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Having an independent, federal agency that can investigate local and state police is a nice thing though.
by MonkeyMalarky 4y ago
Having an independent, federal agency that can investigate local and state police is a nice thing though.
- 2devnull 4y agoUntil it’s not?
- wmeredith 4y agoYes? That's a glib statement that applies so widely that it's not really relevant.
- 2devnull 4y agoMy thought about the parent was the same, that it was sort of a truism. So I was trying to probe for what conditions or parameters would make the statement more meaningful, basically some prinicpals to assess how much big brother is the right amount of big brother. We all agree oversight is good sometimes and to some extent. The question is what is that extent.
- jcadam 4y agoBut who investigates the federal agencies?
- MonkeyMalarky 4y agoCongress and the attorney general? https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/who-monitors-or-oversees-the-fbi https://www.fbi.gov/about/faqs/who-monitors-or-oversees-the-...
- kube-system 4y agoAnd the judicial branch.
- jcadam 4y agoThe attorney general is a political appointee of the executive branch. So... we've seen that doesn't work. The executive branch is WAY too powerful, mostly as a result of Congress ceding its authority over the decades to avoid accountability. Separation of powers is clearly broken as a result.