Glenn Greenwald: If Right-Wing Extremism Is the Greatest Threat, Why Did FBI Have to Manufacture the Gov. Whitmer Kidnapping Plot?

RUSH TRANSCRIPT If he ░░░░░░░░ himself to the same ░░░░░░░░ as he held Trump ░░░░░░░░ there would be investigators ░░░░░░░░ into these trips There ░░░░░░░░ questions about the FBI ░░░░░░░░ involvement in the blot ░░░░░░░░ kidnap Gretchen Whitmer Buzzfeed ░░░░░░░░ this article out 12 ░░░░░░░░ FBI informant assisted into ░░░░░░░░ investigation to this extremist ░░░░░░░░ acting under the direction ░░░░░░░░ the FBI They took ░░░░░░░░ roles in the scheme ░░░░░░░░ Iraq war veteran became ░░░░░░░░ in command there And ░░░░░░░░ long time government informant ░░░░░░░░ Wisconsin paid for the ░░░░░░░░ rooms and for dinners ░░░░░░░░ to get people to ░░░░░░░░ this alleged blot This ░░░░░░░░ FBI agent known as ░░░░░░░░ advised this militia group ░░░░░░░░ to place the explosives ░░░░░░░░ they said were fake ░░░░░░░░ the lead FBI special ░░░░░░░░ Richard task figure He ░░░░░░░░ the public face of ░░░░░░░░ Whitmer case He was ░░░░░░░░ arrested after being accused ░░░░░░░░ jumping on his wife ░░░░░░░░ bed and smashing her ░░░░░░░░ against the wall And ░░░░░░░░ was in a dispute ░░░░░░░░ a swingers party The ░░░░░░░░ accused of this kidnap ░░░░░░░░ are claiming they were ░░░░░░░░ Anybody would claim that ░░░░░░░░ a situation like this ░░░░░░░░ Buzzfeed is reporting there ░░░░░░░░ twice as many FBI ░░░░░░░░ involved in this plot ░░░░░░░░ there were plotters Does ░░░░░░░░ raise suspicion with you ░░░░░░░░ raises a lot I ░░░░░░░░ what the Biden Administration ░░░░░░░░ currently doing as the ░░░░░░░░ war on terror This ░░░░░░░░ is focused domestically on ░░░░░░░░ citizens instead of foreign ░░░░░░░░ But the tactics being ░░░░░░░░ are similar to the ░░░░░░░░ being used in the ░░░░░░░░ war on terror I ░░░░░░░░ on a dozen cases ░░░░░░░░ the FBI would boast ░░░░░░░░ this flamboyant way necessity ░░░░░░░░ broken up a dangerous ░░░░░░░░ And every time you ░░░░░░░░ every time it turned ░░░░░░░░ that the people who ░░░░░░░░ the plot who came ░░░░░░░░ with the idea of ░░░░░░░░ to attack and funded ░░░░░░░░ operation were FBI agents ░░░░░░░░ in the plots Not ░░░░░░░░ that they learned about ░░░░░░░░ and infiltrated them but ░░░░░░░░ orchestrated them It s ░░░░░░░░ just the threat of ░░░░░░░░ Muslim terrorism Why does ░░░░░░░░ FBI have to create ░░░░░░░░ own plots That s ░░░░░░░░ same question I have ░░░░░░░░ If it s true ░░░░░░░░ are saying anti government ░░░░░░░░ wing groups or domestic ░░░░░░░░ groups are the greatest ░░░░░░░░ to national security greater ░░░░░░░░ ISIS or China or ░░░░░░░░ Why do they need ░░░░░░░░ put in people s ░░░░░░░░ let s go kidnap ░░░░░░░░ Whitmer That leads to ░░░░░░░░ question people on your ░░░░░░░░ have asked The horror ░░░░░░░░ the liberal sector of ░░░░░░░░ corporate media what did ░░░░░░░░ FBI know about the ░░░░░░░░ of the January 6 ░░░░░░░░ How embedded were they ░░░░░░░░ these groups When these ░░░░░░░░ of attacks happen the ░░░░░░░░ and the security state ░░░░░░░░ on them to say ░░░░░░░░ you see there are ░░░░░░░░ dangers we need more ░░░░░░░░ more power more surveillance ░░░░░░░░ in order to keep ░░░░░░░░ safe If they are ░░░░░░░░ ones driving it at ░░░░░░░░ for the questions of ░░░░░░░░ those motives are.