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We also have no idea how much terrorism we have due to the FBI, ala CONINTELPRO.

• darawk 6y ago
  Sure. But a lack of concrete, precise information doesn't mean we can throw up our hands and just call them equivalent, either. The FBI disrupts quite a bit of terror activity, and quite a bit more never materializes because the FBI exists. They've certainly engaged in their fair share of abuses over the years, but I don't think you can seriously argue we'd be better off without them.
  • minerjoe 6y ago
    Um. Yes I can. It's in the same vein as letting a few guilty people go free to ensure that less innocent people get sent to prison. I'd rather still have Matin Luther King around than to have whatever the FBI claims to have disrupted.
    • darawk 6y ago
      The FBI didn't kill MLK, though. If you eliminated the FBI, you woulnd't get MLK back. But you would have a few hundred more serious terror attacks in the US history, probably a decent number of them against minorities.
      • dragonwriter 6y ago
        > The FBI didn't kill MLK, though. We know they tried to do so at least once while maintaining deniability.
      • minerjoe 6y ago
        Do you have any evidence of this claim besides press-releases from the US government?
      • monadic2 6y ago
        I envy your confidence.
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