Executive Assistant Director of National Security Branch Jill Sanborn was called up to testify before congress regarding the capitol riot. When asked if fbi ag

Executive Assistant Director of National Security Branch Jill Sanborn was called up to testify before congress regarding the capitol riot. When asked if fbi agents or informants committed crimes of violence, she responded "I can't answer that." When asked "Did any FBI agents or FBI informants actively encourage and incite crimes of violence on January 6?" she responded "I can't answer that." The answer to both should be an absolute, a line not crossed under threat of life in prison, or execution, for all officials responsible - "no, we do not do that. " The FBI has a history of playing games with people, pushing them into actions and situations that otherwise would not have occurred or escalated into illegal activity. This has included partisan brinksmanship and politically advantageous maneuvering beneficial to whichever party currently holds sway at the fbi. The FBI shouldn't be the dirty deeds department, but it's used as such far too often. Then there's the whole five eyes situation in which intelligence agencies play a cute game in which they pretend it's ok to spy on other countries' citizens and share that intelligence. With no oversight or due process, to the extent that all phone and text activity is surveilled. Throw Google's total obeisance to us government into the mix, and combine that with Centurylink's control or access to of more than 80% of global internet infrastructure. The cctv prevalence in different areas varies widely, but Nest and Ring and Clearview AI are becoming ubiquitous. Brave New World and 1984 were almost unambitious in comparison to the current reality of mass surveillance. It may be too late to fix.