Bell, to many here, everything is a trap. Everything is suspicious and everything is skeptical.
And why not? There's no consequences for their skepticism to be later clearly described as an overreaction.
Repeated and obvious doomsday scenarios can always be used as a defense for someone's attitude.
If the author is being unfair to the FBI, and that's certainly worth pointing out, then so be it. It's all fair game.
I'm skeptical as well.
-That's the textbook example of a partisan hack.
Is there a meaningful difference between being a partisan hack, and simply being a partisan?