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FBI fires analysts who worked on "Richmond memo" about Catholic extremist ideology, sources say | Flipboard

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FBI fires analysts who worked on "Richmond memo" about Catholic extremist ideology, sources say The FBI has fired at least five analysts who were involved in the creation of a withdrawn internal 2023 intelligence memo on "Radical Traditionalist … The FBI has…

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FBI fires analysts who worked on "Richmond memo" about Catholic extremist ideology, sources say The FBI has fired at least five analysts who were involved in the creation of a withdrawn internal 2023 intelligence memo on "Radical Traditionalist … The FBI has…

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Claim 1: “The FBI has fired at least five analysts who were involved in the creation of a withdrawn internal 2023 intelligence memo on "Radical Traditionalist …”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that at least five analysts from the FBI Richmond Field Office were fired in connection with the controversial 2023 internal memo regarding 'radical-traditionalist' Catholics. Wikipedia provides the necessary context regarding the existence and nature of the memo itself.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The FBI Richmond Catholic memo is an internal Federal Bureau of Investigation document from January 2023 that identified “traditionalist Catholics" as potential domestic violent extremists. The memo, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI_Richmond_Catholic_memo
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency. An agency of the United States Depart…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigatio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Traditionalist Catholicism is a movement that emphasizes beliefs, practices, customs, traditions, liturgical forms, devotions and presentations of teaching associated with the Catholic Church before t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditionalist_Catholicism
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