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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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The fallen motto
You have to wonder how in
the world one of the world’s
premier law enforcement
agencies could fall from grace.
It’s not a just fallen situa
tion. It’s a major catastrophe
for the United States.
We can only hope that The
Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI)
will cleanse itself
from its self-implo
sion and rise again
from the ashes like
the “mythological
phoenix.”
The FBI isn’t just
any law enforce
ment organization.
There was a day
when it might have
been the world’s
best criminal
investigation unit. It certain
ly played on the same fields
with the British MI5 and the
Russian FSB organizations.
MI5 is a British Military
Intelligence version, while
MI6 identifies the British
Secret Intelligence Service.
The Federal Security
Service of the Russian
Federation is the principal
security agency of Russia
and the primary successor
agency to the Soviet Union’s
Committee of State Security
(KGB).
With all that’s going on in
Washington now, there prob
ably isn’t very much inter
national or domestic official
interaction occurring as all
eyes look to see how far the
FBI will fall.
This isn’t supposed to hap
pen. The FBI is supposed to
be untouchable. The current
political situation has greatly
damaged the work and ability
of the FBI.
While the American Bureau
is charged as our country’s
primary domestic intelligence
and security agency, it also
serves as our country’s princi
pal law enforcement agency.
What’s really going to hurt
us is the fact that our FBI
has an international presence
working in embassies and
consulates around the world.
We have to be concerned
about our international intel
ligence gathering abilities, as
well as investigative coopera
tion from other countries.
The finger has to point at
the upper management levels
of the FBI.
There appears
to be little doubt
that former FBI
Director James
Comey and Acting
Director Andrew
McCabe are cul
prits in the fall.
From appearances,
it looks as if both
crossed the line on
multiple times and
had misplaced loy
alties.
It will be inter
esting to see if either survives
and that may depend on how
much they really know about
the “deep state” and other
operatives in the swamp. The
waiting list may have just got
ten longer.
There are still too many
issues with Comey’s relation
ship with the Clintons. There
are unanswered questions
about a lack of investigation
into the Democratic National
Committee campaign fund
ing. the entire Russia debacle,
Hillary Clinton’s emails and
computer equipment, as well
as the destruction of subpoe
naed documents and comput
ers.
Other questions regarding
Comey’s early preparation of
a draft clearing Hillary Clinton
of wrongdoing and his rela
tionship with the Clintons
remain unanswered.
Justice Department (JD)
veterans, Republican and
Democrat, have gone on
record saying Comey’s actions
did not follow JD rules and
procedures. Deputy Attorney
General Rod Rosenstein pub
licly stated Comey “...made
some serious mistakes.”
Prior to these developments
Comey is reported to have
accepted millions of dol
lars from a Clinton defense
contractor and he (Comey)
also served on a Clinton
Foundation corporate part
ner’s board.
McCabe is under the
gun as well and the Justice
Department fired him just
before he could retire and
draw full benefits.
The JD, after an internal
investigation, said McCabe
lied to investigators who were
investigating the Bureau’s
handling of Hillary Clinton’s
email server.
Supposedly. McCabe also
“.. .made an unauthorized dis
closure to the news media and
lacked candor-including under
oath — on multiple occa
sions,” according to Attorney
General Jeff Sessions in a Fox
News reports.
McCabe is also a player is
the FISA (Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act) warrant
investigation which involves
potential and identified abuses
in connection to the Russian
probe.
The former FBI agent could
also be indicted over with
holding information from
the investigation involving
Clinton’s email server.
In addition, Judicial Watch
has subpoenaed JD records
that it feels will show McCabe
used FBI resources to assist
his wife in a 2015 campaign
run for a Virginia senate
race. His wife received near
ly $700,000 from a couple
of political action commit
tees. One is run by Virginia
Gov. Terry McAuliffe and he
allegedly has a commanding
voice in the other.
McAuliffe is reported to
be a good friend of Bill and
Hillary Clinton.
The web along the swamp
bank is getting bigger.
Meanwhile, the FBI motto
remains, “Fidelity, Bravery,
Integrity.”
Scary, isn’t it?
Jimmy Terrell is retired
from a career in law enforce
ment in Barrow County and
is a Winder city councilman.
He can be reached at ejter-
rell65 @ gmail.com.
jimmy
terrell
Random Rants in Rhyme
Name the Concession
Having lived in this country for ninety-one years,
this writer, each day, has fewer peers.
All those who survived the Great Depression
have seen a massive change in direction.
Our federal government has gained so much power,
and the states seem to lose more hour by hour.
This was not what our forefathers intended,
but our wonderful Constitution has been rudely upended.
Some of the changes might have been worth their cost,
but, in the process, much freedom has been lost.
Now the progressives are much more bold
and press very hard for more freedoms to be sold.
The problem is, they tempt us with our own money
that then is drawn from the federal treasury.
This has resulted, after years of contention,
in a federal dollar deficit of about 20 trillion.
In my ninety-one years, I have never seen
a concession made by this progressive team,
except to back down from the grand largess
of their sought-after funds, and take a little less.
Little by little, they have brought us toward the schism
between our capitalism, and blatant socialism.
The massive size our government has attained
makes it hard for things to be rearranged.
Decisions are made, and much policy is set
by employees for whom we do not get to vote.
These policies then are treated like law,
creating a difficult line to draw.
