The media went into full meltdown mode on Friday when the memo alleging surveillance abuse by the FBI was released. While many downplayed the contents of the memo as a “nothing burger," others continued to harp on the narrative that President Trump is at war with the FBI.

During an appearance on CNN’s The Situation Room, just hours after the release of the memo, counterterrorism analyst Phil Mudd suggested that the FBI would have the upper hand in a war with the Trump Administration as he attempted to serve as a mind-reader for rank-and-file FBI agents. According to Mudd, the FBI agents were saying, “I guarantee it, you think you could push us off this because you can try to intimidate the director, you’d better think again, Mr. President. You’ve been around for 13 months; we’ve been around since 1908. I know how this game is going to be played and we’re going to win.”

Perhaps Mudd did not realize that his comments unwittingly gave credence to the theory that the FBI is committed to undermining the Trump Administration. In their never-ending quest to expose corruption in the Trump Administration, the media have chosen to ignore the credible claims of corruption at the FBI; which poses an equally serious threat to our democracy. Notice how very little of the media’s coverage of the memo actually discussed its contents.

As demonstrated by the release of the movie The Post, the American press has always generally supported the idea of transparency; that the more the American people know, the better. That is, unless, transparency has the potential to vindicate a President that they hate. Then, they have no problems with keeping the American people in the dark.

Here is a transcript of the February 2 commentary from Mudd: