J. Edgar Hoover spent decades seeing to it that the FBI dedicated itself to protecting the Constitution. Then came Bush I, Clinton, Bush II and Obama who all saw the FBI as a political weapon and so we have this CYOA mess that we have today.
...”J. Edgar Hoover spent decades seeing to it that the FBI dedicated itself to protecting the Constitution. Then came Bush I, Clinton, Bush II and Obama who all saw the FBI as a political weapon and so we have this CYOA mess that we have today.”...
Yes, and Mr. Wray’s remarks yesterday did nothing to change any of that in my view. His “bias workshops” are an insult to Americans who know very much about this at all. Would any of us trust a young person looking to work for the FBI who does not already know that “bias” is not allowed in that arm of the government? Are they intending to hire “snowflakes?” And, while they are at it, should they not tell them that they should not steal government property, use drugs while on the job, or have sex at work? The ignorance of the post baby-boom generation in important government jobs today is stunning. Surely there must be a few who know and understand our system enough to uphold it’s principles and not to keep on the job those who are corrupting those. I hope the God I believe in will protect our President from wrong actions of those under his power, for he is a David facing a Goliath represented by Never Trumpers, Republican cowards, career politicians, an FBI we cannot trust, and powerful people in the media and among Hollywood elites. Until some of these corrupt people are in jail, I will feel upset and betrayed and I will worry for the future of this nation.
“J. Edgar Hoover spent decades seeing to it that the FBI dedicated itself to protecting the Constitution.”
He spent decades building his own fiefdom, and using it to collect information on and blackmail his supposed bosses. That’s not what I call protecting the constitution.
Bull.
Hoover collected data on every major player in DC so he could manipulate people. He was a swamp creature that no one could touch.
After he died representatives from both the major political parties went into his private residence and removed box after box of records, presumably incriminating data.
^^ This. ^^