Astral Codex Ten

FBI

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FBI

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FBI is a recurring organization in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 14 times across 14 issues between March 18, 2021 and February 19, 2026. The archive places it in contexts such as “Strong protections separating investigation of corruption (FBI?)”; “if not for FBI entrapment”; “the Gore campaign immediately alerts the FBI”. It most often appears alongside Trump, CIA, France.

Metadata

  • Category: Organizations
  • Mention count: 14
  • Issue count: 14
  • First seen: March 18, 2021
  • Last seen: February 19, 2026

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Source Context

Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.

Book Review: The New Sultan
March 18, 2021 · Original source
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Links For July
July 23, 2021 · Original source
23: Like everyone else, I read the Buzzfeed piece claiming that the Michigan governor kidnapping plot was, let’s say, “helped along” by the FBI an inappropriate amount. I came out of it thinking that these were some pretty scary dudes who were the type of people who might kidnap governors, but that it seemed possible they would never have gotten around to starting any particular governor-kidnapping operation if not for FBI entrapment. I’m not sure what to think about that - as a liberal, I want to protect the norm of not punishing people for crimes unless they definitely actually came up with the plan to commit them themselves. But I have trouble feeling as outraged as I’d like to about a plan to get potential-governor-kidnappers off the streets faster by convincing them to commit to an actual governor-kidnapping on some specific date that the FBI can arrest them for. And I think about things like how many people get their bikes stolen in the Bay Area, and how police never do anything about it, and how one of the proposals is to plant honeypot bikes in easily-watchable areas and arrest the people who steal them until maybe eventually San Franciscans get the message that bike-stealing can have negative consequences - and this has a lot to recommend it over just letting bikes get stolen (or governors get kidnapped) every so often. Anyway, my favorite part of the article was reading about how much all the governor-kidnapper militia people cared about making sure nobody thought they were racist, even while they were plotting domestic terrorism. This definitely feels like a metaphor for life.
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Your Book Review: The Outlier
July 08, 2022 · Original source
6: 20 years later, when someone steals George W. Bush’s debate prep materials and passes them to Al Gore, the Gore campaign immediately alerts the FBI.
Universe-Hopping Through Substack
September 29, 2022 · Original source
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Sorry, I Still Think I Am Right About The Media Very Rarely Lying
December 29, 2022 · Original source
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Why I Am Not (As Much Of) A Doomer (As Some People)
March 14, 2023 · Original source
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Dictator Book Club: Putin
August 03, 2023 · Original source
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Highlights From The Comments On Putin
August 11, 2023 · Original source
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Highlights From The Comments On Last Week's Model Cities Post
September 11, 2023 · Original source
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May 13, 2024 · Original source
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Your Book Review: Real Raw News
July 26, 2024 · Original source
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Highlights From The Comments On Prison
December 10, 2024 · Original source
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Record Low Crime Rates Are Real, Not Just Reporting Bias Or Improved Medical Care
February 18, 2026 · Original source
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Crime As Proxy For Disorder
February 19, 2026 · Original source
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