Go here to read the rest. In the Puppetmasters’ America allegations of domestic terrorism have become a useful subterfuge to keep the nation in a perpetual state of alarm where emergency measures are needed against regime enemies. The FBI has long been a master of this black art of government.
John Dean (not the most reliable witness) reported that Henry Petersen had told him in 1972 that never in the 20 years he had worked in the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice had an investigation been closed consequent to instructions from the White House: “The lawyers in this division would walk out” if that happened. One of the anxieties Elliot Richardson, Wm. Ruckleshaus, and Robert Bork had in October 1973 was that if Bork left the department along with Richardson and Ruckelshaus, it would trigger a statute which would allow Richard Nixon to appoint a White House lawyer as acting attorney-general, which would in turn trigger a mass walk out. Either Bork and Petersen misjudged the Department’s lawyers or the institutional culture of the Department was very different at that time. Getting information sub rosa to the opposition media is not that difficult. So, where are we hearing anything from the legal and police professionals in the Department protesting the conduct of their superiors and their minions?
Alas. Fred’s Young Pioneer neckerchief does not precisely inspire confidence.