Counterterrorism Agents Were Told They Could Suspend the Law 369
politkal writes "According to the FBI's internal inquiry on counterterrorism training, the FBI taught agents that the Bureau 'has the ability to bend or suspend the law to impinge on the freedoms of others;' that agents should 'never attempt to shake hands with an Asian;' that Arabs were 'prone to outbursts' of a 'Jekyll & Hyde' nature."
Even better: "That review, now complete, did not result in a single disciplinary action for any instructor. Nor did it mandate the retraining of any FBI agent exposed to what the Bureau concedes was inappropriate material. Nor did it look at any intelligence reports that might have been influenced by the training."
First Post! (Score:0, Funny)
Hey, I made first post. What? What do you mean you've changed the law to make first posts illegal? That's ridiculous! You can't - what, you can't arrest me for
Again with the 99% (Score:5, Funny)
From the article:
> Of the approximately 160,000 pages of training material reviewed, less than one percent contained factually inaccurate or imprecise information or used stereotypes
I say: let's occupy Quantico!
Wikileaks watches the watchers (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? (Score:5, Funny)
"Who watches the watchmen?"
As I recall it was kind of a flop in the box office; so relatively few people.
Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action (Score:5, Funny)
agents should 'never attempt to shake hands with an Asia
Christ. The racism I can cope with, but the sheer incompetence... how can these people have jobs?
What racism? That's just cultural sensitivity. Everybody knows you don't shake hands with the Asians, you bow to them. And serve green tea, not black tea. Gee, in Africa, you would shake your spear instead of shaking hands, for example.
Re:FBI (Score:5, Funny)
The FBI has been a corrupt investigative agency since the 1960s
Really, the 1960s? How about since the 1940s, when the FBI under J. Edgar Hoover was running around investigating people for being homosexuals or communists, and blatantly violating due process? It has been said that, had this been known at the time, we would have called it "Hooverism" rather than "McCarthyism."
Hoover just wanted the list of homosexuals so he could find out who'd pull up his pretty little dress and boink his fat ass. The list was really more like a menu.
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Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action (Score:5, Funny)
Instead of a bonus driven board of directors?
Obviously, you've never had a serious medical condition.
Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action (Score:5, Funny)
Maybe "shake hands" is a euphemism for "get involved in a land war"?
Re:FBI (Score:5, Funny)
The press corpse
(squints)
Not sure if clever or typo.
Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action (Score:4, Funny)
Well I, for one, am much more of other people's left hands now.
Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action (Score:5, Funny)
Or that all Americans are obese gun fanatics.
Oh wait.
Re:"did not result in a single disciplinary action (Score:3, Funny)
I do so love my fat gun. Thank you Fleshlight (Made in the USA!). Any of you Iglooians up for some Chatroulette?