Since liberals began their progressive assault
on our Constitution to try to find fault,
as they turn this country toward socialism,
can you show me even one concession given?
Our country is in great danger today
as from the Constitution we turn away.
Enough! Enough I say of conservative concession.
Follow God and the Constitution, and restore our blessing.
© 2018, cbs
Dr. CB Skelton is a retired Winder physician and author of several books.
Braselton Rotary Club to host sex
trafficking awareness event Thursday
A free community awareness night is set
Thursday, March 29, to discuss Domestic
Minor Sex Trafficking (DMST). The event
— hosted by the Braselton Rotary Club in
partnership with Eagle Ranch, the Georgia
Bureau of Investigation, Street Grace, Des
tiny Rescue and other community organiza
tions — will be held at Eagle Ranch from
6-8 p.m.
RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.eom/e/
braselton-rotary-club-anti-human-traffick-
ing-seminar-tickets-43994307157.
non-partisan designation.
Removing party from the
ballot will muddy the water
for voters who do not have
personal relationships with
the candidates.”
But I think back to a
conversation I had a few
months ago with a member
of the Barrow County GOP,
who expressed his displea
sure with the performance
of the Board of Commis
sioners and questioned
whether his commissioner
was really a conservative
Republican.
In fact, several people
in this reliably Republican
community have said at
public meetings, in emails
and conversations with me,
and on our website and
social media that the elect
ed officials around Barrow
Headmaster’s
Corner
STATE CHAMPS! - WOW!
State Championships are diffi
cult to achieve - especially in
the GHSA - but our Male Quar
tet won a GHSA Literary State
Championship this past Saturday
at Georgia Military College. This
makes the 85th State Champion
ship in the 48-year history of the
School.
Seniors Henry Hey dinger and
Jared Palmer teamed up with
Juniors Luke Smith and Jacob
McIntyre to form the winning
combination. The Quartet sang
“Viva la Companie” and “I Would
Be True” at the State Competition.
Congrats to these young men
and to Choral Director Heath
er Pillsbury for their excellent
showing this year. We could not
be more proud of the way this
group has used their talents to
bring honor to God.
ATHENS
CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
“Affordable Quality Education Since 1970”
K3-12TH CALL (706) 549-7586
www.athenschristian.com
Thompson continued from 4A
County and its municipal
ities have taken too much
of the taxpayers’ money,
or not been fiscally disci
plined, or both — when
fiscal discipline and keep
ing your hands out of the
taxpayers’ pockets are
supposed hallmarks of the
party. In my view, party
politics really shouldn’t
be so influential in local
government, especially on
school boards which face
plenty of educational issues
that don’t always fit neatly
into Republican or Dem
ocratic camps. Local gov
ernment should be about
providing services and not
about political positioning
for a move up the ladder.
As a voter, you should
know where a candidate
stands, especially and most
importantly at the local
level where you are impact
ed the most on a regular
basis.
Having partisan elections
makes it just as easy, if
not easier, for voters to put
aside the research and for a
candidate to “hide,”
Scott Thompson is editor
of the Barrow News-Jour
nal. He can be reached at
sthompson @ barrownews-
journal.com.
March 21,2018 ~ Crossword Puzzle
Across
1. Mark permanently
5. Label
8. Humid
12. Craze
15. “A Horse With No ”
16. Unclose, to a poet
17. Like a villain
18. Dollar bill
19. Above
20. Take the gold medal
21. Nosegay
22. Pleased Julia Child
23. Famous
25. Night animal
26. In the company of
27. Physics unit
28. Mountain-climber’s coup
30. Snake shape
32. Holdfast
33. Nautical unit
36. Diameter components
38. Doctrine
40. Defective
42. Sculpt
43. Minister
46. Bizarre
48. Abundant
50. Gaucho’stool
51. Brownish gray fabrics
52. Sales pitch
53. Join
55. Cheat
56. Scope of knowledge
57. Mushrooms, e.g.
59. Senseless
61. Eye section
63. Put in order
66. Conjunction
67. Duelist
68. Beret
71. Which thing?
74. Ma that baas
76. Collection of clothes
78. Pronoun
79. Fortitude
80. Nipper’s master
81. Concluded
82. Openings
83. Not a pretty fruit
84. Outward appearance
85. Tree of India
86. Disorderly crowd
87. Informed
88. Remit money to
89. West Pointer’s team
Down
1. Pitfall
2. Indulge, with “to”
3. Surrounded by
4. Default result
5. Small city
6. Each
7. Sex
8. Station
9. Frankly declare
10. Delude
11. Fabric layer
12. Bubbles
13. Dissenter
14. Ownership document
24. Dry watercourse
26. Hearth residue
29. Juicy fruit
31. Got up
32. Mix up
33. Untamed
34. Procure
35. Agate
36. Tot’s garment
37. Type of skiing
39. Printing method
41. Student’s furniture
42. Halloween attire
44. Sporting facility
45. Emulate Elvis
47. Citified
49. Pixieish
54. Bookish
58. Experience
60. Techie
62. Make doilies
64. Envelop
65. Locust, e.g.
67. Stinking
68. Cloak
69. Crosswise
70. Cheerful
71. “For the Bell Tolls”
72. Submarine sandwich
73. Bedouin
75. Determination
77. Roster
79. Destroy the interior of
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