One hears a lot of talk about America turning into a Third World kleptocracy. I’ve worked in a lot of Third World kleptocracies, back in the days when the Reagan Revolution was fresh and the Reaganauts thought we could export free markets and democracy to the rest of the world. We didn’t, of course. But I had the opportunity to see first-hand what separates a banana republic from the land of the free and the home of the brave. It comes down to the grit of a few people willing to do their job come hell or high water–not look the other way, not accept the stuffed envelope or its equivalent in post-government employment, but to treat a job as a sacred trust given by the people.
Somewhere there are a handful of FBI agents who decided to do their jobs–to end the coverup of the Clinton private email server which was there to let Hillary turn high office into a cash cow. I don’t know who they are or just how it happened, but some men and women told FBI Director James Comey that if he didn’t step forward, they would–and they clearly had enough evidence to put Comey in a vise. We know this from Devlin Barrett‘s reporting at the Wall Street Journal. As Barrett wrote:
The new investigative effort, disclosed by FBI Director James Comey on Friday, shows a bureau at times in sharp internal disagreement over matters related to the Clintons, and how to handle those matters fairly and carefully in the middle of a national election campaign. Even as the probe of Mrs. Clinton’s email use wound down in July, internal disagreements within the bureau and the Justice Department surrounding the Clintons’ family philanthropy heated up, according to people familiar with the matter.
The unsung heroes of the FBI put everything on the line. They knew that they risked their careers, perhaps even their pensions. Their downside is that their kids may go to community college instead of a private university, and they rent an apartment rather than buy a house. Those are the stakes for mid-level officials who go up against the system. But they did it, because they had their jobs to do. It was their job and no-one else’s; if they didn’t do it, it wouldn’t get done, and they wouldn’t stand for someone telling them not to do their job to protect the public.
“High Noon” comes to mind. The Western sheriff portrayed by Gary Cooper faced down an outlaw gang for no other reason than it was his job to do so. It was his last day on the job, and the townsfolk urged him to flee rather than fight. It’s not an existential gesture out of Hemingway. He’s scared and he hurts. He feels no affection for the cowardly locals. But he won’t walk away from his job.
If you want to keep a republic, you have to sacrifice personal interest for the public good if you’re called on to do so. Those who choose to enforce the law, or to fight fires, or to serve in the military know that it may be their job one day to put their lives on the line. But the same is true for every citizen in small ways. In Latin American kleptocracies, the fellow whose job it is to turn off your gas when you fail to pay your gas bill takes a bribe instead, and passes most of the bribe up the line to his superiors. The secretary in a government office takes a bribe to hand you a form that you have to fill out to ship wood from Michoacán to Mexico City, which you then take to the office next door with another bribe, and so forth. Everyone is on the take. The system corrupts everyone. If you want to be honest, you emigrate.
a false flag? A way to influence the elections in key states? To keep people home or get the obama hillary homeland security in place as a cover for manipulating results…. in todays times I am sorry to say that my gov trust indicator is very very low… the timing allows those with gov resources and authority at their command to influence things… perhaps to quell the releases on the scandals perhaps to grab the evidence for mutinous investigators… where theres a will theres a way
US Warns Of Possible Al-Qaeda Terrorist Attack On Monday Targeting NY, Texas And Virginia
In an presidential election campaign that has had virtually every possible surprise, only one thing was missing: a terrorist attack.
Alas, even that may be on the horizon because as CBS News reported moments ago, the news station has learned about a potential terror threat for the day before the election: “Sources say U.S. intelligence has alerted joint terrorism task forces that al-Qeada could be planning attacks in three states for Monday.
CBS adds that it is believed New York, Texas and Virginia are all possible targets, though no specific locations are mentioned.
A senior FBI official told CBS News, ““The counterterrorism and homeland security communities remain vigilant and well-postured to defend against attacks here in the United States. The FBI, working with our federal, state and local counterparts, shares and assesses intelligence on a daily basis and will continue to work closely with law enforcement and intelligence community partners to identify and disrupt any potential threat to public safety.” During holiday seasons and when big events are approaching, intelligence about potential threats always increases.
While CBS tried to moderate the warning by noting that the “sources stress the intelligence is still being assessed and its credibility hasn’t been confirmed, but counterterrorism officials were alerted to the threat out of abundance of caution”, such a threat may lead to a depressed turnout in these three states and potentially impact the outcome of the presidential election.
What Does It Take To Bring Hillary Clinton To Justice?
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-11-03/what-does-it-take-bring-hillary-clinton-justice
Rich is a case study as to how to corrupt those in power and those around political and economic positions of power….
