{"id":15823,"date":"2021-04-20T08:42:36","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:42:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=15823"},"modified":"2021-04-20T08:54:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T12:54:15","slug":"me-and-john-brennan-a-warning-for-libertarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/20\/me-and-john-brennan-a-warning-for-libertarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Me and John Brennan: A Warning for Libertarians"},"content":{"rendered":"

Libertarians are in the federal crosshairs in the Biden era. In my Saturday speech to the Maryland Libertarian Party<\/strong><\/a>, I talked about the feds could be targeting libertarians for surveillance and entrapment in the coming years.\u00a0 Former CIA chief John Brennan<\/strong> said in January that federal intelligence agencies\u00a0 \u201care moving in laser-like fashion to try to uncover as much as they can about\u201d various suspect groups and he specifically mentioned libertarians.\u00a0\u00a0 Indictments to follow.<\/p>\n

Best line?\u00a0 “Never take legal advice from a college dropout.”<\/p>\n

You can listen to or download the 5 minute riff by clicking below –<\/p>\nhttps:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/Voice-006_sd-Waco-riff-Lp-MD-4-17-21-CIA-FBI-r2iff-Part.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Here’s a recent article from the American Conservative<\/strong><\/a> where I talk about the FBI’s methods of taking down their methods.<\/p>\n

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