I don’t know whether to write this post about the FBI’s claims or about the knee-jerk column of Matt Vespa, a self-styled “conservative” writer and Republican Party loyalist.
In a column entitled, “FBI: We Stopped ISIS-linked Fourth of July Terror Plots” (found here), Vespa cites CNN for the proposition that “we now know that the FBI foiled some” terrorist plots that were “ISIS-linked.”
Of course, the FBI (and the NSA, etc.) are widely known to falsely brag, lie and exaggerate about how they “secretly” protect us from terrorism. (As many cynical observers are aware, a great deal of “terrorism” is itself undercover-agent-inspired or even “false-flag” in nature.)
Every in-depth analysis and investigation that has attempted to pin down the claims of government regarding its alleged protection of the homeland from terrorism has found that the government’s claims are outrageously exaggerated. Most of us know that if any government official had actually accomplished any such thing in “secret,” government politicians would immediately hold press conferences and trumpet the details to the heavens for hours if not days.
Like so many “conservatives” before him, Vespa reveals a discomforting state-worshipping streak. “I’m sure more details will follow with this development,” Vespa says. “For now, nice work, guys.”
