“And that “root cause” is????”
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Remove power.
“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
No. It is “absolute” that is the primary aspect of a power that corrupts, not an individual power.
And an absolute power is a power than cannot be checked, that has no checks and balances that can be placed against it. But that last point is not impossible to do against an FBI which legaslation puts limits on its authority and limites on its operations.
And one of the essential problems that has failed that last point is “laws” passed by Congress that have been too opaque (not tight, not totally transparent, not specific enough) that has given way to the DOJ going after “crimes” that are no more than merely the DOJ’s interpretation things in a poorly written law. Congress can fix that and if Congress does not then it is not “absolute” power exercized by the DOJ/FBI but a lax exercise of the powers Congress has over all the executive branch.
If we have a dictarial executive branch, it is the creation of Congress not the agencies Congress fails to control.