Linton Besser
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Prize-winning reporter, writer, broadcaster. Host of ABC’s Media Watch in 2025. This is a personal account, opinions mine etc. Tips: [email protected]
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![Response 3: Driscoll refused to answer this question and stated that it was an
inappropriate question with Hatch Act implications.
Question 4: Do you agree that the FBI agents who “stormed” Mar-a-Lago, to
include the rank-and-file, should be held accountable?
Response 4: No; FBI personnel were doing their job in furtherance of court
orders, legal warrants, and a properly predicated investigation.
Question 5: What are your thoughts on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?
Response 5: [trimmed since running out of room but he gave a reasonable answer about the importance of diversity but not it being sole reason for hiring]
Question 6: When did you start supporting President Trump?
Response 6: Driscoll refused to answer this question.
Question 7: Have you voted for a Democrat in the last five elections?
Response 7: Driscoll refused to answer this question.
63. After this final question, Ingrassia ended the interview.
64. Later that evening, Driscoll received a call from Bove. Driscoll understood that
Bove was expected to be named Acting Deputy Attorney General (“A/DAG”) of the United States
following the inauguration. At the time of the call, Bove was a private lawyer who had been part
of President Trump’s criminal defense team. Bove asked Driscoll what happened on the vetting
call, to which Driscoll responded that he found Ingrassia’s questions to be highly inappropriate
and political in nature and that he (Driscoll) was not supportive of serving in any leadership role
in the FBI if it required him to pass a vetting assessment based on political views. Driscoll noted
that he had never shared his political views, or even whether he had any, in his entire professional
career.
65. Bove told Driscoll that he “failed” the vetting interview and that Ingrassia reported
that Driscoll was combative and not “based out” enough. Driscoll interpreted Ingrassia’s report to](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cak4klqoj3bqgk5rj6b4f5do/bafkreibmvuxp62ms4oheya7ygysyycu3rovlsir5un5jsfkg5o5gxuuy2u@jpeg)
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Gay Alcorn
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· Sep 8
Linton Besser
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Linton Besser
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· Aug 26
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The Guardian
@theguardian.com
· Jun 29
Revealed: spies for hire used ‘Big Brother’ tactics on salmon farm activists
Guardian investigation sheds light on private intelligence industry that runs covert surveillance operations
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Is surveillance by private operators legal in the UK?
Wildlife activists who exposed horrific conditions at Scottish salmon farms were subjected to “Big Brother” surveillance by spies for hire working for an elite British army veteran.
One of the activists believes he was with his young daughter on at least one of the occasions when he was followed and photographed by the former paratrooper Damian Ozenbrook’s operatives. Continue reading...
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Linton Besser
@lintonbesser.bsky.social
· Jun 16
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Ariel Bogle
@arielbogle.bsky.social
· Jun 10
‘Astounding’ negligence revealed: governments turn blind eye to staggering prison death toll
Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds 57 inmates across Australia killed themselves using ligature points that authorities knew about but failed to remove
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