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Don't defund the FBI. Clean it out.
Hotair ^ | 04/06/2023 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 04/06/2023 5:44:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

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1 posted on 04/06/2023 5:44:53 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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Why aren’t they asking the obvious question: And the fbi and doj, which this Republic went without for well over a century, is authorized by what part of the constitution?


2 posted on 04/06/2023 5:50:03 PM PDT by curious7
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To: SeekAndFind

There is no cleaning. They are all bad. It must be eliminated — the republic has no need of a national police force.


3 posted on 04/06/2023 5:53:00 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (“You want it one way, but it's the other way”)
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To: SeekAndFind

Where will they go?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR4TP9DV1Xg


4 posted on 04/06/2023 5:53:58 PM PDT by frank ballenger (You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
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How do you clean out something that has become a piece of poop so to speak?

The Democrats fund Big Government Schools.

The Republicans fund Big Government Law Enforcement.

That’s how far we are away from the country the Founders gave us.


5 posted on 04/06/2023 5:55:18 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: SeekAndFind

Defunding is cleaning it out.

There comes a time when it is cheaper to make a payment on new car rather than fixing the old one.

Burn it down
Burn it to the ground
Burn the ground.

Sell the charcoal.


6 posted on 04/06/2023 5:55:28 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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I would rather eliminate it with many other alphabet agencies. Cleaning it out will just not work in real life. Sounds great on paper. Won’t happen in real life.


7 posted on 04/06/2023 5:57:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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RE: Defunding is cleaning it out.

So, how do you proposed to Defund?

Mass layoffs? Cut the budget by 50%? Rename the Bureau (like the Soviet KGB became the Russian FSB )? How?


8 posted on 04/06/2023 5:59:26 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: Secret Agent Man

RE: I would rather eliminate it with many other alphabet agencies.

What happens to the legitimate ongoing investigations when you eliminate it altogether?


9 posted on 04/06/2023 6:00:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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What are these legitimate ongoing investigations of which you speak?


10 posted on 04/06/2023 6:01:25 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Abolish the agency.

Do that by defunding it.


11 posted on 04/06/2023 6:02:25 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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Not as concerned about that over eliminating the corrupt agencies that cannot be reformed in real life. Hand them off to their respective state-level police agencies. Every state has state-level police agencies and also their own versions of state fbi orgs.


12 posted on 04/06/2023 6:03:38 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Yes. That is the price for getting rid of the 99.9% of cases that are politically motivated.


13 posted on 04/06/2023 6:05:56 PM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Plenty of retired LEOs out there who left big-city departments out of disgust at the politicians and their administrations.

Imagine an FBI full of principled, experienced and street-smart agents who don’t really need the money and are willing to tell their bosses to f-off.


14 posted on 04/06/2023 6:06:25 PM PDT by bakeneko
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The FIB was created by Executive Order in 1908.

It would be fitting to make it go "POOF!!!" by Executive Order as well.

That's defunding, cold turkey.

Clowns In America, too...


15 posted on 04/06/2023 6:08:26 PM PDT by C210N (Everything will be okay in the end. If it’s not okay, it’s not the end.)
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RE: Yes. That is the price for getting rid of the 99.9% of cases that are politically motivated.

So, Fentanyl dealers don’t get investigated? Terrorists like the 9/11 plotters are ignored? You’re willing to risk that?

And let’s say your answer is “Yes I am.”. Is there a plan to create another FBI? Or should this be the responsibility of individual states from now on?


16 posted on 04/06/2023 6:09:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Nope. Defund!


17 posted on 04/06/2023 6:09:38 PM PDT by McCarthysGhost (q)
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Close it down. Let only the most necessary federal policing continue—and hand that over to the US Marshals Service.


18 posted on 04/06/2023 6:10:11 PM PDT by 9YearLurker
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RE: Imagine an FBI full of principled, experienced and street-smart agents who don’t really need the money and are willing to tell their bosses to f-off.

A very lovely thought. But how do you achieve this utopia?


19 posted on 04/06/2023 6:10:32 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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RE: Close it down. Let only the most necessary federal policing continue

What are the attributes of the “most necessary Federal policing”?


20 posted on 04/06/2023 6:11:31 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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