or lorena fuddy ...
Posted on 08/01/2019 2:26:47 PM PDT by Rio
The FBI for the first time has identified fringe conspiracy theories as a domestic terrorist threat, according to a previously unpublicized document obtained by Yahoo News. (Read the document below.)
The FBI intelligence bulletin from the bureau’s Phoenix field office, dated May 30, 2019, describes “conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists,” as a growing threat, and notes that it is the first such report to do so. It lists a number of arrests, including some that haven’t been publicized, related to violent incidents motivated by fringe beliefs.
The document specifically mentions QAnon, a shadowy network that believes in a deep state conspiracy against President Trump, and Pizzagate, the theory that a pedophile ring including Clinton associates was being run out of the basement of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant (which didn’t actually have a basement).
“The FBI assesses these conspiracy theories very likely will emerge, spread, and evolve in the modern information marketplace, occasionally driving both groups and individual extremists to carry out criminal or violent acts,” the document states. It also goes on to say the FBI believes conspiracy theory-driven extremists are likely to increase during the 2020 presidential election cycle.
The FBI said another factor driving the intensity of this threat is “the uncovering of real conspiracies or cover-ups involving illegal, harmful, or unconstitutional activities by government officials or leading political figures.” The FBI does not specify which political leaders or which cover-ups it was referring to.
President Trump is mentioned by name briefly in the latest FBI document, which notes that the origins of QAnon is the conspiratorial belief that “Q,” allegedly a government official, “posts classified information online to reveal a covert effort, led by President Trump, to dismantle a conspiracy involving ‘deep state’ actors and global elites allegedly engaged in an international child sex trafficking ring.”
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This was one office not a statement by the department of FBI or DOJ.
Good.
Do you really think Trump is on board with the FBI warning that conspiracy theorists are terrorists?
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I’d love to see the real evidence in TWA800 ... testimony of operators that turned down the Clinton evidence destruction mission that was the Murrow building ... and why did bldg 7 come down in a controlled demolition? Believing the official story (magic bullet) without question is now the only way to protect yourself from being arrested “thought crime”.
I think we are going to see some of the longstanding cover-ups revisited by Trump ...
or lorena fuddy ...
Exactly... WWG1WGA
It is a way to shut down any and all discussion outside of official narratives.
And it should be remembered, civil and criminal conspiracy are in the law books.
From my reading, CIA is throughout the media, corporate world, and at various levels of govt. Parallel, unelected governance?
The FBI has been targeting conservatives for over twenty years.
They ignore Antifa... They ignored the man who shot up a Republican baseball practice.
There are goons in the FBI that function as the thug arm of the democrat party.
You assume Trump tweets every time he's unhappy with somebody in the executive branch. I don't make that assumption. And I don't think Trump is happy with his current FBI director, Wray, and I believe he will replace him when the time is right.
And it's not the FBI's, or government's place to warn against people who are committing no crime and who not advocating any violence, for example the Qtards.
I am glad Trump is barring Q stuff at his campaign rally. But that's a far different thing than the FBI warning about non violent free speech.
You bet it is.
Like people who believe Russian conspiracy theories? We can only believe in media approved conspiracies.
Trump tweets his unhappiness with somebody, what? Maybe once or twice a day? And besides that he's happy with everybody else and everything? Of course not.
If Trump truly wanted Wray gone, he would have had somebody fire Wray. This "waiting for the right time" is just making an excuse for a situation that may not even exist.
Last month Trump was asked he if supports Wray, and Trump said that "we'll see how that turns out".
To put it in a business perspective: I have a couple of businesses, plus have some input on a family-owned business. If I am unhappy with an employee and feel they need to be replaced, I don't sit around letting them collect a paycheck, waiting for the right time to replace them, and potentially giving them the chance to muck around with the business.
There's the problem with your argument right there. The Senate isn't required to confirm your family-owned business hires. You can't compare that to a chief executive nomination of an FBI director that requires Senate confirmation.
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