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It seems that the FBI has really taken to heart the change in mission statement from "law enforcement" to "national security After 9/11, that's what people seem
by dba7dba 11y ago
It seems that the FBI has really taken to heart the change in mission statement from "law enforcement" to "national security
After 9/11, that's what people seemed to demand.
- dmix 11y agoThat's not quite accurate, if you read the history of the FBI [1], they have been an intelligence agency as long as they've been a law enforcement one (pre-1950s, when it was called the Bureau of Investigation): http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-History-FBI-Tim-Weiner/dp/0812979230/ http://www.amazon.com/Enemies-History-FBI-Tim-Weiner/dp/0812... They pride themselves in the idea hardly no one in the American public is aware of this fact. 9/11 made them focus their intelligence abilities on terrorism but those capabilities were hardly new to the FBI.