The corrupt agents give the other 5% a bad name.
The rest deserve a bad name if they don't start arresting the 5%.
Good one and very true.
> The corrupt agents give the other 5% a bad name.
I agree. The longer this goes, and the worse it looks, the less likely I am to give a pass to the field agents and lawyers.
New FBI and DOJ leadership does not seem to have changed their attitude on things like oversight and honesty when requesting warrants. If field agents aren’t demanding changes, I assume they are also railroading targets based on their personal bias. At this point those demands need to become public (if they’ve been trying in private) or agents need to be finding other jobs. If they continue to work for a corrupt organization that believes it’s ok to skirt the constitution then they are as corrupt as leadership in my mind.
I haven’t seen any proposals for preventing the type of things that went on in 2016. At the very least I’d expect some mid-level FBI personell to present recommendations to congress to stop Trump’s FBI and DOJ leaders from guaranteeing his victory in 2020 and Pence in 2024. From what I can tell EVERYONE wants the authority and flexibility to do whatever they think is needed. And they want us to trust them to use their powers “for good” (and eventually “for good” will mean stopping another candidate who is a danger in their minds).
Ethics and adherence to rules/laws filters from the top down. I’ve worked at many fortune 100 companies where attitude in the cubes mirrors attitude of the executives - ethics, customer service, etc. I’ve worked through leadership changes at medium size businesses and seen the entire company change when leadership changes (some of it though people leaving). I’ve complained all the way up to meeting the CEO then quit jobs because of ethical differences. I’ve stayed at a job years longer than I planned because I was so impressed with leadership.