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The issue is that the NSA, FBI, etc are essentially controlled by the President. These groups have and will continue to have extremely creative interpretations
by beeboop 11y ago
The issue is that the NSA, FBI, etc are essentially controlled by the President. These groups have and will continue to have extremely creative interpretations of the law, to the point of essentially ignoring it and doing whatever the fuck they want without repercussion. Legislature can pass whatever they want, but three letter orgs will continue to have secret courts, secret laws, and secret operations that operate outside established public law.
- rurban 11y agoThe first sentence is a very naive point of view. Most people argue that it is the other way round. People who worked there.
- beeboop 11y agoThe directors for these agencies are appointed by the President. He hand picks them, and has the ability to fire them with adequate cause, of which there is recent precedent. I am not sure how you can argue they are not controlled by the President, unless you want to try some sort of secret-blackmail theory. However, it isn't surprising that the FBI or similar agencies are full of egocentric people who believe they hold the power in the relationship. It seems to attract these types of people, really.