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New Plan Released to Scrap the FBI and 'Start From Scratch'
Townhall ^ | 07/11/2023 | Katie Pavlich

Posted on 07/11/2023 11:35:41 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: Mr. K

When the FBI goes the problems that lead to the formation of the FBI will reemerge - that of corrupt local law enforcement as well as inadequate training and equipment. Two things that led to the formation of the FBI. There were others but these two were prominent.

1. Local inability to stop what then was called the “White Slave Trade (human trafficking). The Mann Act was passed create a federal responsibility in stopping it. The National Bureau of Criminal Identification (NCBI) - originally a Pinkerton created organization & later Bureau of Investigation (early form of the FBI) were tasked to aid in fighting this crime. Since they were originally involved in supporting the “regulation of commerce” it seemed they already had the intrastate “skills” to do the job.

If you are concerned about child abductions. The Mann Act was created & passed to fight a similar problem.

2. Osage Murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osage_Indian_murders

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killers_of_the_Flower_Moon

The incident below is post-FBI formation but it shows the existence and the power of corruption at the local level.

3. Battle of Athens

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Athens_(1946)

Before we wax too nostalgic about this, read the link!
It essentially failed! Things soon after the “Battle” evolved back to the corrupt local ways.

Anyone who thinks our local and state governments are pristine pure needs to step back and think! Even if your local LEO departments are currently “honest” there is no guarantee they will remain so. Salaries in these state\local organization are traditionally low and always will be. This makes them vulnerable to bribery, etc. from criminal organizations and to be influenced by local “politics”. There is always going to be a need for someone or something who has no stake in local “interests” who can be the impartial LEO of last resort. The problem is keeping them “impartial”.

PS
Look how corrupt the urban centers are in regard to elections and now the simple enforcement of the law! The tools to correct it are there what’s lacking is the local & state will. Also, I admit there’s been a lack of federal will here. However, since they are the LEO of last resort its their job!


21 posted on 07/11/2023 12:26:51 PM PDT by Reily (!!)
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To: MinorityRepublican

HA, that’s a good one. Did you not hear the admission by the CIA of killing JFK?


22 posted on 07/11/2023 12:29:51 PM PDT by RobertoinAL
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To: SeekAndFind

LAPD and NYPD have no authority in other states. Clearly there are crimes that involve the entire nation; terrorism, human trafficing, threats to the currency etc. There is still need for reform, but federal issues need to be addressed where locals cannot.


23 posted on 07/11/2023 12:33:30 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: PGR88

“No holding, purchasing or training on weapons of any kind for the FBI.”

Are you kidding? Arrest a terror group with slingshots.


24 posted on 07/11/2023 12:35:25 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

There needs to be uniform responses and communication, not stepping all over everyones toes. This does not mean reform is not needed, but don’t throw out the baby with the bath water.


25 posted on 07/11/2023 12:37:42 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: SeekAndFind

mebbe we no longer need an FBI?

We have 50 states after all.. Fed.gov is becoming more redundant with every passing year at this point..


26 posted on 07/11/2023 12:39:33 PM PDT by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you don't understand, no explanation is possible)
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To: Pirate Ragnar
Are you kidding? Arrest a terror group with slingshots.

You seem to have missed my point, but anyway, enjoy life under America's KGB

27 posted on 07/11/2023 12:39:47 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: qaz123

The FBI labs are the finest in thw world. Reform yes, wholesale disbanding no. Scrape the scum off the top and throw roadblocks in fromt of the misuse.


28 posted on 07/11/2023 12:43:09 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: Tench_Coxe
And no, that does not mean a federal police force

Correct. A federal crime lab that also coordinates certain members of each state's police or investigative bureau who are designated as having cross border investigative and arrest powers.

29 posted on 07/11/2023 12:49:07 PM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: Reily

“Anyone who thinks our local and state governments are pristine pure needs to step back and think!”

Some here would prefer Jackie Gleason to investigate and prosecute federal drug traffic crimes and international children porn.


30 posted on 07/11/2023 12:49:23 PM PDT by Pirate Ragnar (Be calm and act.)
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To: dfwgator
Yep, the alphabet agency names changed, but the functions remained the same. I'm counting no less than 14 others during the existence of the old Soviet Union, 1917-1991.

However, the NKVD (1922-1946) and the KGB (1954-1991) are the only two which were famous enough to remember.

31 posted on 07/11/2023 1:10:09 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Pirate Ragnar

The FBI labs are the finest in the world.

They can’t be duplicated. They can’t be restarted.

Have you ever hear of the FBI crime lab scandal?

2015…. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2015/04/csi-is-a-lie/390897/

“Nearly every examiner in an elite FBI forensic unit gave flawed testimony in almost all trials in which they offered evidence against criminal defendants over more than a two-decade period before 2000,” the newspaper reported, adding that “the cases include those of 32 defendants sentenced to death.”

But it’s the Atlantic….

So……

http://crimemagazine.com/tainting-evidence-inside-scandals-fbi-crime-lab

https://whistleblowersblog.org/government-whistleblowers/intelligence-community-whistleblowers/dr-whitehurst-and-the-fbi-lab-scandal/amp/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/fbi-overstated-forensic-hair-matches-in-nearly-all-criminal-trials-for-decades/2015/04/18/39c8d8c6-e515-11e4-b510-962fcfabc310_story.html

Do you want me to continue?


32 posted on 07/11/2023 1:10:57 PM PDT by qaz123
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To: SeekAndFind

Scrap the CIA while you’re at it.


33 posted on 07/11/2023 1:37:09 PM PDT by Dalberg-Acton
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To: MinorityRepublican
"We can live with the CIA. Their purpose lies overseas, not within the U.S."


34 posted on 07/11/2023 1:40:22 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: dfwgator

And now the FSB does it.


35 posted on 07/11/2023 1:41:20 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: SeekAndFind

The easy way is to build Quonset huts in Nome, AK. Transfer everyone. They get a land phone, cot, Desk, pen, paper, and a portable heater. No internet.


36 posted on 07/11/2023 1:43:12 PM PDT by kvanbrunt2
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To: MinorityRepublican

have you been here in the past 10 to 20 years????


37 posted on 07/11/2023 1:44:26 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: SeekAndFind
Why do we need a FEDERAL Bureau of Investigation?

I figured the reputed need came from automobiles. Bonnie and Clyde would go from jurisdiction to jurisdiction in fast cars.

I am not sure who would take the place of investigations in corporate espionage by local actors under the control of foreign actors (I want to limit CIA's involvement locally). For instance, one FBI agent I knew spent most of his time finding Chinese spies in U.S. corporations stealing tech secrets. There might also be use for a federal presence for things like Fentanyl or human trafficking in states that are indifferent to both, but whose consequences are national.
38 posted on 07/11/2023 1:44:43 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: Dr. Sivana

The FBI charter has two primary legitimate functions - criminal investigation and counterintelligence. Those two functions should not be under the same agency.


39 posted on 07/11/2023 1:52:29 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack
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To: SeekAndFind

bttt


40 posted on 07/11/2023 1:57:45 PM PDT by Pajamajan ( PRAY FOR OUR NATION. Never be a slave in a new Socialist America)
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