so that does look very suspicious. question tho--who is he running the op for, deep state with capitol police being read in? farther down in that twitter feed the FBI appears to have put him on their wanted posters, so are they just not in on the play?
If he's sitting in an office or police station in Virginia somewhere surrounded by feds or cops who know who he is, he's in no danger. And if he's walking around with a badge, even if some out-of-the-loop cop stops him (which he's at zero risk of anytime he's in uniform) it's more of an inconvenience than any real risk.
I mean its just like burning an asset though--he can't really be used for undercover work as easily after, and it's a specialized type of work. Like sure, they can find something else for him to do, but my understanding is you typically try and maintain cover indefinitely, having your big mug on a widely distributed digital wanted poster that internet dorks can spend hours squinting at is non-ideal. kinda like when bellingcat blows FSB dudes cover. Sure, there's loads more of those dudes waiting to go poison people, but they're specialized operatives, and don't just grow on trees... If he is truly part of an OP, my guess would be that the FBI isn't in on it, much like there was lots of internal compliance at capitol police and DHS, etc, but FBI is now dropping the hammer on participants. On the other hand, I guess the other way to look at it is that this was some informant/chud they co-opted, used like a burner phone and don't have any future plans for, in which case, the wanted poster would be intelligent to use.
this is my read also. It seems like maybe there was some fishy stuff up at the top, but the rank and file were just sorta hung out to dry, and they made choices in the moment based on the situation and/or their latent sympathies. I mean screw them generally, but from an organizational standpoint they definitely got fucked over. Must be fun to be cop and realize your "brother" law enforcement agencies aren't coming to help you or back you up... against a bunch of thin blue line supporters, no less haha.
so that does look very suspicious. question tho--who is he running the op for, deep state with capitol police being read in? farther down in that twitter feed the FBI appears to have put him on their wanted posters, so are they just not in on the play?
The FBI placing a known agent provocateur on a wanted poster doesn't really threaten that agent.
yeah I was thinking this, oh hey they put him on the poster as part of the op, but also if he was working for you, seems like a dangerous move
If he's sitting in an office or police station in Virginia somewhere surrounded by feds or cops who know who he is, he's in no danger. And if he's walking around with a badge, even if some out-of-the-loop cop stops him (which he's at zero risk of anytime he's in uniform) it's more of an inconvenience than any real risk.
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I mean its just like burning an asset though--he can't really be used for undercover work as easily after, and it's a specialized type of work. Like sure, they can find something else for him to do, but my understanding is you typically try and maintain cover indefinitely, having your big mug on a widely distributed digital wanted poster that internet dorks can spend hours squinting at is non-ideal. kinda like when bellingcat blows FSB dudes cover. Sure, there's loads more of those dudes waiting to go poison people, but they're specialized operatives, and don't just grow on trees... If he is truly part of an OP, my guess would be that the FBI isn't in on it, much like there was lots of internal compliance at capitol police and DHS, etc, but FBI is now dropping the hammer on participants. On the other hand, I guess the other way to look at it is that this was some informant/chud they co-opted, used like a burner phone and don't have any future plans for, in which case, the wanted poster would be intelligent to use.
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this is my read also. It seems like maybe there was some fishy stuff up at the top, but the rank and file were just sorta hung out to dry, and they made choices in the moment based on the situation and/or their latent sympathies. I mean screw them generally, but from an organizational standpoint they definitely got fucked over. Must be fun to be cop and realize your "brother" law enforcement agencies aren't coming to help you or back you up... against a bunch of thin blue line supporters, no less haha.