"The nearest thing to eternal life we will ever see on this earth is a government program."
- Ronald Reagan
The fears of those members of Congress back in the day have been realized of course. The FBI, ATF, DEA and every other federal law enforcement agency created in the 20th Century have all become hammers looking for a nail to justify their existence and increase their budget. They are able to conduct surveillance on almost anyone they decide they want to and have their own political agendas as often as not. Now in the 21st Century nearly every cabinet department and federal bureaucracy has armed agents. Even the Department of Education is reported to have a special weapons and tactics (SWAT) team:
. Why? Is it a reflection of the instability of the country?
Has the FBI Ever Been Divorced From Politics? From its earliest days, Congress feared it would act as a “secret federal police”
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By Jackie Mansky , Lorraine Boissoneault Smithsonian
President Calvin Coolidge had appointed Stone as the U.S. Attorney General just a month earlier. He would only serve in the role for a year. But during his short tenure, Stone fundamentally changed the United States when he plucked this particular “young man” to become the acting director of the Bureau of Investigations.
Hoover didn’t immediately accept his offer. Instead, as the story goes, the then-assistant director of the Bureau of Investigation told the U.S. attorney general told Stone he had several conditions.
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On the Lighter Side of Eternity
Revealed: Incredible 110 million-year-old 'four-legged tank' dinosaur fossil that's so well preserved it looks like a STATUE
The fossil was found in a mine in northern Alberta, Canada in 2011, and will now go on display in Alberta
Paleontologists believe the dinosaur lived in Canada 110 million-years-ago
It featured two 20-inch spikes which protruded from its shoulders and used scaly armour to defend itself
The armoured plant-eater is the best preserved fossil of its kind ever found
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