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The FBI has two different, and sometimes opposed, missions. The primary mission is security - it's supposed to stop terrorists from terrorizing, spies from spy
by gozur88 10y ago
The FBI has two different, and sometimes opposed, missions. The primary mission is security - it's supposed to stop terrorists from terrorizing, spies from spying, saboteurs from... well, whatever.
After-the-fact law enforcement is secondary. It may be this is a tool they intend to use to attack spy and terrorist networks where breaking up the network is more important than getting prosecutions.
- pdkl95 10y agoThe FBI dropped law enforcement from their mission statement several years ago, and now considers their mission to be intelligence work only.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> The FBI dropped law enforcement from their mission statement several years ago, and now considers their mission to be intelligence work only. That's an interesting claim, but utterly untrue: "The mission of the FBI is to protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats, to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners; and to perform these responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the public and is faithful to the Constitution of the United States." https://www.justice.gov/jmd/organization-mission-and-functions-manual-federal-bureau-investigation https://www.justice.gov/jmd/organization-mission-and-functio...
- hackuser 10y ago> The primary mission is security ... After-the-fact law enforcement is secondary. I'm not sure that's true. Where do you get that?
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- gozur88 10y agohttps://www.fbi.gov/about-us/quick-facts https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/quick-facts