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good article! every day i see people posting about how the fbi has lost all credibility and i’m over here like when the fuck did they get credibility

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Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Finally Arrested Half Decade Later The FBI sucks at its job but wants you to salute them anyway

Jan. 6 pipe bomber finally arrested half a decade later. The FBI sucks at its job but wants you to salute them anyway:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/jan-6-pipe...

04.12.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 691    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 12

;)

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Relatedly, DOJ OLC just denied my request for expedited processing for communications around these strikes.

If someone in Congress doesn't find the courage and conviction to act, it will be years until the public sees any of this stuff.

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Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed Lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean is shrouded in an above-top secret world

Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed, in an excellent report by Ken Klippenstein.
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-hegset...

04.12.2025 15:39 β€” πŸ‘ 46    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Jan. 6 Pipe Bomber Finally Arrested Half Decade Later The FBI sucks at its job but wants you to salute them anyway

Jan. 6 pipe bomber finally arrested half a decade later. The FBI sucks at its job but wants you to salute them anyway:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/jan-6-pipe...

04.12.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 691    πŸ” 87    πŸ’¬ 32    πŸ“Œ 12

will never understand why people worship the FBI. They are bad at their jobs!

04.12.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 463    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 28    πŸ“Œ 3
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FBI arrests suspect in Jan. 2021 pipe-bombing case Authorities say the suspect placed viable explosive devices outside RNC and DNC offices the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot.

"FBI’s case against the [J6 pipe bomb] suspect is not based on a new breakthrough ... but instead on a review the FBI conducted in recent weeks of evidence that had already been gathered and which the department had ... largely collected in 2021 and 2022."

www.ms.now/news/fbi-arr...

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i don't understand why congress is so pathetic on national security

04.12.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Sen. Kelly has seen the OLC memo justifying the strikes.

He is on both the armed services and the senate intel committees.

IF the intel committee has a copy of the memo, they can vote to release it (Big IF).

Or he could just release and rely on legislative immunity.

He should do so.

04.12.2025 16:42 β€” πŸ‘ 172    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0

A FOIA search - not even a release - for a single document will take nearly a year.

It's hard to think of a more clear example of WHY whistleblowers, leakers, and journalists are essential for the public's right to know.

04.12.2025 15:27 β€” πŸ‘ 288    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

January 6 pipe bomb suspect arrested a half-decade later based on evidence the FBI had all along. Bang up job FBI!

04.12.2025 16:33 β€” πŸ‘ 907    πŸ” 81    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 9

lol

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Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed Lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean is shrouded in an above-top secret world

Senator Mark Kelly has seen the Trump admin's classified justification for the boat strikes and said they should be released to the public. Kelly can release the info himself due legislative immunity; but when asked if he would, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

03.12.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 846    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 33

look at my opposition party dawg

04.12.2025 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 765    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

Surprise, surprise...

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The media glazing of the commander overseeing the Caribbean boat strike, Admiral Bradley, is embarrassing.

Here's NYT granting anonymity to say he was "a top-notch fellow"; then some former SEAL a decade ago delivering this pearl: β€œI have yet to meet a finer person, much less a finer SEAL.”

03.12.2025 23:39 β€” πŸ‘ 305    πŸ” 25    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 2
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Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed Lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean is shrouded in an above-top secret world

Senator Mark Kelly has seen the Trump admin's classified justification for the boat strikes and said they should be released to the public. Kelly can release the info himself due legislative immunity; but when asked if he would, did not respond to multiple requests for comment.

03.12.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 846    πŸ” 141    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 33
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Why Hegseth's Alleged War Crime Will Never Be Revealed Lethal strike on alleged drug boat in Caribbean is shrouded in an above-top secret world

Why the truth about Hegseth's role in the boat strike in the Caribbean will never come out:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/why-hegset...

03.12.2025 22:48 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

:)

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this is the first official acknowledgement of that operation btw
bsky.app/profile/kenk...

03.12.2025 04:11 β€” πŸ‘ 322    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1
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FBI is soliciting tips on threats to the immigration enforcement operation codenamed "Catahoula Crunch"

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Border Patrol's parent agency issued a new internal policy on "vehicular pursuits" and "emergency driving" earlier this year

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Me, thankful? Why I bought my first real Christmas tree

Why I got a Christmas tree for the first time
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/me-thankful

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Senator Mark Warner tries his hand at vertical video, saying: "β€ŠJFK wrote an impressive book called Profiles in Courage ... You know, the Trump administration could write their own book: Profiles in Lack of Courage."

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The Trump regime has been busy dismantling American democracy, but we've been busy fighting back! We've been furiously exposing Trump and his co-conspirators. This Giving Tuesday, fight back with us by helping Property of the People continue our critical mission! propertyofthepeople.org/donate/

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02.12.2025 04:19 β€” πŸ‘ 1094    πŸ” 117    πŸ’¬ 71    πŸ“Œ 32

like watching a concert pianist play the flight of the bumblebee. Nobody says they're not gonna do shit quite like chuck schumer. watch the master at work:

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JAKE TAPPER: You called on Hegseth to release the full tapes of the attack. What sort of action are Democrats prepared to take to make this happen?

CHUCK SCHUMER: We hope that they will release the tapes.

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The Government Killed National Guard Member Sarah Beckstrom Why the DC-deployed Guardswoman shot last week may never see justice

Why slain National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom may never see justice
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/the-govern...

01.12.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 391    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 1

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