Congress is Set to Expose What May be the Largest Censorship System in U.S. History. ( Jonathan Turley )

Jonathan Turley ^ | February 6, 2023 | Jonathan Turley

[Erik Latranyi]

The left does not believe in free speech.

They never did, even when they held free speech rallies.
The left only supports their own freedom, not freedom for all.

[Openurmind]

The CIA is the one to really look at. The FBI is small time in comparison.

[spacejunkie2001]

This should absolutely include the SEC as well. They are BLOCKING the merger of Digital World Acquisition and Trump Media solely due to political reasons. This is stopping free speech in a huge way as this is almost the only conservative outlet we have where banning does not occur.

[MtnClimber]

[ConservativeInPA]

The left does not believe in free speech.

Correct. That happens when they are unable to make a cogent argument.

[GOPJ]

The “Twitter files” revealed an FBI operation to monitor and censor social media content — an effort so overwhelming and intrusive that Twitter staff at one point complained internally that “they are probing & pushing everywhere.” Nor was it just the FBI, apparently. Emails reveal FBI figures like a San Francisco assistant special agent in charge asking Twitter executives to “invite an OGA” (or “Other Government Organization”) to an upcoming meeting. A week later, Stacia Cardille, a senior Twitter legal executive, indicated the OGA was the CIA, an agency under strict limits regarding domestic activities.

Maybe some of the sh*ts in 'intelligence' should tell us all the wonderful countries run by 'intelligence' thugs. They can't. There aren't any. If secret police or 'intelligence' is running things - it's a hellhole.

[digger48]

Those 900 FIB files in Hillarys dildo drawer were there for a reason

[SaveFerris]

Raise your hand if you remember back when America was the land of the free

[1Old Pro]

This is what some but call a blockbuster scandal. Nowadays nothing emerges as these hearings have become jokes.

They are all bravado and the witnesses make fools of the Congressmen - see the Godfather for a real life example.

[one guy in new jersey]

Has Jonathan Turley ever been angry about anything?

Some people strangely never seem to exceed medium temperature no matter how much fuel you add to the fire.

Perhaps this explains the sheer length and unbroken nature of his tenure as a professor of law at George Washington University in D.C. Any detractors he might have picked up along the way certainly can’t point to any “unhinged moments” in his past, which is probably a good thing. But, sheesh! Just try to get a real rise out of him.

[markman46]

or maybe the FIB learned from the cia

[afsnco]

That’s a lawyer thing. They’re trained to not get emotional. In fact, the JAGs I knew on active duty faced disciplinary action if they got emotional.

[Openurmind]

I’m sure they work together for the same entities.

[one guy in new jersey]

I dunno.

Just because you’re a lawyer shouldn’t mean you are obliged to suffer a lifetime of transfusions of engine coolant into your human circulatory system.

[MayflowerMadam]

No matter what the subcommittee investigation reveals, nothing will happen to these people or organizations. And nothing will change; it’ll be business as usual.

[DesertRhino]

Soapbox,
Ballot Box,
Jury Box,
Ammo Box.

Free Speech is forbidden, Elections are rigged, Leftist terrorist rioters are freed, conservatives protesting are in solitary. Courts will not hear election fraud evidence.

The blob better wake up before enough people do.

[Vaduz]

This Congress is starting to look more like the real deal the founding fathers wanted it’s a test for them now.

To much damage has been done to the country to let it linger on.

Liberty or socialism is at the cross roads.

[piasa]

Nor was it just the FBI, apparently. Emails reveal FBI figures like a San Francisco assistant special agent in charge asking Twitter executives to “invite an OGA” (or “Other Government Organization”) to an upcoming meeting. A week later, Stacia Cardille, a senior Twitter legal executive, indicated the OGA was the CIA, an agency under strict limits regarding domestic activities. Twitter’s own ranks included dozens of ex-FBI agents and executives, including James Baker, who featured greatly in prior FBI instances of alleged bias.

[piasa]

Questions must be answered on ex-Twitter lawyer James Baker’s role in censorship scandals
NY Post ^ | December 7, 2022 | Miranda Devine
Posted on 12/8/2022, 5:04:39 PM by Twotone

Let’s award 3.14159 stars to Elon Musk for firing Twitter’s lawyer, James Baker, Tuesday.

But there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered about the role of Baker, the FBI’s former Russiagate protagonist, in — not one, but two — censorship scandals.

First, having been parachuted into Twitter conveniently five months before the 2020 election as deputy general counsel and vice president, Baker played an instrumental role in the censorship of The Post’s Hunter Biden laptop story in October 2020.

Second, Baker was involved in the potential suppression of material that Musk ordered released from Twitter’s files last Friday to reveal who was involved in killing The Post’s story and thus preventing derogatory material about candidate Joe Biden from being disseminated widely. The “most important data was hidden [and] may have been deleted,” Musk says....