In past decades, the FBI has expanded its power, reach, and ability to veto democratic will by aligning with putatively "liberal" causes, which resulted in liberal politicians rushing to its defense. The consequence was a greatly expanded, quasi-autonomous surveillance state.
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I highly recommend this book for additional context; its focus is on the 50s and 60s, a period when liberal validation greatly accelerated the FBI empowering itself to become an arbiter of which political views constitute "national security threats"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0691607222/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 …
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Lol, oh yes just a few, but the FBI is mostly neoliberals for sure.
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