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This seems to go beyond merely keeping tabs on extremists; this looks like direct funding for criminal activities.
by myWindoonn 5y ago
This seems to go beyond merely keeping tabs on extremists; this looks like direct funding for criminal activities.
- Ancapistani 5y agoThis is nowhere near new. On the right, it’s a running joke - if there are five people in a “milita” group, two are FBI agents, one is a sheriff’s deputy, one is ATF, and one is a reporter. The ATF agent is the one that always wants to blow something up. There was an attack at a “Draw Mohammed” event in Garland, TX in 2015 where not only was the FBI “monitoring” the two gunmen… there was an FBI agent present at the attack. He tried to flee and was apprehended by local police. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Culwell_Center_attack#Lawsuit_against_the_FBI https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Culwell_Center_attack#L...
- plugger 5y ago> On the right, it’s a running joke The FBI had been surveiling, infiltrating, and eliminating domestic American Political organizations since it was established, both on the left and the right.
- AndrewBissell 5y agoThink there's a bit of suborning when it comes to the right-wing ones too.