This wasn't a 'failure' of the FBI. This was a deliberate, premeditated, concerted, and very succesful double murder committed by people who swore to 'uphold and defend the Constitution'.
So far, only one of them has been convicted.
This wasn't one rouge FBI agent. There's no way one G-10 in Boston could have pulled this off by himself. This kind of thing required what would be called 'conspiracy' if it were done by the average American.
It required the active involvement of FBI supervisors, lab techs, evidence techs, as well as both Federal and State prosecutors.
So Dan Burton is 'shocked' to find corruption in the Boston FBI office. Wow. Claude Raines redux or what.
If J. Edgar were still alive, he would have had these lying, perjuring accomplices to murder taken out back and quietly shot. Instead todays FBI 'stands by its men'. It's worse than disgusting. It's damned frightening.
4 innocent people were sent to prison. Two of them were on death row due to testimony the FBI knew was false. More murders were committed by 'informants' in the paid employ of the FBI and yet only one Government Agent has been convicted, let alone indicted or tried.
Some of us around here have said it for years. the FBI is 'above the law'. They can do whatever they want to. They can lie, they can cheat, they can even kill you and there isn't a damn thing anyone can do about it.
False evidence? No problem!
Perjured testimory? No big deal!
Murders committed by 'confidential informants'? That's just the 'cost of doing business'.
And if you actually catch them at it and try to sue because one of the CIs did something like, oh say, murder your husband the FBI will claim 'sovereign immunity'.
Great system ain't it.
I know I'll sleep better knowing that these brave G-men are protecting me from OBL and his ilk....
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The American People are, in the end, responsible.
They (We) have allowed this to happen, letting corrupt people represent us, create and enforce our laws.
This is an shameful. Its a threat to our Constitution and free men. These power hungry out of control so-called law enforcement officers are a threat to the Constitution. I don't have any problem saying that. And I by no means am a reactionary or an extremist. In fact, I'm pretty moderate by FR standards. But I love American and its Constitution. This really upsets me.