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We do have an idea of what intelligence agencies do. They collect intelligence. The FBI investigates domestic federal crimes, mostly child porn, domestic terror
by bun_at_work 6y ago
We do have an idea of what intelligence agencies do. They collect intelligence. The FBI investigates domestic federal crimes, mostly child porn, domestic terrorism, and white collar crimes, among a lot of other things. The NSA has a more foreign directive and focuses on national security. The DEA focuses on the war on drugs.
A big problem I'm noticing everywhere is that, while we have access to all of this information on how the government works, no one exercises their access to that information before commenting on internet forums and spreading misinformation and doubt about our DEMOCRATIC institutions. Even if you don't elect the person who heads these agencies, you do elect the person who appoints those heads.
- thatguy0900 6y agohttps://apnews.com/article/33a88feb083ea35515de3c73e3d854ad https://apnews.com/article/33a88feb083ea35515de3c73e3d854ad congress isn't sure what the nsa is doing, you will have a very hard time convincing me that the average American can know. We have broad overviews of their job directive, yes. And is this democratic to you, when they lie to congress? I don't believe it's very democratic anyway considering our first past the post system mandates only two political parties, and neither party has any interest in curbing the surveillance state.