cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/34840943

The FBI’s New York field office normally handles counterintelligence, counterterrorism, public corruption, international drug trafficking, and financial crime investigations. Right now, though, it has been ordered to prioritize redacting sensitive information in the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Vanity Fair reports, citing multiple sources, that nearly a thousand agents, who normally work on national security issues in the bureau’s largest field office, are working night and day combing the documents instead of on their regular jobs.

“It’s literally all hands on deck,” one unnamed source told the magazine. “I even saw an agent walking in with a pillow.” One former agent called the situation “ludicrous.”

  • Treczoks@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I wonder how many occurances of “Donald” and “Trump” they have to hide one way or the other.

    • frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 day ago

      No, this is tabloid-level politics.

      Seriously though, what did you find wrong with the reporting?

      • Bloomcole@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 day ago

        True, they are not mutually exclusive.
        I see I have downvotes only, no one bothered to ask why except you.
        So thanks and I’ll gladly explain.
        For one the post title is wrong.
        “Reduced to one job” implies they only do this exclusively.
        While the original article says: “priority one is redacting the sex trafficker’s case files.” and “taking precedence over all others”
        That is not the same.

        Second thing, and this goes for any article, people should be more sceptical.
        Plenty of times you see one or some of the following words used:

        *an unnamed/anonymous source says…
        it is believed that…
        aledgedly… *

        That is simply bad reporting, based on nothing and speculation.
        In a lot of cases these types of articles turn out to be untrue later.
        Very few outlets are neutral on political matters.
        Especially so in the heavily polarised US.
        Both sides spice things up, make allegations or even blatantly lie to put the opposition in a bad light.
        Everyone should be aware of this.

        I don’t know TNR but when I click on their breaking news and scroll, literally every article I see is about Trump.
        That fixation should give a clue.

        And I’m not saying this to defend trump.
        The guy does awful things on a daily bases.
        So there’s plenty they can report on whitout having to resort to these type of cheap tricks.
        Factually and with verifiable sources.
        While the MSM is generally bad at this I at least expect better from Lemmy.
        And its users to be more critical and aware.