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Bongino's Quiet Earthquake: Justice, Not Optics
[American Liberty] The expectation that Dan Bongino, in merely ninety days as Deputy Director of the FBI, should have single-handedly purged the bureaucratic deep state, emptied the J. Edgar Hoover Building, and frogmarched every rogue operative out of Quantico is a fantasy born not of experience, but of frustration. Such expectations ignore the reality of what it means to inherit a bureaucracy as culturally calcified as the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It is no minor irony that those demanding immediate revolutionary results tend to misunderstand the very enemy they rightly oppose: an entrenched, covert, self-perpetuating administrative class.To those critics, I offer a simple analogy. If you inherited a crumbling ship rotted from hull to helm, with crew members secretly sabotaging your efforts, would you begin by blowing up the vessel? Or would you inspect the engine room, replace the worst offenders, begin repairs, and chart a new course? Bongino has chosen the latter, and wisely so. For the problem with our federal bureaucracy is not its absence of rules, but the abundance of bad habits, hidden networks, and quiet insubordination. Purging this culture requires method, not melodrama. Let us consider what has, in fact, been accomplished. Operation Restoring Justice and Operation Soteria Shield together resulted in the apprehension of 449 child sex predators and the rescue of 224 children. If that number does not stagger the soul, I question whether one has one. In an agency demoralized and distracted by years of politicized investigations, this pivot to unambiguous justice speaks volumes. Children saved. Predators imprisoned. No leaks. No fanfare. Just results. The FBI under Bongino has also arrested over 700 individuals involved in violent riots, many tied to organized extremist groups. While other officials wavered, prevaricated, or hid behind press releases, Bongino made clear that assaulting officers and destroying property are not expressions of political speech but crimes. The investigation into these actors continues, with warrants being served and suspects identified as I write. This is not leniency. It is law enforcement with its gloves off. Posted by: Besoeker 2025-06-22 |
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