Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Yeah, and Bernie Madoff's Ponzi Scheme "Technically Violated" the Law

"Yes, we technically violated the law." That is the argument that the FBI is making with regard to the latest revelation that they illegally gathered thousands of telephone records. When faced with that reality, the FBI wrote up bogus and blanket National Security Letters to justify the requests.

Shame on the FBI. And shame on the phone companies for releasing the records.

Given that at least some of the FBI's requests apparently targeted reporters, it's probably fair to say that there was a political motivation for at least some of the requests.

1 comment:

Nangleator said...

I remember reading about the FBI's philosophy about reformed criminals:

"Once a cocksucker always a cocksucker."

I guess the FBI will always be painted with that brush, too.

Sad. I'm sure some of them used to be proud of their agency.