Matt Taibbi

I think we're going to find out a lot of this stuff. There are investigations already underway, document hunts going on all over the place. There are reports that have been commissioned to look into a lot of these questions, and they're going to be staffed up with a lot of money and a lot of personnel.

And it's just an unprecedented situation where, for instance, the DHS or the FBI or the DOJ would be in sync with congressional investigators to the point where they're not going to have to issue subpoenas for a lot of this stuff. They're just going to sit down and say, here's a list of the documents we want to find. And I think that they're going to have that collaborative arrangement.

And it's just an unprecedented situation where, for instance, the DHS or the FBI or the DOJ would be in sync with congressional investigators to the point where they're not going to have to issue subpoenas for a lot of this stuff. They're just going to sit down and say, here's a list of the documents we want to find. And I think that they're going to have that collaborative arrangement.

And it's just an unprecedented situation where, for instance, the DHS or the FBI or the DOJ would be in sync with congressional investigators to the point where they're not going to have to issue subpoenas for a lot of this stuff. They're just going to sit down and say, here's a list of the documents we want to find. And I think that they're going to have that collaborative arrangement.

It's incredible.

It's incredible.

It's incredible.

Well, they should be panicked because if you read the executive order on the weaponization of government, it specifically empowers the director of national intelligence to conduct a wide-ranging report into the possible misdeeds of the entire intelligence community and orders her to come up with, you know, anything negative that they can find. Holy shit. So, can you imagine? Right.

Well, they should be panicked because if you read the executive order on the weaponization of government, it specifically empowers the director of national intelligence to conduct a wide-ranging report into the possible misdeeds of the entire intelligence community and orders her to come up with, you know, anything negative that they can find. Holy shit. So, can you imagine? Right.

Well, they should be panicked because if you read the executive order on the weaponization of government, it specifically empowers the director of national intelligence to conduct a wide-ranging report into the possible misdeeds of the entire intelligence community and orders her to come up with, you know, anything negative that they can find. Holy shit. So, can you imagine? Right.

I mean, that's like trying to make a list of everything. She'll be doing it from now to the end of time. But no, I mean, in perfect seriousness, this is it's setting the stage for, you know, kind of a second church committee hearings era. And that was a great moment in American history. Once every 50 years. Right.

I mean, that's like trying to make a list of everything. She'll be doing it from now to the end of time. But no, I mean, in perfect seriousness, this is it's setting the stage for, you know, kind of a second church committee hearings era. And that was a great moment in American history. Once every 50 years. Right.

I mean, that's like trying to make a list of everything. She'll be doing it from now to the end of time. But no, I mean, in perfect seriousness, this is it's setting the stage for, you know, kind of a second church committee hearings era. And that was a great moment in American history. Once every 50 years. Right.

Yeah. Yeah. And really, in the mid 70s, who would have known, right, that we were doing such an incredibly wide ranging, you know, list of horrible, stupid things from, you know, trying to murder Castro with exploding seashells to spying on Martin Luther King Jr. to trying to You know, leaked news about mistresses of civil rights leaders. I mean, the list went on and on and on.

Yeah. Yeah. And really, in the mid 70s, who would have known, right, that we were doing such an incredibly wide ranging, you know, list of horrible, stupid things from, you know, trying to murder Castro with exploding seashells to spying on Martin Luther King Jr. to trying to You know, leaked news about mistresses of civil rights leaders. I mean, the list went on and on and on.

Yeah. Yeah. And really, in the mid 70s, who would have known, right, that we were doing such an incredibly wide ranging, you know, list of horrible, stupid things from, you know, trying to murder Castro with exploding seashells to spying on Martin Luther King Jr. to trying to You know, leaked news about mistresses of civil rights leaders. I mean, the list went on and on and on.

And we only found out about it because they went too far. Right. And now suddenly people in the Senate had a hammer to start looking. you know, into this direction. And it all came out. Well, not all of it, but a lot of it came out.

And we only found out about it because they went too far. Right. And now suddenly people in the Senate had a hammer to start looking. you know, into this direction. And it all came out. Well, not all of it, but a lot of it came out.

And we only found out about it because they went too far. Right. And now suddenly people in the Senate had a hammer to start looking. you know, into this direction. And it all came out. Well, not all of it, but a lot of it came out.

Sorry. No, it's all right. I mean, look, it's hard not to think. I never thought this way until like a year ago, maybe a year and a half ago.