And don't say "Everybody!", this isn't Murder on the Orient Express.
From Sharyl Attkisson:
Remember when the Obama FBI visited CIA chief David Petraeus and let him know they somehow knew he was having an affair?
— Sharyl Attkisson 🕵️♂️💼🥋 (@SharylAttkisson) April 14, 2026
But they also told him don't worry. They said they'd determined he didn't break any laws and they'd keep it quiet.
Then, a year later when Petraeus…
Continues:
....wasn't playing nicely with the Obama folks on the coverup regarding the Islamic terrorist nature of the Benghazi attacks, suddenly Petraeus is "outed" for his affair and forced out of office.
The timing is interesting, no?
It's almost as if power brokers in govt. collect files or "dirt" on important people, then let the people know the files or "dirt" exists to keep them in line.
Then, when and if those folks fall out of line, years old allegations and stories are leaked to the media.
And the media, as well as the target's former political allies, who would normally defend the target because of his political status... suddenly all demand resignations or whatnot and destroy the target.
It sounds like a movie plot, but we know this sort of thing happens.
Thoughts?
We've been down this road before.—https://x.com/SharylAttkisson/status/2044148246398812442
November 2024 - "60 Years Ago, Congress Warned Us About the Surveillance State. What Happened?"
It's time for another Church Committee.
And probably the break-up of the CIA and FBI. The agencies have become little more than extortion rackets, gathering their bits and bytes of information not for the greater good of the country but to exert pressure and control on the people who pay their salaries and on the people's elected representatives.
Extortion, blackmail and coercion are what they do.They knew all about the Biden family corruption and used that information, not to warn the country but to feather their own nests and expand their power base. And that's just one example among dozens. It's a nasty business. As Senate [then]-Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, a Washington insider since 1980, said in January 2017:
“Let me tell you: You take on the intelligence community — they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”
Last seen in December 2025's "Pope Leo To Spies: Do Not Compromise Journalists Or Politicians":
But, but that's what spies do. You don't think J. Edgar Hoover stayed atop the FBI for 48 years (including 11 years at the predecessor BOI) because he looked cute in a dress do you?* (Or not?)**
Which post includes a picture of Jedgar in a lovely spaghetti strap little black dress and a driveby from John le Carré.
So back to the headline question. To start, the Democratic Party. The speed with which the women accusing Swalwell were produced after he decided to stay in the California Governor's race, thus tipping the Governorship to one of the two Republicans, was breathtaking.
Next, both the FBI and the CIA, though the latter is expressly forbidden to run operations in the US. by their charter I don't think that's ever stopped them.
Then we have China. After Fang Fang left I can't believe China lost interest in Rep. Swalwell, especially after Speaker Pelosi put him on the House Intelligence Committee.
And Russia. And Israel. And Britain. Maybe France and Australia too.
And speaking of Fang Fang, here she is with Diane Feinstein's spy when Senator Feinstein was Chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Russell Lowe was not her driver, as much as the media pitched that story, but rather was the Senator's San Francisco office manager and saw everything that passed through it.
One of my favorite pictures because they teach you in junior spy school that you absolutely must not be seen in public with another agent.
Unless you are very, very confident that you won't get tumbled.
Or that if you are, that it won't go anywhere.