The FBI finds itself in a time of great change. Over the course of its existence, the bureau has had its share of successes, but it has also seen shortfalls and questionable decision-making in its evolution.
To see how the mighty FBI could stumble, we have to look no further than the circumstances surrounding how it investigated Martin Luther King Jr., its investigations of U.S. citizens in the civil rights and other social movements under the infamous COINTELPRO initiative, or its investigation into the first Trump campaign that was initiated by supposed “evidence” supplied by his opponent’s political campaign.
Today’s bureau is struggling to maintain its objective mission focus and its formerly trusted standing as the “World’s Premier Law Enforcement Agency.”
Starting with a cycle of cultural changes after the tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, the FBI was…
