It was thus that I read the news of yesterday’s John Durham report (here) with not just sadness but something approaching grief. To see the FBI fall so far, to line up with schemers and con artists to try to undermine the President of the United States, was like feeling a part of my young man’s idealism die. Maybe I’m too old to be feeling something like that, but I did.

Of course my feelings will of only limited interest to readers, except perhaps to those who grew up with the same happy and hopeful outlook. What’s more important is the reality of what the FBI has become.

Which is what, exactly?

It’s one of the things the Washington Post and other liberal outlets are constantly warning about — a threat to democracy.