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I'm not American, but from what I understand the FBI is more politically exposed than small-town cops. If the Bureau screws up, it's national news and someone l
by toyg 3y ago
I'm not American, but from what I understand the FBI is more politically exposed than small-town cops. If the Bureau screws up, it's national news and someone loses a job; if Sheriff McBigot screws up, as long as he can count on the support of a few local villagers he'll be just fine.
- fallingknife 3y agoThe feds have repeatedly been found to misuse the surveillance capabilities under the FISA court, and no one has been fired. https://epic.org/surveillance-court-finds-fbi-repeatedly-misused-fisa-program-to-conduct-unlawful-surveillance-of-americans/ https://epic.org/surveillance-court-finds-fbi-repeatedly-mis... Federal law enforcement and our intelligence agencies are politically powerful organizations that pretty much do as they please and never face consequences. Even our elected officials fear them. As senator Chuck Schumer put it “Let me tell you, you take on the intelligence community, they have six ways from Sunday at getting back at you.”
- woodruffw 3y agoNone of this contradicts what the GP said. Both are unaccountable in different ways; a local small-town sheriff is much more likely to get away with things that the FBI can’t, and vice versa.