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FBI seems schizophrenic at times, confirming and denying based on politics. Remember the e-mail server in 2016? First advising against criminal charges, only to
by worksonmine 3y ago
FBI seems schizophrenic at times, confirming and denying based on politics. Remember the e-mail server in 2016? First advising against criminal charges, only to open an investigation months later. Epstein was covered up and considered a conspiracy theory until it wasn't a few years later. Everything is politics today and the people in charge seem to have difficulties navigating in this context, and it's only getting worse.
- A4ET8a8uTh0 3y agoNot at all. Remember that FBI is also a political entity subject to the whims of congress and its willingness to appropriate funds for it. In other words, they are always walking a tightrope of expectations from opposing sides; there is always pressure. I am not sure if you remember Comey saga, but remember how carefully some of the statements were worded to satisfy those various sides ( iirc, he wasn't supposed to say Clinton was a suspect and he didn't but instead said something that sounded close to it so press ran with it anyway -- and he could placate both sides saying he did their bidding ). Its not schizophrenic when you understand how much of a political capital is spent there.