The book discusses how the FBI transitioned from a law enforcement agency to an intelligence-driven organization, leading to a cultural shift and ultimately, abuse of power. The author, a former FBI special agent, details this transformation and its negative consequences.
The book is The Fall of the FBI by Thomas Baker.
— Episode: No Spin News - Weekend Edition - January...
Episode: No Spin News - Weekend Edition - January 13, 2024
The book discusses how the FBI transitioned from a law enforcement agency to an intelligence-driven organization, leading to a cultural shift and ultimately, abuse of power. The author, a former FBI special agent, details this transformation and its negative consequences.
The book is The Fall of the FBI by Thomas Baker.
Episode: No Spin News - Weekend Edition
Thomas Baker, a 33-year veteran FBI agent, discussed his bestselling book, which details the agency's decline and its transformation into a threat to democracy. He opined that the FBI's investigation into Hunter Biden lacked vigor and was plagued by roadblocks.
Well, I think you're right. It cannot be at least up to this point be called vigorous by any means.
They had the laptop. It's almost five years now, but they have the laptop very early on.
And yet it was allowed to go by in intelligence offices, including one Lisa Monaco, who had been the chief of staff to Bob Mueller at the FBI. And now she is the deputy attorney general.
Hundred and seventy, all right, from the Biden family were flagged 170 times. The FBI doesn't seem to have looked into any of them.
But these roadblocks, whether administratively within the FBI, maliciously within the FBI or in the Department of Justice or in one of the US attorneys offices up to and including the attorney general are slowing everything down.