"to talk about the whereabouts and capabilities of local militiamen"
According to the Constitution, members of the militia are all about these investigating officers, including the very said same Ann Arbor officers of the law.
The F.B.I. has wigged out.
Not to mention, is ignorant of the Constitution.
The report savaged the FBI for total incompetence, as well as some things which bordered on criminal misconduct. The federal judge in the case even cited the FBI "crime lab" for contempt of court, they were so incompetent - losing evidence, missing deadlines, leaving blood samples out on the breakroom counter for weeks, etc.
There was never any punishment, of course.
But now, these same incompetents have just been rewarded with an unlimited budget and unlimited powers to "stamp out evil".
I think the country is going to regret it in a few years.
I know an Ann Arbor-based FBI agent. He's the single most politically-corrupt "LEO" I've ever met.
HF