<![CDATA[The first rule in unraveling conspiracies: Follow the money. Earlier this week, FBI Director Kash Patel declared that the riots in Los Angele are not organic spillovers from extemporaneous protests against ICE, but well-funded operations designed to create mayhem in the streets. The point of the riots is to terrorize communities and intimidate federal law enforcement from carrying out legitimate operations, Patel said at the time, and the FBI planned to roll up the conspirators forthwith.]]>