The FBI isn’t nearly as fair and unbiased as they’re supposed to be. One glaring episode of abuse and corruption after another, for the past decade, has made the unacceptable situation crystal clear to Americans. If the bureau can’t be fixed it’s time to shut it down.
FBI not credible or competent
It’s become embarrassingly obvious that in the eyes of the FBI, powerful Democrats like Hillary Clinton can do no wrong. It’s been proven by the “get out of jail free card” the Federal Bureau of Instigation gave her when the secret email server fiasco went public.
Then, there’s the Obamagate conspiracy to help her win the election against Donald Trump. They officially called that seditious plot “Crossfire Hurricane.”
Along with the political abuse, ordinary Americans, especially Republicans, Libertarians and other declared “conservatives” or “patriots,” even vocal parents at school board meetings, are being targeted by the FBI as “domestic terrorists.”
Meanwhile, the son of the alleged current “president” is accused of peddling “big guy” access to adversarial foreign powers. He raked in millions and allegedly split the profit with his dad. The bureau ever so helpfully held Hunter Biden’s laptop full of incriminating evidence a tight secret, instead of properly opening any criminal investigations.
A couple of heavy hitters at American Thinker, retired 29-year-veteran bureau agent Quentin Smith and “political refugee” John Green, are sounding the alarm. They’re convinced that “the bureau’s issues can’t be ignored any longer. If we don’t take corrective action soon, the FBI will finish its transition from law enforcement to being a political functionary advancing the interests of one party.” There are only two options, they declare. “rehabilitate” the broken bureau, “or eliminate it.”
If it’s too broken to be fixed, then the time has come to do away with it entirely. “The current state is unacceptable in a functioning constitutional republic. We need a credible and competent federal law enforcement capability.” Sadly, the authors note, the bureau “has lost its claim on both those things.”
A consent decree
One option they explore is a form of “probation” written up as a “consent decree.” That’s basically “an agreement between the parties to resolve the problems, overseen by a court, and often verified by a court-appointed administrator.” American thinker suggests it’s “time for a consent decree between the FBI and the American people.” That sounds to most folks like a logical starting point to attempt reining in the rampant abuse and corruption, provided that it gets proper oversight.
The rats can’t be left to guard the cheese this time. Such a consent decree, American Thinker acknowledges “is definitely going to need oversight, and not by the Department of Justice. The current problems have festered under DoJ oversight for years. The DoJ has not only failed to provide course correction to the FBI, but it has also arguably contributed to the problems.”
After thinking it over, the authors note that the “oversight board should include retired FBI agents.” Most of the good ones “left the bureau before it made its mad dash to be a political player. They are proud of what it was and ashamed of what it has become. Nobody wants to see it rehabilitated more than they do.”
Also, there should be seats on the panel for “an assortment of police chiefs/commissioners from around the country.” Those are certain to “bring an outside perspective and have no bureaucratic loyalties” within the agency. “They know what policing should look like and can represent U.S. citizens on the board.” They should have broad powers to discipline, including the ability to fire agents for “malfeasance.”
The oversight board should be granted “oversight of charging decisions where bureau criminal violations are involved.” That’s because “DoJ prosecutors have a history of declining prosecution of criminal behavior in other government agencies.”
The public already knows that the FBI aren’t the only sanctioned government criminals. Over “the past 14 years, nearly a dozen CIA employees committed sex crimes against children — one as young as two years old! The issue was referred to the DoJ, which decided that job termination rather than criminal prosecution was just fine.” If that option doesn’t work, the only alternative is to transfer bureau functions to other agencies. “Defund it. Shut it down. Lay everyone off.”
