{"id":1021607,"date":"2021-11-16T23:58:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T04:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1021607"},"modified":"2021-11-16T23:58:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T04:58:51","slug":"department-of-justice-education-bureaucracy-have-declared-war-on-parents-as-whistleblower-reveals-use-of-counterterrorism-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/department-of-justice-education-bureaucracy-have-declared-war-on-parents-as-whistleblower-reveals-use-of-counterterrorism-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Justice, Education Bureaucracy Have &#039;Declared War on Parents&#039; as Whistleblower Reveals Use of Counterterrorism Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdepartment-of-justice-education-bureaucracy-have-declared-war-on-parents-as-whistleblower-reveals-use-of-counterterrorism-tools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1021607&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Loudoun-County-Public-Schools-LCPS-protest-getty-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A whistleblower Tuesday revealed to the House Judiciary Committee that the FBI deployed \u201ccounterterrorism tools\u201d to target concerned parents participating in local school board meetings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese new whistleblower documents provided to the House Judiciary Committee prove that the FBI was, in fact, using counterterrorism tools to investigate concerned parents who have attended school board meetings,\u201d Parents Defending Education President Nicole Neily <a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/press-releases\/house-judiciary-committee-whistleblower-documents-response\/\">said<\/a> of the revelation, continuing that it \u201cdirectly contradicts Attorney General Merrick Garland\u2019s sworn Congressional testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>A letter from House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to Attorney General Merrick Garland states that \u201clawmakers have received documents from a whistleblower that state the FBI is using counterterrorism tactics to investigate parents considered to be potential \u2018domestic terrorists\u2019 as they voice concerns about education in their local school districts,\u201d as Breitbart News reported.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.8232558139535\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BREAKING?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BREAKING<\/a>: Whistleblower Discloses Explosive Documents Showing FBI Using Counterterrorism Tools to Investigate Parents <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HpbdtinJQo\">pic.twitter.com\/HpbdtinJQo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1460702250238726145?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to the whistleblower, \u201cthe Counterterrorism and Criminal Divisions created a threat tag, EDUOFFICIALS, to track instances of related threats.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.8148148148148\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FROM THE WHISTLEBLOWER: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IfJRPVKMk\">pic.twitter.com\/4IfJRPVKMk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1460702256601444352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan\u2019s letter continued, saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p>We are now in receipt of a protected disclosure from a Department whistleblower showing that the FBI\u2019s Counterterrorism Division is compiling and categorizing threat assessments related to parents, including a document directing FBI personnel to use a specific \u201cthreat tag\u201d to track potential investigations. This new information calls into question the accuracy and completeness of your sworn testimony.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cNot only has America\u2019s education bureaucracy declared war on parents concerned about local schools \u2013 but so has the Department of Justice, which has weaponized the FBI against parents to chill their speech,\u201d Neily continued. \u201cWhile it remains to be seen whether Attorney General Garland\u2019s Congressional testimony was incomplete or dishonest, the credibility of a storied federal agency has been thrown into question.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The House Judiciary Republicans also said it was \u201cterrifying\u201d that the FBI is \u201cspying on parents.\u201d Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC) added that the basis for spying was a letter from the National School Boards Association that the \u201cBiden @WhiteHouse helped write.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.7874015748031\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A letter that the Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WhiteHouse<\/a> helped write. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ium5vl9l2I\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ium5vl9l2I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepDanBishop\/status\/1460725168599441412?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As Breitbart News\u2019s Dr. Susan Berry reported, \u201cEmails&nbsp;<a class title=\"This external link will open in a new window\" href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/10\/21\/emails-reveal-nsba-top-officers-worked-white-house-letter-targeting-parents-domestic-terrorists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">obtained<\/a>&nbsp;as well in October through public records requests by Parents Defending Education (PDE) revealed Garcia and Slaven had been \u2018in talks over the last several weeks with White House staff,\u2019 and \u2018they requested additional information on some of the specific threats.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class>Continuing, Berry said, \u201cGarcia wrote to NSBA directors the organization \u2018has been engaged with the White House and the Department of Education on these and other issues related to the pandemic for several weeks now.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p class>\u201cAt best, if we assume that you were ignorant of the FBI\u2019s actions in response to your October 4 memorandum at the time of your testimony, this new evidence suggests that your testimony to the Committee was incomplete and requires additional explanation,\u201d Jordan\u2019s letter said of Garland, continuing, \u201cIf, however, you were aware of the FBI\u2019s actions at the time of your testimony, this evidence shows that you willfully misled the Committee about the nature and extent of the Department\u2019s use of federal counterterrorism tools to target concerned parents at school board meetings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people deserve a full accounting of exactly who was involved, and when \u2013 so that egregious overreach like this may be prevented in the future,\u201d Neily concluded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A whistleblower Tuesday revealed to the House Judiciary Committee that the FBI deployed \u201ccounterterrorism tools\u201d to target concerned parents participating in local school board meetings. \u201cThese new whistleblower documents provided &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1021607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1021607"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1021607\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1021607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1021607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1021607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}