To understand the state of disrepair of our national security and law enforcement apparatus, look to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's contrasting treatment of Russian disinformation-spinner Igor Danchenko, and whistleblowing Special Agent Steven Friend. We recently learned the Bureau rewarded the former for his lies, while punishing the latter for his truths
Danchenko, a Russian national, was the key researcher behind the key document-the Steele dossier-behind the key effort to undermine candidate, and then topple, President Donald J. Trump: Russiagate.
- Today, we know that long before the Steele dossier was written, the FBI opened a counterintelligence probe into the analyst
- From March 2017 through October 2020, FBI put him on the payroll as an informant
- The timing could not have been more ironic: Comey told Congress the Trump campaign was under investigation for Russia ties, and Devin Nunes discovered that the Trump transition team had been spied on
- By making him a CHS (confidential human source), the FBI shielded the disreputable researcher of the dossier from scrutiny, and thus shielded itself and its allies who peddled "treasonous Trump-Russian collusion" from scrutiny
But as with the case of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann, he is a bit non-government Russiagate player, facing a D.C.-area jury, and poised to achieve an acquittal on similar grounds.
- Since Team Durham apparently again is presenting the Deep Staters as dupes, rather than sophisticates, Danchenko may argue the opposite-and that, therefore, his lies were not material because the shrewd FBI pursued RussiGate irrespective of his lies.
The Regime protects its own and punishes dissenters
- It is not clear if Friend will receive recompense following recriminations for bravely exposing what has seemed apparent from the outside-namely, that our regime is engaged in a War on Wrongthink, using the security state to persecute foes, himself apparently included.
https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-paid-russian-disinformation-while-punishing-patriot-opinion-1745574
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