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by rschneid 1477 days ago
Somehow I don't think this country will have trouble finding folks to perform 'national-level policing'. From pop culture, I've gleaned that it's more often the opposite case: investigations are fragmented as a result of multiple organizations pursuing cases in their bureaucratic 'information silos.'

Here's a list of all of them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_law_enforcement_in_the...

Ironic that one of the FBI's self-reported 'priorities' is to 'Protect civil rights.' I wonder how much longer Hanlon's razor will be a plausible excuse for this kind of lying...

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I know about the other organizations, but are they any better in your eyes than the FBI? AFAIK, the DHS can be much more aggressive, perhaps lacking the Justice Dept's oversight.