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Isn't it about time to dissolve the FBI, and start over again?

The FBI was stacked by Clinton for many years. He has stuffed all kinds of critters in there, from traditional Clintonoids to jihadists. A cleanup seems to be well nigh impossible, given that he stacked the rest of the administration the exact same way.

So how do you propose that a new agency be set up, as long as the ones doing the hiring will likely just hire the old and approved goons from the FBI?

"The FBI was stacked by Clinton for many years. He has stuffed all kinds of critters in there, from traditional Clintonoids to jihadists."

Despite what that man, even his name, does to my temper level, aren't you remarkably over-simplifying the problem??

Exactly how did he influence events in 1968?

FBI complicity in the wrongful conviction in 1968 of four men (two of whom died in prison) for murder committed by FBI informants in Boston.

And who is responsible for the Ashcroft appointment?

Ashcroft's Justice Department resisted surrendering FBI files relating to this outrage by claiming executive privilege but gave up after Burton threatened to cite President Bush for contempt of Congress. Ashcroft is even more intractable than his predecessor, Janet Reno, in refusing information to the legislative branch. He is currently stonewalling requests by Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Republican chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, about Justice's administration of the anti-terrorist Patriot Act.

Clinton only wishes he were that great.

Bush had his chance on September 12th. The higher echelons of the FBI, INS, customs and CIA bureaucracies could have and should have been shaken.

Lo and behold, the biggest security failing in US history and not a single pink slip passed out. It is clear that incompetence, ignorance and corruption played a role but nothing happened to them except that the same airport security people (many of whom were apparently illiterate and/or foreigners) now get federal pension benefits.

If we aren't careful we'll soon suffer the same fate as the ancient Roman empire. (So much for human social advancement)