Reply #20: Look at its history...

[JackRiddler]

It was always a political police.

It was always an authoritarian institution with a steep hierarchy.

Orders (and the shit) roll down the hill. Investigators investigate what they are told. If they're told to stop one thing and look at something else, they do. If they're told not to speak to the press, they don't. If they're insubordinate, they're on their way to the Podunk Vice patrol (manner of speaking). Decisions about what to pursue for prosecution are made by higher-ups. The most thoroughly conformist and indoctrinated rise. Thoughtcrime is swiftly punished. By which I mean revealing yourself as someone who fucks with the system and its authorities.

And you bet there's corruption. This was more explicit during the 48 years of Hoover. During about 25 of those years, organized crime "didn't exist" in the United States! Think about that number. It's only been 38 since he was out, and what's the name of their headquarters? That kind of legacy is not overcome without a radical new beginning.