Deep State Scandal

I was born in a cross-fire hurricane
And I howled at the morning driving rain
--The Rolling Stones

Earlier this week the Office of the Inspector General released a long-awaited report on its examination of the FBI's conduct during Donald Trump's presidential campaign. The report, in the words of Glenn Greenwald, "reveals a scandal of historic magnitude." The IG report documents instances of lying, concealment of evidence, and manipulation of documents in order to convince a FISA court that FBI agents should be allowed to spy on a U.S. citizen in the midst of a presidential campaign.

Greenwald states that these findings reinforce what the security state agencies are: "They are out of control, virtually unlimited police state factions that lie, abuse their spying and law enforcement powers, and subvert democracy and civic and political freedoms as a matter of course."

The IG report, in others words, is an indictment of the Deep State.

As Greenwald observes, the report also implicates the mainstream media, whose major claims and narratives concerning Russian collusion and election interference were "utterly false."

It should be no surprise that the mainstream media paid little attention to the IG report findings--save for some outlets making the claim that the report exonerates the FBI of wrongdoing.

Only dedicated lackeys of the Deep State could rationalize such an incredible claim.