FBI rips Musk, Twitter Files reporters

Bureau blames 'conspiracy theorists'
as it reels from exposes on meddling

The FBI yesterday lashed out at Twitter chief Elon Musk, one of the world’s richest men, and two reporters whom he commissioned to research and expose the bureau’s meddling in speech and press.

Though the bureau did not identify Musk and the reporters by name, its defensive statement strongly implicates the three, including reporters Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss, as “conspiracy theorists” intent on hurting the bureau.

After defending its practice of privately advising media and social media organizations, the FBI hauled out the “conspiracy theory” slur.

“It is unfortunate that conspiracy theorists and others are feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency,” the bureau said.

Since most foreign-based propaganda does not have the sole purpose of discrediting the FBI, readers are left to assume Musk and the two reporters are the object of the bureau’s fury.

"The correspondence between the FBI and Twitter show nothing more than examples of our traditional, longstanding and ongoing federal government and private sector engagements, which involve numerous companies over multiple sectors and industries,” the FBI told the New York Post in a statement in response to “Twitter Files” disclosures.

“As evidenced in the correspondence,” the bureau went on, “the FBI provides critical information to the private sector in an effort to allow them to protect themselves and their customers.

“The men and women of the FBI work every day to protect the American public,” the statement concluded. “It is unfortunate that conspiracy theorists and others are feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency.”