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The Velveteen Ocelot

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1. I'm not sure I want the FBI to be too much like the KGB.

Reply to dkf (Original post)

Sat Apr 20, 2013, 04:03 PM

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The KGB keeps better track of extremists in the US than the FBI does. [View all] dkf Apr 2013 OP

I'm not sure I want the FBI to be too much like the KGB. The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2013 #1

+1 emulatorloo Apr 2013 #2

True but there is a happy medium somewhere. dkf Apr 2013 #4

Agreed. The OP may say more about the KGB than it does about the FBI. n/t pampango Apr 2013 #17

Putin is a hard ass on Chechnya for sure. dkf Apr 2013 #36

Any communications between Boston and foreign web sites could be collected by NSA FarCenter Apr 2013 #3

Probably because the KGB works for a REAL police state Hekate Apr 2013 #5

It's curious that they watch US citizens though. dkf Apr 2013 #8

Some facts nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #18

They keep track of those that may have Chechnyan ties, certainly... hlthe2b Apr 2013 #6

One country's "freedom fighters" are another country's "terrorists" FarCenter Apr 2013 #9

That's very clear. LisaL Apr 2013 #16

This is looking increasingly serious cali Apr 2013 #7

There are 8 year old children Jenoch Apr 2013 #10

Exactly... FBI didnot even find him in their seach data base for days after the attack. JackN415 Apr 2013 #30

We spend more twice the FBI budget staffing border patrols BlueStreak Apr 2013 #11

Is that really true? I had no idea. The other points in your post are definitely true. pampango Apr 2013 #12

See these links BlueStreak Apr 2013 #13

now we are complaining cause we are not russia? wow. lol. hm. nt seabeyond Apr 2013 #14

Luckily, we still have moose and squirrel on the job! pinboy3niner Apr 2013 #20

Lmao. nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #23

cute. lol. nt seabeyond Apr 2013 #27

Yep. Sure looks like it. LisaL Apr 2013 #15

This is how FBI interviewed him... JackN415 Apr 2013 #26

Maybe the FBI protected and cultivated him and the FSB just saw his legend jakeXT Apr 2013 #19

Sounds like a bad X-Files Episode... jakeXT Apr 2013 #35

The KGB and FBI have different political agendas. Barack_America Apr 2013 #21

But one would hope that safety of citizens should be on the agenda for US and Russia. LisaL Apr 2013 #22

But...but...POLICE STATE! randome Apr 2013 #24

That's why Putin called to offer help immediately after the bombing... JackN415 Apr 2013 #25

I am also surprised that LE had to release the photos. LisaL Apr 2013 #28

I have worked with US Dept of Homeland Security and a little with DoJ (FBI belongs to DoJ)... JackN415 Apr 2013 #29

ITA. LisaL Apr 2013 #32

failure to connect the dots was what bring us 9/11 JackN415 Apr 2013 #33

Do you know they spent $100 M or more on facial recognition software and data base? JackN415 Apr 2013 #34

It is a failure to search for information, not spying on citizen... JackN415 Apr 2013 #31