FBI Spies

Last week it came to light that the FBI was trying to plant a mole in Portland City Hall. They wanted to hear all the dish, even the confidential work product.

Was this because they were investigating something? Nope. Did they have any reason to believe there was something to investigate? Nope. They're just nosey. They want to go on a fishing expidition.

Apparently crime is down so much that the FBI is looking for stuff to keep them busy. Sounds like a good place to cut the budget, if you ask me.

An FBI spokesperson tried to equate their move to "community policing". In community policing, the beat patrol officers get out of their squad cars, and start walking. And while their walking, they chat it up with people. Community policing has to do with building a raport with the community, not some attempt to infultrate and spy. It's also something primarily done by patrol officers. Detectives might be invited to speak at a community event, but the real community policing is done by the patrol officers.

The FBI doesn't patrol anything. They have no uniformed officers. They are not a police force. You won't see FBI agents directing traffic around an accident. You won't see them walking a beat. You won't see them walking around your neighborhood festival or block party. They might be there, but they certainly aren't there to build rapport!

So how can they possibly justify this kind of action in what should be a free society? What they're doing is spying and intimidation. The FBI is acting like they're the KGB.

Of course in this era the Constitution means nothing. Too many people prefer that all the freedoms our soldiers fought and died for be tossed to the side, and the Federal government be allowed to trample their civil rights. How sad. How unamerican.

So the FBI got caught trying to infultrate Portland City Hall. How many other places were they able to get into? How many moles does the FBI have out there spying on citizens? How many covert operations does the FBI have going on that have nothing to do with valid investigations? And how many valid investigations are suffering because of those fishing expiditions? Is the FBI out of control? It just might be.

That's how I see things.