I am sorry, and even a bit trepidatious, to have to say this, but the most storied and powerful agencies in our government—the Justice Department, the FBI, the CIA, the entire “intelligence community”—are, all of them, corrupt. Their leaders do not operate for the common good or in the public interest but in furtherance of their own, and of the ruling class’s, which is the same thing. They need not—and often do not—obey the law. If they believe or even suspect you might be a threat or an obstacle to their rule, they will use their vast powers to crush you.
Bravery
