March 28, 2021
WASHINGTON DC – Writing for the WALL STREET JOURNAL [WSJ], member TOM BAKER provides an interesting account of events surrounding HINCKLEY’s attempt to assassinate President REAGAN, that “not” only spurred major reforms in the U.S. Secret Service [USSS] but might
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October 18, 2020
WASHINGTON DC – Citing YUVAL LEVIN’s “A Time to Build,” retired FBI agent TOM BAKER maintains the refusal of the FBI’s CHRIS WRAY to talk earnestly about reforms is yet another example of an institution “mask[ing] the treachery of …
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September 22, 2020
BOSTON, MA – “Know Your Enemy, Know Yourself,” these are the words of Sun Tzu from his 5th century treatise on war and peace, “The Art of War.” It was also the mantra of a select group of retired FBI agents who
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June 12, 2020
WASHINGTON DC – Retired FBI agent and member TOM BAKER writes OPED for the WASHINGTON EXAMINER. Speaking about Attorney General [AG] WILLIAM BARR, he states BARR has seen it “all,” deploying federal agents onto streets during civil unrest, using chemical
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May 18, 2020
WASHINGTON DC – FISA reform is needed today writes retired FBI agent/member TOM BAKER for the WALL STREET JOURNAL. Says FISA reform is long overdue. Says “sloppiness” and “inaccuracies” are shocking, talking about the IG report, but not the worst
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December 23, 2019
WASHINGTON DC – Retired FBI agent/member TOM BAKER writes OPED for the WASHINGTON EXAMINER. Speaking about the FOREIGN SURVEILLANCE COURT [FISC] and the CARTER PAGE wiretap, BAKER asks, “Is JAMES COMEY the worst FBI director in modern history?” He maintains
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December 10, 2019
WASHINGTON DC – Retired FBI agent/member TOM BAKER writes OPED for DAILY CALLER telling readers the FISA abuse concerning the wiretap on CARTER PAGE’s telephone included alteration of email used to “renew” the application, faulty “disclosure(s)” and a lack of
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August 28, 2019
WASHINGTON DC – Retired FBI agent … member TOM BAKER … writes OPED for the WALL STREET JOURNAL [WSJ] reminding readers ROBERT MUELLER’s investigation made clear the TRUMP campaign did “not” collude with Russia and, further, the FBI never a
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August 7, 2019
SACRAMENTO–The trap was set and the gendarmes were in position. Inside Amsterdam’s HOLLANDISHE BANKE plainclothes police posed as bank employees. Not wanting to tip their presence the police arrived early … seeded with the morning commute. Outside, the “uniforms” were also
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July 23, 2019
LOS ANGELES–Responsible for the FBI Underwater Evidence Response Team in Los Angeles, retiring in 2014 [with a brief move to Rio De Janeiro because of the Summer Olympics (2016)], BOBBY CHACON said it was the FBI’s CBS murders’ case in
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July 16, 2019
PHILADELPHIA, PA—What most people know about the FBI comes from popular culture—books, TV, and movies, as well as the news. Films and fiction are more concerned with creating a good story than with accuracy. And, unfortunately, some news programs are
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July 8, 2019
WASHINGTON DC — Retired FBI agent … member TOM BAKER … writes Wall Street Journal OPED suggesting America’s Intel agencies and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA] need to be reformed, as a result of the electronic surveillance and counterintelligence
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