Editor’s Note: FBI Whistleblower Kyle Seraphin went public releasing documents from the anti-Catholic Poverty Law Center to ‘justify in the FBI’s monitoring efforts’ of alleged ‘Radical’ Latin Mass Catholics today. Here is a link to the original article – https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/fbi-doc-suggests-agency-is-surveilling-radical-traditional-catholics-in-virginia/?utm_source=featured-news&utm_campaign=usa
by Stephen Kokx at LifeSite News
Following intense backlash, the FBI has now released a statement saying it is not only retracting, but also investigating why an anti-Catholic memo that relied on a report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to justify its surveillance of Latin Mass attendees was issued by its Richmond, Virginia office last month.
“While our standard practice is not to comment on specific intelligence products, this particular field office product — disseminated only within the FBI — regarding racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism does not meet the exacting standards of the FBI,” the statement reads.
Reporter Tyler O’Neil of Daily Signal posted the remarks on his Twitter account. He’d previously sent an email to the FBI inquiring about the explosive eight-page document, which was leaked to the public by former staffer turned whistleblower Kyle Seraphin on Wednesday.
"While our standard practice is not to comment on specific intelligence products, this particular field office product – disseminated only within the FBI – … does not meet the exacting standards of the FBI." FBI is "taking action to remove the document from FBI systems." pic.twitter.com/q5OsybRnFj
— Tyler O'Neil (@Tyler2ONeil) February 9, 2023
In recent weeks, the FBI has come under scrutiny for blatant political targeting of conservatives. Today marks the first day of Congressional hearings into the agency’s corrupt behavior held by a committee chaired by Ohio GOP Rep. Jim Jordan.
In its statement,…
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