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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 128 points 2 days ago

That's one for the history books y'all. How depressing.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The core values of FBI were lost in the J. Edgar Hoover years when its mission was set aside to attack the enemies of the current administration, Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservatove.

Since then, its been a secret police to the bitter end.

Those core values were always about as important as Jesus' Beatitudes are today, which is to say, propaganda for the idealist novice.

[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

maybe its that way when you get to the top but at the bottom, I think its more like Dana Scully from Xfiles dedication to the job at hand.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Agreed, to the bottom-rung investigators (which includes all the non-agent, non-administrative specialists who, I believe, outnumber the special agents) they're there to investigate.

And according to Glenn Kirchner, the political leaning is a big regret and big resentment of the investigative staff. And yet, it's shadow looms over them, as they pressured on issues like going dark seeking less information security and more surveillance powers, that allow for the authoritarian monolith we face today.

If they focused a bit more on seeing justice done and finding the truth through forensic science rather than getting the bad guy by any means including mass surveillance (and neutering fourth-amendment protections of civilians) then we'd be better protected from the autocratic coup / kleptocracy that has a stranglehold on the federal government.

We all sink with Titanic now.

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 99 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The FBI’s core values, including integrity, compassion, fairness, and allegiance to the Constitution - and oh, yeah, diversity, are being painted over at the FBI Academy. Source: NYT.

https://bsky.app/profile/frankfigliuzzi.bsky.social/post/3lh2q3q7sjk2n

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Almost guaranteed you'll still be able to see it all with side lighting. Bad colour choice too.

[–] ramble81@lemm.ee 27 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 days ago

Maybe. Looks like a maintenance worker or something, not a professional painter so hard to say.

[–] CMDR_Horn@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Not anymore

[–] Eiri@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 days ago
[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

According to a post on Instagram I can't link because I don't have an account, it's an FBI office, apparently.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Seems like integrity, fairness, leadership, constitution really bothered them.

[–] Stovetop@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Definitely bothers their new director, for sure.

Can't help but feel like it didn't mean all that much before then either, though.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago

That's real. Notice they did the edges first. The W is a technique to spread the paint out, then you roll top to bottom.

[–] A_Very_Big_Fan@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago

Not a W u_u

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