The mainstream media are describing John Bolton as an experienced diplomat and a serious analyst. He was neither. Many members of the media are also giving the Federal Bureau of Investigation credibility as a fair-minded bureaucracy that would not raid Bolton’s office and home without honoring the requirement that at least two magistrate judges accept the case for Bolton’s guilt. Over the past hundred years, there have been numerous examples of the FBI doing the dirty work of Democratic and Republican administrations, particularly violating laws to protect immigrants and dissidents. The racism of J. Edgar Hoover over a period of more than 50 years stands out.

First, let’s look at the FBI in terms of the Palmer Raids of the 1920; the Hoover period; Japanese internment during World War II, and the policy of Cointelpro, a counter intelligence program that broke legal and constitutional grounds throughout the Vietnam War. The Palmer raids were conducted by the Department of Justice and the FBI without arrest warrants. FBI agents directed officers to seize documents at will and permitted unrestrained force. These acts led to numerous deportations of so-called radicals and communists who were suspected of threatening the security of the United States. Currently, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is similarly targeting international students in the United States, particularly at elite institutions.

The FBI played a direct role in the internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII, conducting surveillance and........

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