The Inner-workings of the FBI: The VICE Podcast 038

[@madfadedbaby782]

ill buy his book on audio so I can use it to put me to sleep at night, my god his voice knocks me out lol

[@ansoniamuse401]

Good voice though

[@Jannik2099]

"I've been warning people about the Canadians for years!" That dude's an awesome interviewer.

[@mariojuana]

So vice is on a watchlist

[@carltonbreezy]

Anybody that wears their glasses or sunglasses on their head might as well wear a t shirt saying I am a twat.

[@shutthefuckupdonny99]

word.

[@nolanmythbuster]

He's at that age where he's starting to look like my aunt.

[@weeziteer]

Why dude?

[@AnonymousEliteZero]

I would normally agree with sunglasses, but those are clear lensed glasses. that says unconscious nerd, much less harmful than the stereotypical tough guy showing off $300 brand name on a $5 piece of plastic.

[@mreliteliving]

***** My $300 time piece's paint is coming off.....lmao

[@supergoraw]

Remember when vice was good

[@dustysky895]

vice does a story on everything.

[@MrLgmhandler]

Always so surprised by the comments on Vice videos that touch on law enforcement/national security/federal government. So many misinformed people that just wanna sling mud and not learn a thing but think they are smart because they are against the establishment. Smh. Great interview Vice, interesting stuff.

[@carlewen-lewis3305]

Very good segment, the stats stated at the beginning were unsettling though.

[@Missioneer]

"I've been warning people about the Canadian threat for years" - Hahaha hilarious! The guy being interviewed seemed like quite the righteous person too, good listen.

[@zeonmx]

Very insightful stuff

[@jmrossy]

Good guest, speaks directly and clearly.

[@DMC619]

The interviewer is deadly.

[@NoobaruKun]

Very good interview, loved this. It should definitely get more views, all this work a couple thousand views... This is definitely underrated

[@CuteCatFaith]

Good, and shared, but I take issue with the moderator calling 9/11 "terrorist attack(s)."

[@johnwolf4447]

Hey FBI Man when you say "white supremacy groups" your talking about the local police

[@Stanley-px3bt]

I live in AZ. There are plenty groups like that here. Some of those hate groups have real influence in local government, and yes law enforcement. Yes, those groups should be a higher priority for the FBI.

[@johnwolf4447]

I already know, I live on the gulf coast

[@CarnifaxMachine]

Ah, yes. 100% of cops are racist. Obviously. Your confusion of "your" and "you're" tells me everything I need to know about your intelligence.

[@mightymouse8026]

@John Wolf He's actually talking about the FBI.

[@Rompelstaump]

I like this interview. It's a great look at an ex-agents opinions of the ways law enforcement agencies do their job and the unnecessary obstacles they are faced with. It also encourages me to write more letters to my governmental representatives to express support or discontent with the actions they take.

[@miles2057]

Very good and thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@KimOBrien280]

It's called priming. The media do it all the time..turn off the tv?

[@walperstyle]

I really dislike the people that complain on the internet about infringement of rights etc. Honestly, you are not worthy enough to be spied on by a government agency. They use algorithms and such, and nobody cares about your visits to pornhub. The agency will start to pay attention when you start getting emails from various known or former criminals, or pickup on key words you say. Even then, they are not interested unless you are buying or acquiring things.

[@PEERAMIDEYE]

Bullshit. Look up NSA spying on yahoo users.

[@monoham1]

PEERAMIDEYE sounds legit >.>

[@Fournier46]

LOL, my grandmother having the FBI shine floodlights into her house in the middle of the night because she was an environmental activist = your argument is invalid. That was back in the 60's or early 70's, but from the interviewee's comment about hardly violent environmental protection activists being treated like terrorists... More specifically I think Glenn Greenwald's discussion regarding the NSA's particular intimidation & coercion strategies towards liberal activists in contemporary times was quite revealing. Don't be afraid, but also don't be trusting your common-sense to give you a good model of how the systems you live within really work.

[@AgentAdorno]

You should read a history book or two. What a government declares a "threat" can change VERY fast. Just look up what the official definition of "terrorist" is right now...it`s already borderline fascism.

[@Prodriver33]

i could put a list of key words on here and both of us would have drones flying over us and everything we say would be watched and recorded, it has been done b4.

