The FBI is trying to track crimes, and Jim Jordan is outraged

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The FBI is trying to track crimes, and Jim Jordan is outraged

Laura Clawson at Daily Kos

Daily Kos Staff

2021/11/17 · 11:48

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/17/2064798/-Republicans-keep-stoking-the-outrage-over-the-FBI-tracking-crimes-against-school-board-members

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Now, the WSJ has reported on an internal FBI email creating a specific tag (“EDUOFFICIALS”) to track potentially criminal actions against school board members and educators. 

The email, signed by Timothy Langan, the FBI’s assistant director for counterterrorism, and Calvin Shivers, the since-retired assistant director of the FBI’s criminal division, explains, “The purpose of the threat tag is to help scope this threat on a national level, and provide an opportunity for comprehensive analysis of the threat picture for effective engagement with law enforcement partners at all levels.”

From the way Republicans are responding, you would think the FBI had sent out a directive readying a special prison for parents merely expressing polite disagreement with school policies. 

“Merrick Garland testified that the FBI wasn’t targeting parents,” Jordan tweeted. “We now know the FBI is ‘tagging’ parents they consider threatening. The Attorney General has some explaining to do.” Multiple FBI and Justice Department officials have already explained in congressional testimony: Parents have free speech rights to express disagreement, including vigorous disagreement. They do not have the right to commit crimes just because they’re parents.

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1. Gym needs to hit the showers...His faux indignation is tiresome.

What is an outrage is ignoring ongoing serial sexual abuse. That’s all this loudmouth shitbird should ever be famous for. FO.

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2. I am sick and tired of these

repug assholes exclaiming that a certain administration official has some explaining to do.
When are we going to start asking these aholes to explain where who and when they got this information.
Turn it back on them- don't let them determine the narrative.

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3. "The Attorney General has some explaining to do"

Attorney General explains that while parents have the right to express themselves to the local school board, including vigorous disagreement, those parents do not have the right to commit crimes just because they are parents.

"The Attorney General has some explaining to do"

Parents who disrupt meetings, fail to follow the rules at the meetings, and threaten board members are going to invite scrutiny of their actions.

"The Attorney General has some explaining to do"

If a pattern emerges from this logging of potentially criminal actions, the FBI will be better informed and situated to take effective action to protect school board members.

"The Attorney General has some explaining to do"

You seem all bent out of shape about this; is it because the people acting out are your ideological fellow travelers, Mr. Jordan?

"The Attorney General has some explaining to do"

I think the Attorney General has explained it well enough for anyone who made it through third grade.