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Gail's avatar

Much though the corrupt FBI, CIA,DOJ,DHS,DNI,NSA,NIAID, NIH,EPA,USAID,CDC FDA,DARPA,Pentagon,DOD,State Dept, Congress, Senate, etc disgust me, I wouldn't trust Joe Kent with picking up my dry cleaning. He is a liar , leaker and has an agenda.

Taylor Allday's avatar

I'll take Joe Kent's word over anyone in this (or any other) administration. He is an honorable man with an honorable career. Take careful note of Tulsi Gabbard's response- she was careful to neither condemn Kent nor endorse the attacks on Iran, instead only confirming the President's authority to conduct the attacks. Anyone, Left or Right, who steps out of line with the Official Playbook nearly always finds themselves the target of personal attacks when there is no factual basis.

Flash Gordon's avatar

The "leaker" narrative is a smear described perfectly by Nancy Pelois in a talk she gave a few years ago. Shame on you for taking the word of the media over the word of a man who put his life on the line for the country, a man known all over DC as a guy who never leaks anything and is therefore "useless" as an inside source for said media (one of the reasons they've been happy to smear his good name).

SteelJ's avatar

Yes, he has an agenda of speaking truth and exposing corruption. I'm good with that agenda

KurtOverley's avatar

We would all be far safer, healthier, and wealthier if every government alphabet soup agency were permanently shuttered.

Lorna Lumb's avatar

“The American people now find themselves in a very unhappy place because we can no longer trust the leaders of our federal institutions to tell us the truth.”

Are you kidding me? When have we ever been able to trust any leaders any federal institution to tell the truth? 🤦🏻‍♀️

annademo's avatar

If Varnell had not been White, he'd never have been set up like this.

DBC's avatar

The link to the Shellenberger interview, was a dead link.

"On Joe Kent's Interview with Michael Shellenberger"

[Can the FBI be trusted to pursue investigative leads in a politically red hot assassination case?]

Guess I missed it, where's your analysis of the Kent interview?

Your one statement - already concluded, you don't trust the FBI.... with a few examples from a few decades ago.... Shellenberger/Kent interview, barely mentioned.

Andrew Watkinson's avatar

You and I are the only two comments I've read so far wondering where is any info about Joe Kent.

DBC's avatar

I'm truly interested. Guess we'll have to find info somewhere else.

Taming the Wolf Institute's avatar

A number of years ago, I went through a "failure of the FBI" situation. For obvious reasons, I cannot (will not) provide full details (as the case was never closed).

Through informal interaction, I learned of what I considered to be someone with dangerous intent. For the only time ever, I called the FBI, gave them details, and told them, "I believe you have reason to investigate ____ situation." (Considerable detail provided.)

Some time later, a certain space vehicle did not return home. I called them back, "I told you!" They claimed they followed up (and I have reason to believe they did). But they did not have the skill or resoluteness needed. Additional proof came to light immediately, but they were still unable to investigate with the skill of a John Leake.

After that, my confidence in the FBI plummeted. Should it happen again, I will call Leake and pray for a better outcome.

Jim Foster's avatar

John fed bureau of instigation has always been the protection buffer for the deeeeep state actors. They lie deflect reroute set up horrible. We are lied to all the time my entire life and some of it i know firsthand

Kevin Beck's avatar

To my thinking, this was a case that should have had one of two tracks, both different from what happened:

Track 1: He would be arrested upon first contact with undercover agent;

Track 2: The case would have been dismissed because the undercover agent was the guilty party.

Rosa's avatar

Shameful! Shameful to entrap someone, and especially someone who apparently was not able to determine right from wrong!

Leslie Fleming-Mitchell's avatar

Good as always, John! If more people had your astuteness and curiosity, the ubiquitous sell-outs and lowllifes of the world wouldn't get away with their contemptible actions.

Flash Gordon's avatar

Interesting you brought up 9/11. I want everyone to consider something with regards to airport security and terrorism.

Look at current television reports of long lines in airport terminals across the country. Get that image of thousands of people inside one building in a very confined space much like a concert arena. Do you have it? Good.

Now, I want you consider where the TSA screenings for bombs, weapons and too much shampoo takes place. Is it before people are let into the building or as they are all gathered around in a crowd? You know the answer.

Next, put on your "pretend to be a terrorist" hat (for science) and let's do a little mission planning. First, you and your connections will do a little Timothy McVeigh and whatshisname routine a few miles from the airport and pack up a couple hundred pounds of...stuff. Next, pull up to the curb at any airport, get out of your vehicle with said stuff loaded into your as-of-that-moment un-scanned luggage and walk directly into the TSA lines. You get yourself nice and centered into the masses and..whatever. Run out, sit down for a smoke...Nothing could stop this. Or, even simpler, you and a few buddies with a government grievance decide to simply pull a Columbine down at the airport using automatic weapons that are incredibly easy to come by using nothing more than an AR-15 and probably a few custom 3D-printed pieces.

Finally, ask yourself this question: In all the years we've been hearing about "death to America", "domestic terrorism threats" and whatever other narratives the group over at Gretchen Whitmer Plots R Us tosses our way, have we ever seen any of the low-hanging fruit of busy airport terminals, sports stadiums or Black Friday melees hit by the crazy mullahs in head scarfs and visible BO?

Not that I can remember. But a bunch of guys trained for a year learning to do one of the most complicated things imaginable - flying a 747 - and, in order to put these skills to use they would also need to take over the cockpits of planes full of unpredictable passengers, keep them all at bay and then ram these jets into some buildings to kill a few thousand people and knock over some buildings, buildings that would obviously be rebuilt?

Now that I think about it, they did find pristine passports of some of the hijackers right there on the ground next to all the rubble. Because steel may melt but not passports. That's some seriously resilient paper.

De-fund and destroy the FBI as an organization. Being lied to and framed for speaking out is much worse than not having such agencies at all. Without the FBI running the corrupt operations, massive cover-ups, plots and schemes would be more difficult for the feds to get away with. It certainly wouldn't make them easier to conceal.

Taylor Allday's avatar

The Varnell case was likely a "proof of concept" test for the Great Whitmer Kidnapping Caper which followed almost exactly the same trajectory- operation planned and executed by FBI agents, recruit a few relatively retarded methheads to "participate", then have them indicted on very dubious grounds.

Kathy Christian's avatar

I'm just sorry they didn't succeed. That state would be a lot better off without Wretched Whitmer.

Andrew Watkinson's avatar

What does this article have to do with an interview of Joe Kent?

Mike Bond's avatar

I'm missing your point, John. Was the kid in Texas convicted by a jury or not? And you ride into war with Joe Kent? Strange bedfellows, indeed.

Darla Smith's avatar

The institution's can not be trusted period!!!!