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Why would you assume that everyone with an FBI document is an FBI agent? Especially given that any random person could get docs from the FBI Vault, FOIA, etc.?
by Natsu 6y ago
Why would you assume that everyone with an FBI document is an FBI agent? Especially given that any random person could get docs from the FBI Vault, FOIA, etc.?
- andrewprock 6y agoMaybe it's presumptuous of me to think it is the FBI that is hiring, vetting, and managing the people who produce it's documents?
- Natsu 6y agoGiven the number of contractors and some of the abuse caused by them, I would say that yes, it is presumptuous.
- andrewprock 6y agoIf the FBI isn't vetting, hiring, and managing their contractors, then who is?
- hunter2_ 6y agoNot "everyone with an FBI document" but "everyone creating an FBI document" because forgery means creating, not possessing. I think it's fair to say that someone creating a document with FBI letterhead/signatures/etc. is pretending to be an FBI agent.
- Natsu 6y agoDo you really expect them to go around claiming to have forged the document or putting their own name on it? And if they don't, nobody knows this, so nobody has cause to think that they are an agent. They can't really impersonate an FBI agent to themselves because they know that's not true. Thus, if nobody thinks they're an FBI agent, how can they have impersonated one?