The Bishop can take care of himself.
Posted on 03/03/2023 1:05:43 PM PST by Retain Mike
Long is among a group of retired agents who say the FBI is already both politicized and weaponized. They trace the roots of these problems to the massive reorganization undertaken by former Director Robert Mueller after 9/11. Citing an avalanche of intelligence failures leading up to the attacks, critics demanded reform. Mueller decided the answer was centralized control from Washington, D.C..
For most of its history, FBI operations revolved around 56 field offices. Mueller’s predecessor, Director Louis Freeh, started his career as an FBI field agent and supported the agency’s long-standing office-of-¬origin system. In that framework, a single field office is responsible for running a case and that office sends out leads as needed to other field offices, who then report back. The field office system also ensured the FBI’s power was diffused rather than concentrated in one location.
Mueller, by contrast, was a former federal prosecutor who had never served in the FBI. That showed in the way he approached the reorganization, Long says. “Mueller felt like headquarters knew better than anybody, and he did not trust the agents on the streets of any field office.”
Mueller created what are called flying squads, Long says: “When there was a big case, he would fly a squad in from headquarters rather than use the boots on the ground.”
Mueller began hiring non-FBI agents for important functions such as liaising with the public and with congressional offices. The end result of his reorganization was a cultural shift within the agency. “The politics became more important than real world investigative experience,” Siuzdak says. He means party politics—as in doing the bidding of the party in power. “You had guys who had no ability to actually do cases becoming managers, and then that group started self-selecting.”
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The ultimate result of 9/11: the terrorists won.
“Wray also insisted public trust in the FBI remains high. As proof, he cited the growing number of applications to work at the agency over the past three years,”
To pass the physical fitness test in order to enter the FBI academy, applicants must show the capability to perform one sit-up in less than an hour.
https://www.beachbodyondemand.com/blog/could-you-pass-the-fbi-fitness-test
and, the Department of Education.
Jimmy Carter knew test scores would be so much better.
Now, high school seniors can’t do 4th grade math or spelling.
“The best of intentions”
No mention of FBI agents who were there to either participate or incite
And I believe Mueller was the one that prompted the FBI to get away from hiring local cops and veterans. IOW, stop hiring White, Conservative males.
One of the reasons the FBI went to 9mm is because of the problems they were having training recruits and the amount of time/money they were spending.
Seems, small stature females and Beta males had issues shooting the Glock 22.
The Bishop can take care of himself.
“We was too late!”
Is that a Monty Python scene? I never saw most of them, amazingly.
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