Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate Pressed On Consequences For Agents Who Abuse Surveillance Tools

At Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) questioned Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate.

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[pamelagetz]

Exactly! Why would even one strike be allowed?

[musasonko]

Why is this not on mainstream news if this don’t wake u up what will they don’t care about us

[whitehaze]

With their power, no strikes would be the right thing, their criminal actions need to be taken as serious as much as possible, they go after innocent citizens, if those citizens targeted are found innocent in a court of law, the agents and officials involved should have to pay any compensation back personally out of the private bank accounts.

[freedomrings.]

It's not just surveillance. They have the means to interrupt audio as well. And they do.
Not just on media but right in your phone's and smart t.vs.
You can thank Pompeo for it.

[kenndjohnson]

And nothing will happen. I’m starting to think all this talking is fake. Because nothing ever changes. It just gets worse

[moserruya]

It's critically important the gov can see every and any private messages between people. Welcome to fascist America .

[eehsua]

Nobody has been reprimanded. No one ever gets fired for incompetence, or even doing something illegal. The participation trophies are still being given out.

[kittycsokasy]

3 strikes. Apparrntly. 875k is excusable. Strok. Weissman. Etc

[MickStringer-vw]

how about jail for some of the shit they have done.

[SenatorBluto]

Abbate seems like such an evil Deep State player.

[riverspirit]

Retraining results in criminal employees being more clever...

[spittaz]

If you have a job, then you know there are some people nothing will happen to

[barrycole]

Ignoring minimization standards would come from policy of Head Office, not from the actions of individuals. The abuse came from above, the Boss.

[BoomBoomBoom..]

Its SO comforting seeing the FBI leadership acting above the rule of law and Congressional oversite.. WOW

[lostinpa-dadenduro]

When bureaucrats break the law they call it a policy violation and “counsel” them to not get caught next time. 😂

[dark_dante]

Oh boy, more of this nonsense. Rehashed over and over. Give it a rest already folks.

[nonakotler]

Antisemitism lives in the foundations of human society and human nature. The human ego—the desire to enjoy at the expense of others and nature—evolves throughout history and during a person’s life. The more it grows, the more it feels an opposite force also dwelling within. That opposite force is called a “point in the heart.” Contrary to our egoistic desires that wish solely to absorb pleasures into themselves, the point in the heart is a desire that has potential to develop into a desire that loves, gives and positively connects to others.

The point in the heart is also known as the seed of the soul, as we can develop it to discover our soul—the connection that underlies those very points. The realization of the potential encased in this small point of desire is the ability to rise above the human ego, where instead of detaching from one another through our growing egoism, i.e. increasingly prioritizing self-benefit over benefiting others, we instead prioritize the benefit of others and positive human connection.

The point in the heart is the opposite of our egoistic nature. There are people who host only the negative egoistic force, and there are people who have both the negative egoistic force and the positive altruistic force. When both positive and negative forces coexist in us, then we become called “Jews” or “Israel” according to our inner essence. Likewise, if we solely host the negative egoistic force with no revelation yet of the point in the heart, then we are called “nations of the world” according to that essence.

We underwent several stages of development throughout history. The point in the heart first surfaced throughout human society in ancient Babylon. The Babylonians who felt the inner urge to seek something deeper in life beyond the earthly egoistic desires joined Abraham, who taught a method for how to nurture the point in the heart in order to rise above the ego and positively connect. Abraham organized the Babylonians who wanted to study with him into a group, and he called this group “Israel, ” which is made up of the words “Yashar Kel” (“straight to God”), i.e. people who aim themselves directly at the attainment of nature’s upper force of love, bestowal and connection, which is opposed to the force existing in human beings, the force of reception.

Since Abraham’s time, the two groups—Israel and the nations of the world—have undergone much development. Some from the Israel camp left the group to pursue their natural egoistic inclinations, i.e. with an inclination to the nations of the world, while some from the nations of the world felt that they possess a special closeness and connection, which draws them to Israel. In other words, Jews are not a nationality, but they are people who host the point in the heart, which associates them with the positive force of nature, and which is opposite to the egoistic force that we are born and raised with by nature.
The source of antisemitism is in the contrast and conflict between the two opposite desires of our inborn egoism and the point in the heart that can develop our ability to rise above the human ego.