Clinton and Barak Discuss Rich Pardon in a Transcript
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/21/us/clinton-and-barak-discuss-rich-pardon-in-a-transcript.html
The story of Clinton’s
Marc Rich pardon
Co-conspirators serve time while multimillionaire enjoys clemency
http://www.wnd.com/2001/02/8051/
Who released these documents and for what purpose? I understand no new information is contained unless someone wants to refresh memories of the Clintons and some of the personalities that were then and now involved and on the take.
FBI Now Releasing Documents About Bill Clinton and Marc Rich
Questions swirl as the bureau becomes more deeply entwined in the election.
http://europe.newsweek.com/fbi-releasing-documents-clinton-marc-rich-515921?rm=eu
http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/10/03/the-pardon-of-arc-rich-how-hillary-clinton-served-as-the-secret-weapon-for-one-of-the-biggest-tax-cheats-in-american-history/
At the Time Clinton Pardoned Rich there was consternation here in Israel why Barak and Peres would advocate a Pardon for Rich instead of Pollard.
He even invested with Bernie Madoff how Ironic LOL
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-marcrich-idUSBRE95P0CO20130626
Trump full support for the Police may have given what was needed to the FBI ranks and files!
@ Sebastien Zorn:
from Wikipedia Article on “Rollerball”: “…The executives’ meeting reveals why they want Jonathan to retire. Rollerball was not conceived merely to satisfy man’s blood lust but to demonstrate the futility of individualism. Jonathan’s talent and longevity is threatening that purpose…”
I wonder if that was inspired by African-American Olympic track runner, Jesse Owens’ triumphant defeat of Hitler’s “White Aryan*” German champion at the 1936 Berlin Olympics — winning the Gold — and thus completely defeating the Nazi purpose in hosting the event, in which Hitler ostentatiously got up and left the stadium rather than shake the hand of a Black man as captured on film in Leni Riefenstahl’s Nazi propaganda film, “Triumph of the Will,” which they showed endlessly on PBS for some reason when I was growing up.
My father had turned 14 just the month before. He was the fastest track runner, and the only or one of the only Jews, for some reason, in his school in a Hungarian town.
Christian bullies would shout at him as they passed him in the hall: “Hey, Owens!”
It was a name he bore with pride.
But, it’s also the reason he wanted to give me a “typical American name” out of which it was impossible to make a nick-name.
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On a side-not (typo, I was going to add the “e” but I think I’ll just leave it) :, ironically, Hitler’s pal the Grand Mufti, of whom the infamous picture of the two of them warmly shmoozing has been circulated, has been described as fair-skinned with blue eyes (probably of Circassian (a real Caucasian) descent.) Mein Kampf was published in Arabic throughout the Muslim world with the condescending passages towards Arabs taken out, easily done. That’s for all the foolish liberal Jews who think restricting Muslim immigration would hurt Jews — who also can always go to Israel, anyway, thank God, by serving as a precedent. And that that somehow makes it ok to enable a resurgence of anti-semitism in America by bringing a lot of brain-washed anti-semites into our country like Mohammad Z. Mohammad, the L.A. school administrator who authorized a Holocaust-denying exercise for 8th graders.
Some are observant. Some are even Orthodox. I’ve met them. My question to these well-meaning but seriously cognitively impaired Progressive Jews — are you really only imbibing wine at Passover or are you sneaking in something else. And, if so. Can I have some?
@ bernard ross:
Guess I missed it. Anyway, somebody once said you have to repeat things seven times for people to take it in.
On the use of the word “team” to describe this globalist corporatist coup attempt (Fascism, by definition, was nation-based corporatism*. This goes beyond that.) Remember “Roller-Ball”? – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rollerball_(1975_film)
Trailer for rollerball: https://youtu.be/aVUxK1mNups
On corrupt corporate hijacking of media coverage – see this awesome recent Kdrama:
Pinnochio (2014)
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Pinocchio
Very much in the “Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” genre but with a twist and specifically about the power of the corrupted media.
can be seen many places (most with “Drama” in the title)
especially:
https://www.dramafever.com/drama/4544/Pinocchio/
https://www.viki.com/tv/23066c-pinocchio?locale=en
with subtitles in English or your choice of many languages.
if you have an android device, can be downloaded for free in parts (you have to watch a little commercial with each part and then it glues them together with a free app on Dramania. download app at http://www.mobi24.net
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*”The Labour Charter (Promulgated by the Grand Council for Fascism on April 21, 1927)—(published in the Gazzetta Ufficiale, April 3, 1927) [sic] (p. 133)
The Corporate State and its Organization (p. 133)
The corporate State considers that private enterprise in the sphere of production is the most effective and usefu [sic] instrument in the interest of the nation. In view of the fact that private organisation of production is a function of national concern, the organiser of the enterprise is responsible to the State for the direction given to production.
