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FBI Edits Mission Statement: Removes Law Enforcement As 'Primary' Purpose

Posted by Unknown on from the security-trumps-law dept.

schwit1 writes with news that the FBI has altered their declared primary function from "law enforcement" to "national security." From the article: "Following the 9/11 attacks, the FBI picked up scores of new responsibilities related to terrorism and counterintelligence while maintaining a finite amount of resources. What's not in question is that government agencies tend to benefit in numerous ways when considered critical to national security as opposed to law enforcement. 'If you tie yourself to national security, you get funding and you get exemptions on disclosure cases,' said McClanahan. 'You get all the wonderful arguments about how if you don't get your way, buildings will blow up and the country will be less safe.'"

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  1. Re:we will not be happy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You have too much faith in people. The people are stupid obedient morons who are perfectly happy to suck STASI cock. The people are the problem.

  2. Re:Put a fork in it, it's done. by Uberbah · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    The Democrat party gives lip service

    I see the Republic Party is still borish.

    And don't give me Tea Party guff, either. They aren't a subset of Republicans

    They're the definition of a subset of the Republic Party. The Teabaggers are the most radical, and most stupid, faction of the Republic Party. Nothing more, nothing less.

    Say anything about gays that isn't genuinely flattering in a crowd of them today, for example, and see how fast you get tossed out.

    Liar.

    It used to be, Republicans were the party of fiscal responsibility and small government.

    At no point in time was that the case. The last fiscally responsible Republicans, Eisenhower and Nixon, believed in expanding the government through infrastructure and state agencies.

    They haven't fought Obama's monetary policy. They haven't actually been trying (or not hard, anyway) to reduce government.

    Because they are in solid agreement on most issues. Cut earned benefits while increasing military spending. Protect torturers and bankers from prosecution, while cracking down on dissent. Extend the Bush tax cuts while making the "sequester" cuts permanent. And so on. Obama brags about having Reagan as a role model for a reason.