Ypur thoughts on the mission of the FBI are spot on.
If I remember correctly, the FBI started as a domestic intelligence organization without even the powers of arrest. Prosecution was left to the locals.
155 posted on 06/25/2002 3:23:16 PM PDT by wcbtinman
That was where the Investigation was used instead of FBofArresting Citizens. Amazing how these little departments with their little jobs just seem to grow and grow until ultimately they are investigating the X-Files ect...