[@Stanley-px3bt]

Fun fact, 1/3 of Homicides go unsolved. :(

[@DMDL669]

That really messed me up

[@Stanley-px3bt]

DMDL669 Yeah that really sucks. I'll bet a big portion of unsolved homicides are gang or drug related. Would like to see the stats on that.

[@mattgeo5039]

Thank you Vice for being diplomatic with an FBI interview. Our senseless consumeristic may not make it too far into the future if we dont stop this pissy wars and start some sustainable programs.

[@ZeeBri]

Finally a Vice podcast worth watching.

[@kristenconklin311]

I'm thankful for the efforts that are involved with this video! I'm skeptical though about the comment that the FBI doesn't have the right intelligence to filter their data to target suspects appropriately. The US has at a minimum 80,000 scientific publications about the non-thermal effects of electromagnetic radiation. All of those documents support systems that listen to the thoughts of people in a manner that they aren't aware. One can't reason that the government doesn't use these tools on others. They were used during wars to make opponents surrender. The weapons are known as neuroweapons, mind control weapons, weapons that cause non-thermal effects with radiation, psychotronics, psychoenergetics, mind hacking tools, voice of god weapons, V2K. This is not conspiracy, but published data in libraries like the Library of Congress and CIA library.

[@H-.15]

that last story is amazing, love it.

[@wh0586]

Why does the guy interviewing him look like something from Startreck?

[@wh0586]

***** no, it is all very interesting don't get me wrong, far from trivial. But seriously. that guy looks like a mix between a black lady boy wearing makeup and something from startreck

[@wh0586]

He looks like that transexual from Stargate

[@mreliteliving]

SatoriGraphics ROFL

[@big0ben209]

Very interesting interview! Please do more like these!

[@PandemicGameplay]

One of the better interviews from you guys niceee jobbbb

[@circuscase]

Now this man is one of the good guys who keeps our country safe! May God bless you Sir!!

[@btarunr]

"Congress has some powerful tools." agreed.

[@nohalfsteps8746]

This guy is the real life Stan Beeman from Americans.

[@916sr20det]

Very well said.

[@DarkPhantomSky]

Great interview!

[@RiverWyvrn]

Great interview.

[@Benjitsu_]

Great video!

[@Dean_woodcock]

This week on the VICE podcast Reihan Salam sits down with Michael German, a ****16-year veteran of the FBI******, who recently joined the Brennan Center where he'll focus on law enforcement and intelligence oversight and reform,

[@williamroddy2755]

awesome podcast

[@Rakshasa1986]

Great video.

[@Jjmmll]

This guy needs to be FBI chief

[@morpheusgero3966]

Salami, great job.

[@mansionmist]

I don't know what agency this guy is talking about but sure as hell isn't the hide behind the desk FBI

[@232323C]

you see the way he looks at the interviewer ...the look of " I know so much about you I could ruin you" he just looks sneaky

[@gregdawe2786]

this video, stopped working, and then wouldn't reload.... hmmmmmmm, suspicious.

[@wowgoat3598]

If you let people keep taking your rights without a fight pretty soon you will have none left.

[@lafeeshmeister]

The funny thing is that you assume we still have rights.

[@patrykszumilas6343]

Hi guys

[@fernandomfernandes]

Hi.

[@blairbushproject]

At 13:54 you say that a lot of decisions are made to ignore information or intercepts because of competing interests. It points to intentional use of ignoring intercepts to support a goal that suggests malfeasance. And then we totally skip going deeper into that subject in the interview. So there’s a lot of decisions to not follow through because of a negative climate for whistleblowing that could be competing interests. That some agendas are actively used to protect an adverse outcome. And that these suspicions are never cleared. But then you point to that information being used to deny that person certain jobs based on their purchase of water. To harass people they don’t like. I wholly agree that is an active program. And that it’s clearly recognized by this person that it is an unchangeable database. Including the bias notes or incorrect assessments to further the targets ongoing handling. And of course we end with the good use of FBI infiltration to ferret out rogue elements. Back pat and good show old chap. Which makes this interview rather canned and planned. Except that I would say if someone approached you and said job well done thank you. It’s likely because their lives weren’t destroyed by the FBI to get what they came in for.

