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FBI Launches Internal Investigation Into Its Own Twitter Account (thinkprogress.org)

Posted by msmash on from the topsy-turvy-world dept.

An anonymous reader shares a report on ThinkProgress: The FBI has launched an internal investigation into one of its own Twitter accounts. The account at issue, @FBIRecordsVault, had been dormant for more than a year. Then on October 30 at 4 a.m., the account released a flood of documents, including one describing Donald Trump's father Fred Trump as a "philanthropist." But it wasn't until two days later, when the account tweeted documents regarding President Clinton's controversial pardon of Marc Rich that the account began to attract significant attention. The account has not been active since that tweet. ThinkProgress has learned that the FBI's Inspection Division will undertake an investigation of the account. Candice Will, Assistant Director for the FBI's Office of Professional Responsibility, said she was referring the matter to the FBI's Inspection Division for an "investigation." Upon completion of the investigation, the Office of Professional Responsibility will be referred back to the Office of Professional Responsibility for "adjudication."

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  1. What is there to investigate? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Whoever controlled that account acted in a blatantly partisan manner and needs to be fired. Its pretty simple. I am sure there is a job waiting for them at Breitbart or Fox News, so I don't feel bad in calling for their immediate termination.

  2. Is that what you call it, "controversial"? by melted · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is that what you call it, "controversial"? I'd sure hope that pardoning a convicted criminal at the last possible moment in exchange for a couple of million in "donations" is more than just "controversial". What does Bubba need to do in order for people to finally admit he has no moral compass? Publicly behead someone?

  3. This goddamned year by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I swear there's been a secret coup and The Onion has taken over the world.

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    1. Re:This goddamned year by Oswald+McWeany · · Score: 3, Insightful

      2016 is the last thing The Onion would have wanted. Who wants to read a parody newspaper when the real newspapers have more outlandish content.

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  4. Re:Hatch Act applies to all by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    > you should look into John Podesta's BFF — "investigating" Hillary Clinton?

    Yeah, the guy that Trey Gowdy (who spent the last year presiding over the 9th hyperbolic benghazi 'investigation') just said "is not a decision maker, he is a messenger." Conspiracy!

    > who tipped her campaign before,

    Who 'tipped' her campaign to a publicly announced subcommittee hearing. Conspiracy!

    Jesus Hussein Christ! You gullible idiots keep finding conspiracy theory after conspiracy based on nothing more than your ignorance of the full story. How many times do you have to be utterly wrong before you start looking in the mirror and asking "what the fuck is wrong with me?"

    First clue should have been that your sources are two of the most notorious conspiracy mills in operation: zerohedge and thegatewaypundid (aka the stupidest man on the internet).