FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino did an X posting over the weekend that has everyone talking. The propagandists are ignoring it, while everyone else is speculating about what may happen in the next episode of “Insurrection: Alinsky Style.” However, I think Bongino’s posting is more than a TV preview, intended to build suspense and get the audience tuned in again next week. I read it as the Deputy Director’s personal promise that this time will be different from all the previous times that Americans wishing for accountability were disappointed.
Deputy Director Bongino posted:
The Director and I are committed to stamping out public corruption and the political weaponization of both law enforcement and intelligence operations. It is a priority for us. But what I have learned in the course of our properly predicated and necessary investigations into these aforementioned matters, has shocked me down to my core. We cannot run a Republic like this. I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned.
That is not a standard boilerplate statement made by a government bureaucrat so George Stephanopoulos would have a talking point on Sunday morning. That paragraph actually says something. Let’s unpack it.
“Weaponization of bother law enforcement and intelligence”
The functions intended to protect us from foreign and domestic threats, have been turned against the citizenry. We have given those government functions awesome powers, which they are now using to impose their will on us.
“Properly predicated”
This is not another “Russian collusion” hoax. Although what Bongino and Patel are investigating may have political implications, it is first and foremost a criminal investigation – initiated in response to real evidence which will stand up to legal challenge. Bongino is promising that this investigation is being done “by the book” because it is real, not another tall-tail like Crossfire Hurricane.
“We cannot run a Republic like this”
This isn’t the case of another Democrat caught stuffing his sock drawer with cash and gold bullion. What is being investigated is a crime some would call insurrection – a threat to our self-governance. Regardless of political affiliation, we are all victims of this alleged crime.
“I’ll never be the same after learning what I’ve learned”
Those who have tuned in to Bongino’s podcast or radio broadcast (before taking his current assignment), know that he has long suspected the worst about the deep state. Now he’s saying that he underestimated what the “worst” might be. Bongino is assuring us that he’s not being hyperbolic, but that this crime is – as Joe Biden might put it – a BFD.
Deputy Director Bongino concluded his message with:
As with any investigation, I cannot predict where it will land, but I can promise you an honest and dignified effort at truth. Not “my truth,” or “your truth,” but THE TRUTH.
Bongino is not promising allegations, opinions, or innuendo. He is promising to deliver facts, and he’s putting his reputation on the line.
Dan Bongino has somewhere north of 16 million followers (between Facebook, X, and his various shows). With this posting, he is backing up his promise with accountability. Now he must deliver, or suffer the same public thrashing that Pam Bondi received for the Epstein debacle. If Bongino under-delivers, after over-promising, he will join the ranks of other political hacks who no longer have credibility.
But I’m not worried about Dan Bongino joining the Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Rice, and Schiff club; because I don’t think he’s a hack.
Author Bio: John Green is a retired engineer and political refugee from Minnesota, now residing in Idaho. He spent his career designing complex defense systems, developing high performance organizations, and doing corporate strategic planning. He is a contributor to American Thinker, The American Spectator, and the American Free News Network. He can be reached at greenjeg@gmail.com.
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