"So we have a federal police organization separate from the military, theoretically trained to obey the rules of domestic operations " Interesting enough, its

"So we have a federal police organization separate from the military, theoretically trained to obey the rules of domestic operations " Interesting enough, its power came from public relations, military and intelligence-style operations against its opponents under J Edgar Hoover. The story you told came as propaganda supporting that. I agree with separating military and law enforcement plus different procedures. It's just that the FBI was more like a foreign opponent shoring up power for itself, esp its leader, than a traditional LEO w/ federal power given for legitimate reasons. Then, it kept and expanded on that power despite how it achieved it in the first place.