The FBI may not have much of a record of outside corruption, but it has a long track record of corruption by the government, mainly coverups of anything and everything, but also corruption by the CIA.
The “last 50 years” qualifier is important. I basically separate the FBI into two eras: The pre- and post-Hoover era. J. Edgar Hoover was definitely compromised, including, in my and many others opinions, externally by the mafia.
I don’t see how this is any way relevant to my comment. I didn’t say anything about the mafia 50 years ago. I seems to me like it exists for purely formal reasons, to produce the deceit that you have responded to my comment.
But let me word my comment differently: the FBI is never corrupted. The problem is that its purpose is to control and destroy information. It is at war with humanity, including the American public. You can see this just by looking at its behavior in this case.
I don’t see how this is any way relevant to my comment.
It’s relevant to your comment because the severe “internal” abuses of power you’re referring to happened during J. Edgar Hoover’s 50-year stint as a political supervillain. If you have later examples I haven’t heard of them.
The problem is that its purpose is to control and destroy information. It is at war with humanity, including the American public.
Very edgy, but my opinion remains that life for me and many other people I know would be a lot harder without some form of federal law enforcement, even if it were abusive.
Saying that Hoover was externally compromised would be a ridiculous response to someone saying that he was internally compromised. But I wasn’t talking about Hoover, because I bothered to read you before responding.
I’m confused on what exactly we’re talking about anymore. The point about external compromise was just something I tagged on in response to
The FBI may not have much of a record of outside corruption
The original point I was attempting to convey was that the
long track record of corruption by the government, mainly coverups of anything and everything, but also corruption by the CIA.
occured under Hoover and I’m generally unaware of any large scale abuses of power by the FBI after his death. If you have some counterexamples or countersuspicions I am genuinely interested in hearing about them.
The “last 50 years” qualifier is important. I basically separate the FBI into two eras: The pre- and post-Hoover era. J. Edgar Hoover was definitely compromised, including, in my and many others opinions, externally by the mafia.
I don’t see how this is any way relevant to my comment. I didn’t say anything about the mafia 50 years ago. I seems to me like it exists for purely formal reasons, to produce the deceit that you have responded to my comment.
But let me word my comment differently: the FBI is never corrupted. The problem is that its purpose is to control and destroy information. It is at war with humanity, including the American public. You can see this just by looking at its behavior in this case.
It’s relevant to your comment because the severe “internal” abuses of power you’re referring to happened during J. Edgar Hoover’s 50-year stint as a political supervillain. If you have later examples I haven’t heard of them.
Very edgy, but my opinion remains that life for me and many other people I know would be a lot harder without some form of federal law enforcement, even if it were abusive.
Saying that Hoover was externally compromised would be a ridiculous response to someone saying that he was internally compromised. But I wasn’t talking about Hoover, because I bothered to read you before responding.
I’m confused on what exactly we’re talking about anymore. The point about external compromise was just something I tagged on in response to
The original point I was attempting to convey was that the
occured under Hoover and I’m generally unaware of any large scale abuses of power by the FBI after his death. If you have some counterexamples or countersuspicions I am genuinely interested in hearing about them.