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Read about J. Edgar Hoover.

• jameshart 3y ago
  Is he back?!
  • mixmastamyk 3y ago
    Obtuse reverse skepticism is not a good look.
    • jameshart 3y ago
      Pointing to a guy who’s been dead 50 years seems like weak evidence for the claim that government agencies are widely incentivized to undermine political candidates by… selectively leaking their grocery shopping habits?
      • mixmastamyk 3y ago
        They’ll look for anything they can find, when they need to. There are whole organizations devoted to digging up dirt, and others devoted to countering/deflecting it. Risk minimization sounds prudent if you’re a target.
      • politician 3y ago
        If the very first director of the FBI immediately abused his position to blackmail everyone around, what do you think has been going on in the intervening 75 years?
        • politician 3y ago
          The front page of HN today: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36123670 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36123670
• dragonwriter 3y ago
  The constraints and incentives for agencies like the FBI have changed a lot since Hoover (in no small part due to the abuses under Hoover.) “Read about J. Edgar Hoover” is a handwave, rather than an argument, and its made worse when it supposed to support a position on the current state of affairs.
  • politician 3y ago
    The OP asked for examples, not arguments.