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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

The failure to adhere to standards, including on proper domestic terrorism terminology, “created the appearance that the FBI conducts investigative activity based on religious affiliation,” the letter said. “One of the FBI’s most fundamental principles is that investigative activity may not be based solely on the exercise of rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.”

And yet they are actively labeling people terrorists over political opinions.

Actually, historically thats like the entire point of how the FBI came into existence. To target commies for their non-mainstream beliefs