Momentum is building toward uncovering the distasteful possibility that the targeting of a U.S. presidential campaign was actually a political operation, fostered at the highest levels of government, masquerading as an FBI counterintelligence investigation.
Attorney General William Barr has signaled his investigation extends beyond whether the FBI operated. Barr also wants to understand the role that the larger intelligence community, or IC, may have played in all of this.
Barr's use of the word "spying" appears more calculated than casual. "The FBI doesn't spy" became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness.
But it also misses the point Barr appears to be making. The IC does spy; that's what they do. Barr may have been referring less to the FBI and more to the IC's possible murky involvements.
Barr's use of the word "spying" appears more calculated than casual. "The FBI doesn't spy" became the sputtering counter-refrain of those trying to mask their nervousness.
But it also misses the point Barr appears to be making. The IC does spy; that's what they do. Barr may have been referring less to the FBI and more to the IC's possible murky involvements.
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