[@monoham1]

the FBI forgot when to properly do its INNER JOIN s. database 101 fail...

[@vacomments]

When you think of a modern version of 1930's Germany, you normally tend to think about North Korean or any other totalitarian state. Even though North Korean shows a high resemblance in its nationalistic and militaristic aspects, it ultimately shares very few other characteristics. I would say that it is alarming. Germany had put a judeo-bolshevik threat completely out of proportion, resulting in catastrophic consequences. Apart from a vast European war, it manifested itself in numerous imprisonments, harassments, seizures of rights and freedoms, massive surveillance, distortion, bending or reshaping of constitution and laws, etc. All of it for a threat blown out of proportions. I will be franc. Its not enough to have an empire without a military, its not enough to have a military without a threat, its not enough to have a threat without war. Along this chain, at some point, things will get out of control, where the actual rational reasoning is conditioned by variables from a threat belonging to a previous reasoning, thereby compelling the problems and the way of thinking to a scale far beyond the boundaries of clear logic and true rationality. At the end, we will encounter a problem so vast and so complex where, a solution reaching all of its ramifications will simply be impossible to achieve or even formulate. In this matter, I like to believe that the point of no return has long since passed, but I would like even better to be proved wrong.

[@adamvaught27]

did anyone tell him he has his glasses on his head?

[@MonkeySpecs301]

eliminate the profit system and most problems will be solved.

[@mariojuana]

These guys are fucking crazy, big brother

[@GbawlZ]

That tie with that suit jacket with that color of Brooks Brothers dress shirt? Please be civilized.

[@djinntoy]

yup this was good :)

[@playboysmooth8550]

While power

[@kimberleymacdougall9938]

Great

[@midtownspecial87]

How about this group...... INNER CITY THUGS. What's the stats on them? Anyone want to address this one?..... Anyone?

[@describe9]

Interesting

[@TheNeurotichi]

if you don't want violence in reaction to your handling of our environment don't play GOD. Mother Earth will ALWAYS reward those who serve creation.

[@etdahl5706]

Reihan, very light interview about the FBI and terrorism. This is an important subject for Americans but we couldn't tell it by this interview. You have done and do better work this is session. toocrazy

[@ComplyMusicDubstepPromotion]

This threat and that threat, and his threat undermines our threat. Threat there and threat that, threat, watch out threat, the threat, threat threat, threat and threat threat.

[@hntrbdnspns]

man this ones short. he didn't have time to talk or what haha

[@H-.15]

this guy, he should be running the fbi.

[@vimodriocenacoli9606]

Mike Toreno

[@JamBear]

Reihan Salam.... Rye and Salam...i

[@TheBenchPressMan]

I have no friends

[@Mrnewes1111666]

Can vice post more interesting stuff

[@matthewbryant2972]

Is the problem that "we're" collecting too much data and not storing stuff properly or is the problem that the general public is clueless as to how "search algorithms" can be constructed and how the power levels in such algorithms can vary? I believe the early arguments against the internet were the vast amount of data on the www, but then google sort of solved that? When computers are involved, talent is all that constrains what's possible right? I really can't make up my mind if Snowden is an idiot or not and if this isn't just a profitable semantic situation for the press to make money on.

[@zlippery1]

These man för president!

[@californianights]

Dexter Morgan

[@silaslangsyd]

Yawn

[@TheAqip]

I feel lucky that i wasent born in Usa.

[@MrCraiggyc1]

Lookin like a brown Matt Lucas

[@DallasTaylor]

They are the only PR machine you see on network broadcast TV with maybe the exception of the Late Night Comedy shows but those are obviously controlled by some group of about 40 people that we keep seeing over and over again...probably got busted for something. I mean seriously... #jimmykimmellive and #jimmyfallon suck...give me a break, every tv show has some kind of agent in it like its a constant PSA. Be a little more subtle guys :P

[@713CLUTCHCITYH-TOWNRIPS]

everytime I try to watch these podcast videos I forget how monotone and boring the host is! damn you vice podcast you fooled me again!! lol

[@rocktoasted]

I call bullshit....

[@AcidKun]

Reihan Salam looks a bit like Morpheus. They should use a white background.

[@iamdamnalex]

eyebrows the web

[@adamcardillo9914]

test

[@sgt.madmax4824]

great podcast