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I understand your point, but the corrupt Silk Road agents (at least the ones that are known at this time) were actually from the DEA and Secret Service.[1] Corr

by nkw 10y ago

I understand your point, but the corrupt Silk Road agents (at least the ones that are known at this time) were actually from the DEA and Secret Service.[1] Corrupt FBI agents, while they exist and can cause incredible damage, are reasonably rare. For instance John Connolly[2], Robert Hanssen[3], Paul Rico[4] [1] https://www.wired.com/2016/11/ross-ulbrichts-lawyers-point-another-corrupt-agent-silk-road-case/ https://www.wired.com/2016/11/ross-ulbrichts-lawyers-point-a... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connolly_(FBI) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Connolly_(FBI) [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hanssen [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Paul_Rico https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Paul_Rico

alexandercrohde 10y ago
What evidence do you have that corrupt FBI agents are rare? Just because OUTSIDERS have only publicly caught a few does not suggest those are the only ones. There is also more to the problem than corrupt individuals. Sometimes incorrect attitudes (racism, mistrust of whistleblowers, unjust patriotism) can result in organizations doing awful and immoral things even if single members are not publicly charged with a crime. Or when an organization believes it knows better than the constitution (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper#False_testimony_to_Congress_on_NSA_surveillance_programs https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_R._Clapper#False_testimo...)