“However, it is the attack on its critics that is most striking. While the FBI denounced critics of an earlier era as communists and ‘fellow travelers’, it now uses the same attack narrative to label its critics as ‘conspiracy theorists’. After Watergate, there was bipartisan support for reforming the FBI and intelligence agencies. Today, that cacophony of voices has been replaced by crickets, as much of the media imposes another effective blackout on coverage of the Twitter Files (…) As for the rest of us, the FBI now declares us to be part of a disinformation danger which it is committed to stamping out — ‘conspiracy theorists’ misleading the public simply by criticizing the bureau. Clearly, this is the time for a new Church Committee — and time to reform the FBI.” Jonathan Turley, When The FBI Attacks Critics As “Conspiracy Theorists”, It’s Time To Reform The Bureau, 26.12.2002