Some clown from Media Matters declared FBI lawyer James Baker’s “exiting” from Twitter the Right’s new Benghazi — in other words, the average American would have no idea what it was, nor would they care. Still, a lot of us did care, as it seemed that Baker was vetting the Twitter files before passing them on to Bari Weiss and Matt Taibbi. Baker, of course, played a part in Russiagate and the Steele dossier.
The latest dump of Twitter files showed that the FBI was almost a “subsidiary” of Twitter, and the New York Post’s Jon Levine has taken a look at just how many Twitter executives formerly called the FBI their home:
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James Baker was only the tip of the iceberg. Twitter's top ranks are riddled with former FBI agentshttps://t.co/YN8MPTp0Oz
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 17, 2022
Matthew Williams, who did more than 15 years at the FBI, identified himself on LinkedIN as the "Co-lead of Trust & Safety" — a job which would have made him a close associate of team leader Yoel Rothhttps://t.co/YN8MPT7pX1 pic.twitter.com/7jWGSZIdC6
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 17, 2022
Jeff Carlton worked for the FBI and CIA before joining Twitter in May 2021. His now deleted LinkedIn account says he led Twitter’s Strategic Response Team of 50+ "employees/agents" in resolving the highest-profile Trust & Safety escalationhttps://t.co/YN8MPT7XMz pic.twitter.com/vhsoo17lzr
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 17, 2022
Here's Dawn Burton, former deputy chief of staff to FBI director James Comey https://t.co/YN8MPT7XMz pic.twitter.com/5KwvOAUnPv
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 17, 2022
Here's Kevin Michelena, who did 12 years at the FBI before coming to Twitter for a new job which entailed "collaborating with public policy and site integrity leads to ensure policies are properly implemented."https://t.co/YN8MPTp0Oz pic.twitter.com/lrpJKQAZZr
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) December 17, 2022
Without any cool down, either. Most of them "ended" their employment with the feds at one month, and by next they were in key positions at Twitter.
— Emily Bordeaux ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 (@EmilioBordeaux) December 17, 2022
Sure makes it easier for the FBI to censor "bad" speech when they have Twitter leadership at their Wednesday night poker game.
— Eric Sell (@EricSell) December 17, 2022
@elonmusk Would be interesting to know if Twitter knowingly hired these former FBI agents and for what purpose.
— Lance Edelman (@Lance_Edelman) December 17, 2022
Huh. Just like the revolving door between Pentagon and military industrial complex, a revolving door between intel/FBI and social media. Could be both useful and problematic.
— BabbleBee (@ThankElon) December 17, 2022
Just like the revolving door between the Biden administration and MSNBC and CNN — where Baker was a legal analyst, of course.
Funny how they all worked in “Trust and Safety” pic.twitter.com/Pn0M1vKzIB
— Brian Gress (@bgresshrh) December 17, 2022
Jon, you use the word "former" when describing FBI personnel, "flocking" to twitter. How do you know they were "former" employees of the FBI & not still being paid by the bureau for their efforts?
Maybe start filing FOIA forms on continuing payments to them & see what you find.
— Wazoo Crew (@WazooCrewNFT) December 17, 2022
Giant intelligence gathering service. The Chinese just use more modern means…
— Psalmster023 (@psalmster023) December 17, 2022
Here’s a similar thread from December 6:
1. @elonmusk , Your new company @Twitter has many ex FBI/CIA agents in high ranks. Should probably do a little housecleaning.
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— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
2. Kevin Michelena – current Twitter Sr. Corporate Security Analyst. Ex FBI Intelligence Analyst 12 yearshttps://t.co/NMH3yff3J2
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
3. Doug Hunt – current Twitter Senior Director. Ex FBI Special Agent 20 years.https://t.co/lSOsi0lUd4
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
4. Mark Jaroszewski – current Twitter Director Corporate Security/Risk. Ex FBI 20 yearshttps://t.co/EKZ9yJPDtU
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
5. Douglas Turner – current Twitter Senior Manager, Corporate and Executive Security Services. Ex FBI 14 years. Ex Secret Service 7 years.https://t.co/kIyxuuNqCE
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
6. Patrick G. – current Twitter Head of Corporate Security. Ex FBI Special Agent 23 years. https://t.co/6kfoxKo9Oc
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
7. Karen Walsh – current Twitter Director – Corporate Resilience. Ex FBI Special Agent 21 yearshttps://t.co/34hMLDosID
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
8. Russell Handorf – current Twitter Senior Staff Technical Program Manager. Ex FBI 10 years.https://t.co/oiCscnSvCa
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
9. Michael B. – current Twitter Senior Corporate Security Manager. Ex FBI 23 years. https://t.co/YRdUuaxehq
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
10. Vincent Lucero – current Twitter Senior Security Manager. Ex FBI Special Agent 22 years. https://t.co/WXg3S401wE
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
11. Kevin L. – current Twitter Corporate Security Manager. Ex FBI Special Agent 25 years. https://t.co/CgMUejaTDD
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
12. Matthew W. – current Twitter Senior Director of Product Trust, Revenue Policy, and Counsel Systems & Analytics. Ex FBI 15 years. https://t.co/Nfo4GDi5bs
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
13. Claire O. – current Twitter Senior Corporate Security Analyst. Ex FBI 8 years. https://t.co/cqGrPCkAmf
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
14. Bruce A. – current Twitter Director, Corporate Security. Ex FBI 23 years. https://t.co/8IjfhF8adN
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
15. Jeff Carlton – current Twitter Senior Manager. Ex FBI & CIA Intelligence Analyst 3 years.https://t.co/6YRIXjXCIl
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
16. What do all of these Twitter employees have in common? They were ALL hired since @realDonaldTrump was elected.
Why, after Trump was elected, did Twitter hire over a dozen ex FBI/CIA agents and place them in Senior Management roles?
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
17. @elonmusk – how many "Jim Bakers" are imbedded in Twitter, possibly working against you? or….."watching" you. I'd advise you to do some investigating and clean house.
— Name Redacted (@NameRedacted247) December 7, 2022
The “theory” part is no longer needed for all these conspiracies.
Turns out the tinfoil brigade was right all along.— Jason “Storm Chaser” Nelson (@Storm4Congress) December 10, 2022
And the FBI just said yesterday that it routinely works with the private sector — so you have active FBI agents communicating with their former colleagues who are now in senior positions at Twitter. No wonder they were so cozy.
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Related:
The FBI responds to its cozy relationship with Twitter as disclosed by Matt Taibbi https://t.co/UElbLQTXSR
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) December 17, 2022
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