We now see that the fears of abuse by the new agency have been realized, and the FBI has become the state police for the current administration and for favored groups. The FBI needs to be reformulated with controls so they aren't used for political purposes. The FBI has been protecting Biden from standing trial for treasonous acts.
The FBI has a valuable mission to accomplish. However, it has been turned into a political tool for the left. This is a reflection of the direction the Democrat administration through the years. A very sad state of affairs in their leadership certainly is tarnishing the great people outside of Washington.
The Founders were right again! Thank God for the Texas Rangers! And the worst fears of Congress have been realized ever since, withe FBI acting as the secret police for those in power since then.
"the Founders thought STATES would handle most police work". Hmmm. With executive overreach getting totally out of control, to the point of the Judicial needing to step in and declare certain acts they abused to be unconstitutional, it seems time to force back their power, defund and even eliminate much (or most) of their work.
Tara, you are absolutely the best history teacher I have ever had. I did not know of Charles Bonaparte nor, the way that the FBI was born. Born due to a loophole, when Congress was in recess, the FBI has never looked back.
37,000 agents and 11 billion dollars can do a lot of investigating, according to expected mission, or not.
The FBI under current and recent administrations has expanded its role to do what Congress originally feared and now seems to be either above the law or beside the law. Congress can't get the FBI, the IRS, and other Federal agencies to allow themselves to be questioned or to be subject to genuine legislative oversight as required by the Constitution. In other words, these executive departments are out of control. Congress has the power to force compliance with its powers of funding; however, when one party is in control or near control of the Executive, and Legislative branches, the party in power makes the rules and controls the funding.
Also, as the various departments of the Federal Government have grown, the permanent employees - non elected or appointed bueauracrats, have gained immense power and the elected or appointed heads of the departments don't have much ability to cause their departments to veer from the course set by the unelected. Over the years, the Executive has become increasingly progressive and unwieldy.
Sorry for the rant. As you say Tara, the FBI is largely composed of good, qualified and well intentioned individuals.
It's amazing how each state has It's own bureau of investigations 🔎 and yet the FBI claims they're short handed, we're rapidly approaching a huge police state and yet crime is so out of hand.....makes one wonder if we're eerily into 1984 already 🙄 🤔. Thanks Tara for another thought provoking piece 😉 👍
The FBI of today could easily be called the KGB of America. Today’s American Government is operating such that it almost mirrors Communism. The Federal Government now has so many “laws, statutes, regulations and non-sense minutia attached to every executive order” all in the name of controlling the people.
Have you ever wondered why we need so many lawyers in America compared to other Countries? Our government has destroyed every bit of common sense out of our laws.
Sorry for my rant today but sincerely believe we need to radically change the way our government operates and elect the common man to every elected office and dump all of the lawyers and professional politicians from Congress and the Executive Branch as our forefathers wanted. God Help us all.
I do believe the states can indeed handle most actual police work.
Fears become realistic when it comes to out of control government. Time for a revaluation of the DOJ among others.
Amen
Most definitely!
We now see that the fears of abuse by the new agency have been realized, and the FBI has become the state police for the current administration and for favored groups. The FBI needs to be reformulated with controls so they aren't used for political purposes. The FBI has been protecting Biden from standing trial for treasonous acts.
The FBI has a valuable mission to accomplish. However, it has been turned into a political tool for the left. This is a reflection of the direction the Democrat administration through the years. A very sad state of affairs in their leadership certainly is tarnishing the great people outside of Washington.
No Doubt about it 👌
Hmmm, it seems Congress had the foresight to see what the FBI would become in spying on Americans and the Congress itself?
Human nature has not changed…so important to look at the past history to assist in dealing with the present.
Thanks Tara. Very relevant. We all know the FBI is out of control. Nice to read about the fears of setting it up in the first place....
The Founders were right again! Thank God for the Texas Rangers! And the worst fears of Congress have been realized ever since, withe FBI acting as the secret police for those in power since then.
The entire government is out of control...our control...sad!
Thank you for today's lesson, Tara! 🇺🇸👍🇺🇸
That is the real proximate cause. The workforce thinks it, not elected leaders, make the real decisions.
"the Founders thought STATES would handle most police work". Hmmm. With executive overreach getting totally out of control, to the point of the Judicial needing to step in and declare certain acts they abused to be unconstitutional, it seems time to force back their power, defund and even eliminate much (or most) of their work.
A mistake and with 37,000 employees an over-reach. Another rise to our current big government and big taxes.
Tara, you are absolutely the best history teacher I have ever had. I did not know of Charles Bonaparte nor, the way that the FBI was born. Born due to a loophole, when Congress was in recess, the FBI has never looked back.
37,000 agents and 11 billion dollars can do a lot of investigating, according to expected mission, or not.
The FBI under current and recent administrations has expanded its role to do what Congress originally feared and now seems to be either above the law or beside the law. Congress can't get the FBI, the IRS, and other Federal agencies to allow themselves to be questioned or to be subject to genuine legislative oversight as required by the Constitution. In other words, these executive departments are out of control. Congress has the power to force compliance with its powers of funding; however, when one party is in control or near control of the Executive, and Legislative branches, the party in power makes the rules and controls the funding.
Also, as the various departments of the Federal Government have grown, the permanent employees - non elected or appointed bueauracrats, have gained immense power and the elected or appointed heads of the departments don't have much ability to cause their departments to veer from the course set by the unelected. Over the years, the Executive has become increasingly progressive and unwieldy.
Sorry for the rant. As you say Tara, the FBI is largely composed of good, qualified and well intentioned individuals.
It's amazing how each state has It's own bureau of investigations 🔎 and yet the FBI claims they're short handed, we're rapidly approaching a huge police state and yet crime is so out of hand.....makes one wonder if we're eerily into 1984 already 🙄 🤔. Thanks Tara for another thought provoking piece 😉 👍
The FBI of today could easily be called the KGB of America. Today’s American Government is operating such that it almost mirrors Communism. The Federal Government now has so many “laws, statutes, regulations and non-sense minutia attached to every executive order” all in the name of controlling the people.
Have you ever wondered why we need so many lawyers in America compared to other Countries? Our government has destroyed every bit of common sense out of our laws.
Sorry for my rant today but sincerely believe we need to radically change the way our government operates and elect the common man to every elected office and dump all of the lawyers and professional politicians from Congress and the Executive Branch as our forefathers wanted. God Help us all.
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I totally agree!
States all the way. Keep Customs,Border Patrol, U.S. Marshalls and SS.
Bastards since at least the early seventies.