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Counterterrorism Agents Were Told They Could Suspend the Law

politkal writes "According to the FBI's internal inquiry on counterterrorism training, the FBI taught agents that the Bureau 'has the ability to bend or suspend the law to impinge on the freedoms of others;' that agents should 'never attempt to shake hands with an Asian;' that Arabs were 'prone to outbursts' of a 'Jekyll & Hyde' nature." Even better: "That review, now complete, did not result in a single disciplinary action for any instructor. Nor did it mandate the retraining of any FBI agent exposed to what the Bureau concedes was inappropriate material. Nor did it look at any intelligence reports that might have been influenced by the training."

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  1. First Post! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Hey, I made first post. What? What do you mean you've changed the law to make first posts illegal? That's ridiculous! You can't - what, you can't arrest me for

  2. Again with the 99% by lucm · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the article:
    > Of the approximately 160,000 pages of training material reviewed, less than one percent contained factually inaccurate or imprecise information or used stereotypes

    I say: let's occupy Quantico!

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  3. Wikileaks watches the watchers by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who watches the watchers? Wikileaks, and that is why the US government has been working so hard to discredit them, attack their leaders, and to shut them down.

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  4. Re:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? by sideslash · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Who watches the watchmen?"

    As I recall it was kind of a flop in the box office; so relatively few people.

  5. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by K.+S.+Kyosuke · · Score: 5, Funny

    agents should 'never attempt to shake hands with an Asia

    Christ. The racism I can cope with, but the sheer incompetence... how can these people have jobs?

    What racism? That's just cultural sensitivity. Everybody knows you don't shake hands with the Asians, you bow to them. And serve green tea, not black tea. Gee, in Africa, you would shake your spear instead of shaking hands, for example.

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  6. Re:FBI by doston · · Score: 5, Funny

    The FBI has been a corrupt investigative agency since the 1960s

    Really, the 1960s? How about since the 1940s, when the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was running around investigating people for being homosexuals or communists, and blatantly violating due process? It has been said that, had this been known at the time, we would have called it "Hooverism" rather than "McCarthyism."

    Hoover just wanted the list of homosexuals so he could find out who'd pull up his pretty little dress and boink his fat ass. The list was really more like a menu.

  7. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by number17 · · Score: 4, Funny

    The group "Asians" include a heck of a lot of cultures and countries. The only two that will typically bow are Koreans and Japanese. Good luck getting somebody from China to bow. Its like thinking all Canadians live in igloos.

  8. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by forkfail · · Score: 5, Funny

    Instead of a bonus driven board of directors?

    Obviously, you've never had a serious medical condition.

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  9. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by SJHillman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe "shake hands" is a euphemism for "get involved in a land war"?

  10. Re:FBI by Quiet_Desperation · · Score: 5, Funny

    The press corpse

    (squints)

    Not sure if clever or typo.

  11. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by Firehed · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well I, for one, am much more of other people's left hands now.

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  12. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by KhabaLox · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or that all Americans are obese gun fanatics.

    Oh wait.

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  13. Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    I do so love my fat gun. Thank you Fleshlight (Made in the USA!). Any of you Iglooians up for some Chatroulette?