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Not necessarily. The FBI doesn't change much from administration to administration, no?
by slenocchio 4y ago
Not necessarily. The FBI doesn't change much from administration to administration, no?
- ceejayoz 4y agoTrump dismissed the FBI Director and picked the new one in 2017. That's a fairly significant change.
- retinaros 4y agoso? 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 agoWhich 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.
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- phphphphp 4y agoDonald 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 agoThe 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...