Posted on 01/06/2014 8:20:50 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
The FBI's creeping advance into the world of counterterrorism is nothing new. But quietly and without notice, the agency has finally decided to make it official in one of its organizational fact sheets. Instead of declaring "law enforcement" as its "primary function," as it has for years, the FBI fact sheet now lists "national security" as its chief mission. The changes largely reflect the FBI reforms put in place after September 11, 2001, which some have criticized for de-prioritizing law enforcement activities. Regardless, with the 9/11 attacks more than a decade in the past, the timing of the edits is baffling some FBI-watchers.
"What happened in the last year that changed?" asked Kel McClanahan, a Washington-based national security lawyer.
McClanahan noticed the change last month while reviewing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request from the agency. The FBI fact sheet accompanies every FOIA response and highlights a variety of facts about the agency. After noticing the change, McClanahan reviewed his records and saw that the revised fact sheets began going out this summer. "I think they're trying to rebrand," he said. "So many good things happen to your agency when you tie it to national security."
Although a spokesman with the agency declined to weigh in on the timing of the change, he said the agency is just keeping up with the times. "When our mission changed after 9/11, our fact sheet changed to reflect that," FBI spokesman Paul Bresson told Foreign Policy. He noted that the FBI's website has long-emphasized the agency's national security focus. "We rank our top 10 priorities and CT [counterterrorism] is first, counterintel is second, cyber is third," he said. "So it is certainly accurate to say our primary function is national security."(continued)
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Ping.
New mission will be persecuting conservative tea party types and returning veterans.
Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping!
To get onto The Nut-job Conspiracy Theory Ping List you must threaten to report me to the Mods if I don't add you to the list...
Well if the primary function is National Security we don’t need DHS then do we!
Just wait until the mission creep changes to “political orthodoxy.” /S
Ha, to think congress was worried it was just the NSA spying on them.
Sure we do— DHS is the department of immigration representation and NASA is the department of muzzie outreach.
GG and Paladin, It looks as if the defination of ‘crime’ has changed and the FBI will be coming after the evil Tea Party folks....
No, their job is to read everybody's e-mails and FaceButt pages and watch porn on the taxpayer's dime..............
guess they finally got around to stating the obvious
My bet is that there is a much more base reason for this — if an agency has “national security” in its mission, it probably has a better chance of getting more taxpayer $$$$$ out of Congress or under some budgetary rules, or perhaps even gets an ability to shield part of its budget from scrutiny.
If the “primary mission” is National Security, then why do we need TWO National Security Agencies, FBI and NSA?
Let’s get rid of the redundant one.
Instead, in means keeping an eye on those evvviiill conservatives.
No, no, no...the effin’ bee eye are farmers!
They tend large crops of special astroturf terrorists that they specially harvest to hand the propagandist media stories that can be squealed and fawned over.
It also gives government cover for governments endless expansion, expense and greed.
So tell me again who’s in charge of law enforcement now? I can handle my own neighborhood but that leaves the rest of you on your own?
As predicted by The Sopranos. Not enough bandwith to chase Tony’s crew and AQ at the same time.
Hell, we already have the Central Intelligence Agency, State Department Security, Army, Navy and Air Force Security, Dept. of Energy Security, the Defense Intelligence Agency and probably a dozen I’m forgetting.
Well, at least their new primary mission isn’t to make muslims feel good about themselves like NASA’s primary mission.
From the 45 Current Communist Goals (1963) (The Naked Communist, by Cleon Skousen):
Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963
EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Thursday, January 10, 1963
You really have to hand it to ol' J. Edgar. He was the face of the FBI and probably 90% of the American people believed every word he said, even if it was an out-and-out lie. E.g., there's no such thing as la Cosa Nostra.
He even had certain members of the Hollywood set licking his faggy boots:
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