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If any party was responsible for this FBI behaviour, surely it would be the party that was in power at the time? The Republican party were in control in 2020.

slenocchio 4y ago
Not necessarily. The FBI doesn't change much from administration to administration, no?
- ceejayoz 4y ago
  Trump dismissed the FBI Director and picked the new one in 2017. That's a fairly significant change.
  - retinaros 4y ago
    so? the history of mankind is built on people picking other people thinking they will do X while they will use all their force to do Y.
    - bell-cot 4y ago
      Which is why the admirals of the Imperial Japanese Navy refused to attack Pearl Harbor when ordered to do so...right? The ones who do Y instead of X are often pretty interesting. But that's partly because they're pretty rare.
      - retinaros 4y ago
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        hermitdev 4y ago
        The oil embargo was in response to Japanese Imperialism in the Pacific, having already conquered a fair amount of territory. It wasn't just out of the blue with Japan sitting there behaving themselves.
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- phphphphp 4y ago
  Donald Trump famously had huge influence over the FBI (and more broadly, the justice department). He fired James Comey because he did not achieve Trump's desired political aims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey
  - hermitdev 4y ago
    The president merely has control of the heads of departments. They don't have control over the rank and file. It is notoriously hard to get rid of non-elected government officials...
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hotpotamus 4y ago
Not to mention the only party from which FBI directors have ever been appointed. It is not a culturally liberal/progressive federal agency in the slightest.
Fellshard 4y ago
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- akiselev 4y ago
  The FBI? The party that tried to blackmail MLK into killing himself? That FBI?
  - Fellshard 4y ago
    Institutions drift in loyalty and direction, but corruption and lack of accountability fester regardless. Is it difficult to believe that it continues to abuse its power, and will ally itself with whichever party endorses that abuse?

slenocchio 4y ago

Not necessarily. The FBI doesn't change much from administration to administration, no?

ceejayoz 4y ago
Trump dismissed the FBI Director and picked the new one in 2017. That's a fairly significant change.
- retinaros 4y ago
  so? the history of mankind is built on people picking other people thinking they will do X while they will use all their force to do Y.
  - bell-cot 4y ago
    Which is why the admirals of the Imperial Japanese Navy refused to attack Pearl Harbor when ordered to do so...right? The ones who do Y instead of X are often pretty interesting. But that's partly because they're pretty rare.
    - retinaros 4y ago
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      - hermitdev 4y ago
        The oil embargo was in response to Japanese Imperialism in the Pacific, having already conquered a fair amount of territory. It wasn't just out of the blue with Japan sitting there behaving themselves.
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phphphphp 4y ago
Donald Trump famously had huge influence over the FBI (and more broadly, the justice department). He fired James Comey because he did not achieve Trump's desired political aims: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismissal_of_James_Comey
- hermitdev 4y ago
  The president merely has control of the heads of departments. They don't have control over the rank and file. It is notoriously hard to get rid of non-elected government officials...

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hotpotamus 4y ago

Not to mention the only party from which FBI directors have ever been appointed. It is not a culturally liberal/progressive federal agency in the slightest.

Fellshard 4y ago

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akiselev 4y ago
The FBI? The party that tried to blackmail MLK into killing himself? That FBI?
- Fellshard 4y ago
  Institutions drift in loyalty and direction, but corruption and lack of accountability fester regardless. Is it difficult to believe that it continues to abuse its power, and will ally itself with whichever party endorses that abuse?