[anton]

All of the sanctimony about the FBI is misplaced. As an organization (as opposed to the rank and file) they have been corrupt for longer than it matters. For my part, they hit my radar screen when they framed Richard Jewell. That was enough for me.

[mrsmel]

It’s rather amazing on certain websites to see self-described “former hippies” defending the FBI, their bete noir for lo these many years. Merely because the FBI seems to oppose their enemy, President Trump, and that part of America which voted for him. So much for principles.

[octex]

I understand and agree in re Jewell.

I lost a lot of confidence in the FBI when it was disclosed how J Edgar Hoover had amassed dirt on the politicians and Presidents + others in powerful positions. He then basically used that data to “blackmail” them to keep himself in power. ...The little fairy and his boyfriend lived well.