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Federal law enforcement agency that sadly is sometimes used for political gains.
Yes we saw that with the lenient sentence the CIA Director (Petraeus) received.
He should have received substantial Jail time.
Yeah....when you have classified material in your possession after denying such possession and you give unprecedented access your mistress to write your biography even though she's a journalist who claims to have good intentions, you've definitely have a bad mix for pillow talk. As a veteran, I have tons of respect for Gen. Petraeus. But he made a huge mistake on two counts here: 1) having a mistress and allowing her to have such liberal access to him; and, 2) lying about not having classified documents in his possession.
Is the FBI a law enforcement entity or a political entity?
Not on paper, how they act. Today's day-to-day reality.
If you say LE solely, you're saying they have no underlying political motivation whatsoever. Same in reverse.
Yes we saw that with the lenient sentence the CIA Director (Petraeus) received.
He should have received substantial Jail time.
He was given a sweet deal as he has dirt on many of them.
Federal law enforcement agency that sadly is sometimes used for political gains.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/3052The Director, Associate Director, Assistant to the Director, Assistant Directors, inspectors, and agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the Department of Justice may carry firearms, serve warrants and subpoenas issued under the authority of the United States and make arrests without warrant for any offense against the United States committed in their presence, or for any felony cognizable under the laws of the United States if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed or is committing such felony.
I can't accept the distinction. The agency IS the people within it. Whatever the answer is for the people is the answer for the agency.I don't believe that the FBI has any political motivations, and that they are a law enforcement agency alone.
Now, individual people are a different story, and being humans, have all sorts of motivations, including political ones.
However, the FBI has a strict and stringent set of standards that they hold themselves to that preclude such motivations from entering into their professional lives. Which is primarily why so many people couldn't understand the outcome of the Hillary Clinton investigation, because it appeared to be so out of character.
It's not supposed to be this way, but it is.Anyone that serves at the pleasure of an elected official, like it or not, is political as are the instructions that they get and later send down stream. Most crimes can be viewed as one of a variety of offenses (or none at all?) that carry varying minimum/maximum penalties and "priorities" get set based on all manner of political pressure.
I can't accept the distinction. The agency IS the people within it. Whatever the answer is for the people is the answer for the agency.
It's not supposed to be this way, but it is.
Ok, I can see the distinction for lower-level officers and how they carry out their day-to-day duties. I am thinking more at the higher levels and the motivations of where and how and why they do what they do. It could come down to even what the higher-up place as priorities and assign to the lower-level agents. What they choose to not place as a priority can be just as important as what they choose to place as a priority.The distinction, in my experience, is that FBI agents can have political opinions and motivations in their private lives, but (again, in my experience) that the FBI agents have a unique ability to separate their private lives from their professional responsibilities and their jobs. That's what I'm referring to. They are trained that way. They are almost automaton like in their professional demeanor.
Ok, I can see the distinction for lower-level officers and how they carry out their day-to-day duties. I am thinking more at the higher levels and the motivations of where and how and why they do what they do. It could come down to even what the higher-up place as priorities and assign to the lower-level agents. What they choose to not place as a priority can be just as important as what they choose to place as a priority.
Is the FBI a law enforcement entity or a political entity?
Not on paper, how they act. Today's day-to-day reality.
If you say LE solely, you're saying they have no underlying political motivation whatsoever. Same in reverse.
Political appointees are always beholding to their masters.
Is the FBI a law enforcement entity or a political entity?
Not on paper, how they act. Today's day-to-day reality.
If you say LE solely, you're saying they have no underlying political motivation whatsoever. Same in reverse.
Is the FBI a law enforcement entity or a political entity?
Not on paper, how they act. Today's day-to-day reality.
If you say LE solely, you're saying they have no underlying political motivation whatsoever. Same in reverse.
Is the FBI a law enforcement entity or a political entity?
Not on paper, how they act. Today's day-to-day reality.
If you say LE solely, you're saying they have no underlying political motivation whatsoever. Same in reverse.
Federal law enforcement agency that sadly is sometimes used for political gains.
Is the FBI a law enforcement entity or a political entity?
Not on paper, how they act. Today's day-to-day reality.
If you say LE solely, you're saying they have no underlying political motivation whatsoever. Same in reverse.
Yes we saw that with the lenient sentence the CIA Director (Petraeus) received.
He should have received substantial Jail time.
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