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Insiders know Obama's spies are through

By Don Surber
May 24, 2019



Kevin R. Brock was the assistant director of intelligence for the FBI. In private life after 24 years with the FBI, he has insights into the agency.

He sees trouble for those who lied and spied.

Throughout the Mueller ordeal, Brock has written extensively about the way Obama's people disgraced the intelligence community.

Last July, Brock wrote, "Disgraced FBI agent Peter Strzok spent a long Thursday on Capitol Hill, trying his best to sell the idea that his own words are not indicative of how he acts. What a third-grader would recognize as absurd, nevertheless got the full political-theater treatment by an oversight committee that seemed to miss the point.

"Peter Strzok’s text messages with former FBI attorney Lisa Page were disgusting. They were harmful to the FBI and, ultimately, to the American people. He should have apologized for them on their face. They are not words any FBI agent with such responsibilities should have uttered, regardless of whether or not they indicated bias. There is a higher principle at play here, but one he apparently didn’t recognize, since no apology was forthcoming."

In December, Brock wrote, "It has been a difficult two years between actions of the irresponsible and biased former leadership of the FBI and the wobbly mandate of the special counsel. The faith of the American people in justice free from strong-arm politics has been shaken. Frankly, we’ve handed the Russians a destabilization victory far greater than they could have ever hoped to achieve with the weak collusion efforts being investigated.

"Hopefully the special counsel investigation will begin to rebalance our rightful expectation of equal justice under the law."

Now Brock has written, "Attorney General Barr puts former intel bosses on notice."

Walls which once were closing in on Donald Trump are now closing in on them.

Brock wrote, "Barr has thrown punches that have left an interesting mix of characters with a standing eight count. Certain eyes around D.C. are a little glassy right now.

"Barr’s words and actions are telling. First, he raised the concern that the Trump campaign was 'spied' upon. His use of the word 'spying' appears more calculated than casual. The wailing and gnashing of teeth that followed is also telling. 'The FBI doesn’t spy' became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness."

Brock also noted, "In just the past week, we’ve seen a rush to comment by the former directors of national intelligence and the CIA. The FBI’s former general counsel has chimed in publicly and, of course, fired FBI Director Comey has been on a media offensive, practicing character assassination as a strategy with Barr among those in his crosshairs.

"Each appears to be anxious about his own role in handling the controversial Steele dossier from the Trump-Russia investigation, and so there is some elbowing under the basket to get optimum positioning. And who can blame them? The attorney general has stated that he is going to focus particularly on the dossier’s exploitation, and specifically on the actions of the leadership of those agencies."

Finally, Brock noted, "Intelligence community leaders aren’t used to being held to account by the Justice Department, and their oversight by Congress generally is mild. Theirs is a comfortable world, obfuscated and kept mysterious by the liberal use of their classified-information shield. The demonization of Attorney General Barr has begun — a sign that he is probably on the right track. And the IC leaders are on notice."

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Now then, Brock's columns point out that President Trump has allies in the Deep State, agents who were disgusted by the Obama administration's abuse of power. We likely will never know their names, but they just saved the country.

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