in order to protect a mob informant.
In her introduction, Gertner made clear that the horrific miscarriage of justice perpetrated under the guise of the FBI's confidential spy program wasn't the result of innocent missteps by a few bad apples, but was instead a coordinated conspiracy involving the rogue agents, their supervisors, and even the FBI director himself.
The elected lawmakers who investigated the FBI and later compiled a lengthy report on what happened didn't expect anyone to pore through all 3,500 pages, so they subtly summarized their findings via the name of their report: "EVERYTHING SECRET DEGENERATES: THE FBI'S USE OF MURDERERS AS INFORMANTS.".
The report provided 47 separate recommendations to the FBI to improve its compliance with DOJ's spy guidelines.
In mid-2006, the issue of FBI spy abuse still had enough resonance that Sen. Patrick Leahy, who at the time served as the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, required then-Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to answer detailed questions about his agency's guidelines for and oversight of the FBI's confidential spy program.
Given what we know about the FBI's history with secret spies, facts matter especially when the FBI decides the public doesn't deserve to know them.
http://thefederalist.com/2018/05/24/fbi-used-secret-spy-program-protect-killers-jail-innocents-screw-victims/
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