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> They are still here to protect americans That may be the charter of the the organization. But the individual people running the FBI goals are to 1) be reappo
by njharman 10y ago
> They are still here to protect americans
That may be the charter of the the organization. But the individual people running the FBI goals are to 1) be reappointed / not get fired 2) continually expand their budget / power. Given US politics 1&2 are not always congruent esp in short term with "protecting americans".
- pdelbarba 10y agoThey were perfectly happy to use the vulnerabilities exploited by Stingray after all.
- anigbrowl 10y agoDon't mix up the existence of incentives with the idea that you have insight into what people's goals are.
- Spooky23 10y agoHave you ever interacted with law enforcement on any professional basis? They aren't like that at all.
- njharman 10y ago1) yes, but with the "troops" and lower level managers. 2) the Director of the FBI (and other other high level managers) is much more of a political bureaucrat than they are a LEO.