I'm mad too because, look six weeks ago. The FBI declared "radical-traditionalist Catholics" to be a potential enemy to infiltrate, develop tripwires for, and p

I'm mad too because, look six weeks ago. The FBI declared "radical-traditionalist Catholics" to be a potential enemy to infiltrate, develop tripwires for, and put under surveillance. Even more ridiculous was that it actually attempted to define the term by internal theological opinions (do they like the Vatican II council from 1965? Do they accept or reject the Pope?). Now, one doesn't need to be a fan of far-right or "radical-traditionalist" Catholics to think that this is an absurdity. When is the last time you've heard of a Catholic bombing a plane? The memo itself had not one incident listed, but said that it was a preemptive action (literally no history of violence listed, but they could be!!). Merrick Garland announced after the leak that the memo was atrocious and would be deleted immediately and rushed to declare that the memo did not meet FBI standards and that the FBI would not investigate 1st-amendment protected activities - but nobody's going to face consequences. And to top it all off, it used the SPLC (Southern Poverty Law Center) as a source and got away with it, even though the SPLC is blocked as a source in the FBI due to bias concerns. So it's OK to use blocked sources if it's the right motive. What the heck... https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-catholics-traditionalists-report-retracted-extremists-southern-poverty-law-center-72b817c9 https://www.wsj.com/articles/fbi-catholics-traditionalists-r...