Uncommon Sense was a Common Vice

[Swerski's Airbag 2]

Those with knowledge of the United States Marine Corps will recognize the irony of this title. I wish its words were not true, but as I write this, I believe they are.

Currently, there is an effort to cull a significant number of career Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This is an unthinkable action that will gravely undermine the security of the nation well beyond what many of our citizens are aware. For those seeking to raise their awareness, I offer this vignette, free of political bias or moral judgment. It is not about any one person, but an amalgamation of multiple FBI Special Agents.

I am the coach of your child’s soccer team. I sit next to you on occasion in religious devotion. I am a member of the PTA. With friends, you celebrated my birthday. I collected your mail and took out your trash while you were away from home. I played a round of golf with you. I am a veteran. I am the average neighbor in your community. This is who you see and know. However, there is a part of my life that is a mystery to you, and prompts a natural curiosity about my profession.

This is the quiet side of me that you do not know: I orchestrated a clandestine operation to secure the release of an allied soldier held captive by the Taliban. I prevented an ISIS terrorist from boarding a commercial aircraft. I spent 3 months listening to phone intercepts in real time to gather evidence needed to dismantle a violent drug gang. I recruited a source to provide critical intelligence on Russian military activities in Africa. I rescued a citizen being tortured to near death by members of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. I interceded and stopped a juvenile planning to conduct a school shooting. I spent multiple years monitoring the activities of deep cover foreign intelligence officers, leading to their arrest and deportation. I endured extensive hardship to infiltrate a global child trafficking organization. I have been shot in the line of duty.

Something else about me, I was assigned to investigate a potential crime. Like all previous cases I have investigated, this one met every legal standard of predication and procedure. Without bias, I upheld my oath to this country and the Constitution and collected the facts. I collected the facts in a manner to neither prove innocence nor guilt, but to arrive at resolution.

I am now sitting in my home, listening to my children play and laugh in the backyard, oblivious to the prospect that their father may be fired in a few days. Fired for conducting a legally authorized investigation. Fired for doing the job that he was hired to do. I have to wonder, when I am gone, who will do the quiet work that is behind the facade of your average neighbor?

[Mufaletta 70]

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The charter for the FBI:  sets forth the duties and responsibilities of the FBI with respect to criminal and civil investigations, undercover operations, and law enforcement support functions, but excluding foreign intelligence activities*

Why would the FBI be dealing with Russian activity in Africa or dealing with a soldier held by the Taliban (presumably in Afghanistan) ?

 

*Senate Bill 2928 and Executive Order 12036

[TBayXXXVII 2,483]

7 posts for someone who joined 20 years ago?  Rusty alias probably.  No point reading OP then  

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

13 minutes ago, TBayXXXVII said:

7 posts for someone who joined 20 years ago?  Rusty alias probably.  No point reading OP then  

He needs to keep "United States Marine Corps" out of his cowardly, weak and dirty mouth.  

[Hardcore troubadour 14,933]

13 hours ago, Swerski's Airbag said:

Those with knowledge of the United States Marine Corps will recognize the irony of this title. I wish its words were not true, but as I write this, I believe they are.

Currently, there is an effort to cull a significant number of career Special Agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. This is an unthinkable action that will gravely undermine the security of the nation well beyond what many of our citizens are aware. For those seeking to raise their awareness, I offer this vignette, free of political bias or moral judgment. It is not about any one person, but an amalgamation of multiple FBI Special Agents.

I am the coach of your child’s soccer team. I sit next to you on occasion in religious devotion. I am a member of the PTA. With friends, you celebrated my birthday. I collected your mail and took out your trash while you were away from home. I played a round of golf with you. I am a veteran. I am the average neighbor in your community. This is who you see and know. However, there is a part of my life that is a mystery to you, and prompts a natural curiosity about my profession.

This is the quiet side of me that you do not know: I orchestrated a clandestine operation to secure the release of an allied soldier held captive by the Taliban. I prevented an ISIS terrorist from boarding a commercial aircraft. I spent 3 months listening to phone intercepts in real time to gather evidence needed to dismantle a violent drug gang. I recruited a source to provide critical intelligence on Russian military activities in Africa. I rescued a citizen being tortured to near death by members of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. I interceded and stopped a juvenile planning to conduct a school shooting. I spent multiple years monitoring the activities of deep cover foreign intelligence officers, leading to their arrest and deportation. I endured extensive hardship to infiltrate a global child trafficking organization. I have been shot in the line of duty.

Something else about me, I was assigned to investigate a potential crime. Like all previous cases I have investigated, this one met every legal standard of predication and procedure. Without bias, I upheld my oath to this country and the Constitution and collected the facts. I collected the facts in a manner to neither prove innocence nor guilt, but to arrive at resolution.

I am now sitting in my home, listening to my children play and laugh in the backyard, oblivious to the prospect that their father may be fired in a few days. Fired for conducting a legally authorized investigation. Fired for doing the job that he was hired to do. I have to wonder, when I am gone, who will do the quiet work that is behind the facade of your average neighbor?

This is all over the internet. This jagoff, Rusty, is trying to pass it off as his own. What a loser. 

[Horseman 2,365]

Log in with alias from 20 years ago to copy paste from Twitter.   <- Life Loser. 

[EternalShinyAndChrome 3,833]

11 minutes ago, Hardcore troubadour said:

This is all over the internet. This jagoff, Rusty, is trying to pass it off as his own. What a loser. 

Right?  I probably have 6000 of his aliases already on ignore. 

[Nomad99 699]

The name is Bond, James Bond....

[Tebok 312]

Thank you for your dedicated service that has put your life on the line, sir.

I'll say a prayer that you keep your job and continue to do God's work in protecting America.

[BeenHereBefore 1,464]

Think this maybe my favorite of Hackman's but he was very good in most.

 

[Tebok 312]

13 minutes ago, BeenHereBefore said:

Think this maybe my favorite of Hackman's but he was very good in most.

 

This is what Hardcore Troubadour thinks he looks like when he's logging into this forum for the day.

[5-Points 3,388]

OK, Jody.

[BeenHereBefore 1,464]

3 minutes ago, Tebok said:

This is what Hardcore Troubadour thinks he looks like when he's logging into this forum for the day.

This is just a badarse flick and has nothing to do with keyboard badarses.

[Tebok 312]

1 minute ago, BeenHereBefore said:

This is just a badarse flick and has nothing to do with keyboard badarses.

But it's a quality wisecrack.

I haven't seen the flick but want to after seeing that clip.