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Why use front companies and hide their activities? They are domestic law enforcement and not intelligence; shouldn't what they do be mostly out in the open?
by hackuser 11y ago
Why use front companies and hide their activities? They are domestic law enforcement and not intelligence; shouldn't what they do be mostly out in the open?
- jonnybgood 11y ago1. These are most likely not front companies but ISR contractors. 2. FBI is both a law enforcement and intelligence organization.
- chiph 11y ago3. Money to rent a plane comes out of a different part of the budget than a capital expenditure to buy and outfit their own plane. And so it's easier to justify to the boss.
- fabulist 11y agoSpecifically, since the FBI operates domestically and most other intelligence agencies "don't", Foreign Counterintelligence (which may take the form of "counterterrorism") is their bailiwick.