State intervention in economic production arises only when private initiative is lacking or insufficient, or when the political interests of the State are involved. This intervention may take the form of control, assistance or direct management. “(pp. 135-136)
—Benito Mussolini, 1935, “Fascism: Doctrine and Institutions”, Rome: ‘Ardita’ Publishers.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doctrine_of_Fascism
Norman Weinstein Said:
the reason why I use the phrase “team player” is because all the participants sign up on to the “team” they are offered funding and they give favors early on…as time goes on they are asked to do more and they cant get out even if they want to as it will ruin everything for them and it wont change anything. The bushes the clintons all joined the team, which is a network with many networks. I dont beleive it is dictated from a top but the goals are the same for those with the most power and money… more power and more money. I beleive that ideology has nothing to do with it although they employ ideology to snare the suckers of all ideologies…. e.g. the saudi princes gambol, whore and get drunk in London while their suckers live off fatwas in saudi… the vatican does the same. Nowadays I beleive they raise the “team players” from early on and they are already corrupted upon entry… obama for example. bushes, clintons.. all the same.
@ bernard ross:
I would not use the word “team”. I think “cartel” is more appropriate.
Perhaps the same happened to the Israeli and other nations absentee ballots that did not arrive recently… stolen and forged… for the dems by george soros.
@ ArnoldHarris:
thanks
bernard ross Said:
this is the evidence of comey being a “team player”… he had to do the same with clinton. Now he is simply playing as instructed… he gives the appearance of contrition and correction but in fact has now transferred responsibility back to the crooked DOJ. Remember that lynch transferred it to comey of the FBI, her “team player” in order to disallow hillary exoneration to fail because of the clinton meet. Now thats past so the appearance given is that it is removed from the FBI to a prosecutor at justice as usually done. However, that prosecutor is another “team player” crook Kadzik. Only more massive leaks influencing the vote can stop them.. if hillary is elected through machine and other fraud, nothing will help the USA in the future escape from this massive network and cabal of controllers… which we now see includes the bush family as allies of the clintons and dems. If trump fails the world loses.
@ bernard ross:
Well analyzed and well written, BR.
Arnold Harris, Outspeaker
Note that Kadzik is not mentioned… I have read many reports of the leak and none but the alternative news report on Kadzik being the lawyer on the Rich case and the current lead prosecutor on Hillary case… in fact few mention comey on the rich case too
does anyone notice that Comey was a “team player” prosecutor put in charge of the FBI to damage control the FBI investigation for Obama… that position usually comes from within the FBI. I think Comey is still a team player but is unable to contain the mutiny so he has now become a lightning rod and the issuing of official info will only come from the crooked DOJ and Kadzik now. the main thrust will be to influence the election by issuing bogus reports and by voting machine crookery when homeland security and doj oversee elections. A number of states have requested fed election oversight which is the same as asking the fox to oversee the chicken coop. The fed is crooked.
@ Sebastien Zorn:
LOL, didnt you read those when I posted them on israpundit?Sebastien Zorn Said:
Kadzik was the lawyer who got off marc rich and comey was the investigator at the time…this is why the fbi just released the marc rich files and clinton bribery scandal a la Pieczenik’s stated leaks MO… to show that the same crooks are still in charge… Kadzik will seek to issue a preliminary investigative report before the election to clear hillary… It has shifted from comey to Kadzik and the DOJ for damage control. NOte that most articles about this Marc Rich release do not mention kadzik… the lawyer arranged the bribe deal with the clintons and had a part in the selection of lynch as AG. In these corrupt networks one crook always signals to the other when they have a “team player”….. team players get funded, get elected, get media support, get judicial support from judges who are on the team, etc etc…… its a network of folks who understand what it means to be a team player… when someone crosses the team the carrot becomes a stick to destroy the family and rep of the welcher along with jail. No one crosses the team network because of carrots and sticks which get bigger and bigger by each “favor”
The dissident FBI agents could have been impactful had they publicly dissented when Comey refused to prosecute Clinton’s felonies. Waiting until she had the election won and then anonymously protesting is an empty gesture rather than meaningful action.
Too little too late.
http://pamelageller.com/2016/11/state-department-releases-deleted-emails-between-abedin-clinton.html/
http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/new-state-department-documents-reveal-clinton-abedin-email-exchanges-classified-information-unsecure-server/
John Podesta’s Best Friend At The DOJ Will Be In Charge Of The DOJ’s Probe Into Huma Abedin Emails
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-10-31/doj-tells-congress-it-will-work-expeditiously-review-abedin-emails-there-just-one-pr
Podesta brags DOJ’s Huma “investigation” spokesman Peter Kadzik “kept me out of jail” see WikiLeaks here.
https://wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/3933
http://pamelageller.com/2016/11/john-podestas-best-friend-at-the-doj-will-be-in-charge-of-the-dojs-probe-into-huma-abedin-emails.html/
All of the above from Pamela Geller’s site: The Geller Report. I recommend her free newsletter from which I have excerpted this. also website.