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- Lixie, on 10/12/2007, -5/+128"They apologized and vowed to not get caught again."
Oh, wait. That's what I read after applying my BS filter. - positron, on 10/12/2007, -2/+97They broke the law. They admit they broke the law. Why are they not being held accountable? You think that if the FBI caught any of us breaking the law they would accept a simple "I'm sorry" and let us go? Fat chance.
All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others. - NX910a, on 10/12/2007, -4/+93So why can't normal people just apologize for breaking the law?
- Brandondork, on 10/12/2007, -2/+57So who's going to arrest the FBI?
- flimbabulous, on 10/12/2007, -5/+59Awww... How cute... We forgive you!
*HUG* - JonForTheWin, on 10/12/2007, -5/+56The government never admits to breaking the law. Buried as inaccurate.
- Smeed, on 10/12/2007, -9/+56Wow I never saw that one coming...
- jimripper, on 10/12/2007, -5/+47I suspect that this is just a ploy to garner trust in the FBI at a time when more and more people are accusing the government intelligence agencies of plowing down privacy rights. Nobody's gonna care to much about this particular incident, and the openness makes the FBI look good.
- rolf, on 10/12/2007, -4/+44"They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions."
Wow, I hope that's all I have to do if I ever get caught breaking the law. - ardenr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+43Captain Amerca! Oh, wait...
- ani-pockdotnet, on 10/12/2007, -2/+34FTA:
"But the question should and must be asked: How could this happen? Who is accountable?" Mueller said. "And the answer to that is, I am to be held accountable."
So Mueller should be arrested for breaking the law. But as a comment lower on this page asks, who's gonna arrest the FBI? - monkeyrun, on 10/12/2007, -3/+35Now if only peasants like us could get off so easily ...
- PATSCRU, on 10/12/2007, -8/+38MIB
- booozeninja, on 10/12/2007, -2/+30By illegally spying on Americans they are violating American law. They are not serving or protecting the people they are supposed to. If they are not serving the American people and doing right by them then who the hell are they serving?
A power hungry and paranoid few thats who. - dimplemonkey, on 10/12/2007, -4/+30FBI Agent #1: Dude, you just broke the law?
FBI Agent #2: Huh? What?
FBI Agent #1: I just saw you break the confidence and trust of this country!
FBI Agent #2: No you didn't. I call do-over! - oonix, on 10/12/2007, -5/+30Chief Wiggum
- booozeninja, on 10/12/2007, -2/+26Amen bro.
"My taxes? Umm oh yeah i forgot to pay them. But guys there's no point in dwelling on the past. Its time to move on." - Kosterfield, on 10/12/2007, -16/+38Chuck Norris
- Demono, on 10/12/2007, -5/+27Yet more evidence of the government abusing the patriot act, which a lot of bush supporters said wouldn't happen when it was written into law.
- CrimsonBlur, on 10/12/2007, -2/+23@BamaStangGuy
Woah, woah, hold on a minute there buddy. The FBI broke the law, and Mueller has admitted that he is responsible. He also insists that only he is responsible. How can that possibly be true? How could Mueller be the only person responsible for breaking the law in a Federal organization as vast as the FBI? Also, I understand Mueller is the FBI Director, but he still takes his orders from someone, and somehow I highly doubt these practices were unknown to everyone except him. It's admirable that he has taken responsibility, but I haven't seen any indication so far that anyone is actually being held accountable for this. They have admitted it, and basically told the American people "oops, my bad!" and promised it will never happen again. That is simply not good enough. If you break the law, you have to face the legal consequences. In this case, I don't see how an offense like this wouldn't mean jail time for anyone involved, not to mention the fact that they should be fired immediately after confessing to something this major. Like someone above said, if any "normal" citizen broke the law like this, they would be thrown in jail without question. Why are these government officials immune to the consequences any of the rest of us would have to deal with?
And so now we're at the point where we have to look at some other country with a government even more corrupt than our own and say "well it's even worse in Russia!" What is your point, exactly? Don't be a fool. Only in America can our government admit to breaking the law in the open and get away with it. That's the lesson here, and that's what needs to change. - gungaroo22, on 10/12/2007, -4/+25@br0wn
You don't seem to be stereotyping or judging at all. - Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20I read this as "We can break the law any time we want, so ***** you, and keep those tax dollars coming so we can keep ***** you."
- oonix, on 10/12/2007, -11/+29jack bauer!
- Fhwqhgads, on 10/12/2007, -2/+18"They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions....."
... from becoming public knowledge.
Sentence complete. - booozeninja, on 10/12/2007, -6/+21@BamaStangGuy
So its finally come to this. We need to compare America with Russia in order to put a positive spin on things.
We really have hit rock bottom.
Impeach Bush!!! - Skid32, on 10/12/2007, -4/+19Only in America...
- D3koy, on 10/12/2007, -2/+15Citizens arrest?
- ichbinladen, on 10/12/2007, -3/+16Barny Feif
- MarSara9, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15I only have one thing to say:
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? - Battleloser, on 10/12/2007, -3/+15Their careers
- wonderboy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Coast Guard
- Fhionnlaoch, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13I don't think the government using illegal techniques is very new... it's just that it rarely become known. Some wise man on digg said that "national security" is the new carte blanche.
We are never truly free for we are always limited by human nature.
Oh, yeah, I forgot: ***** the police! - memper, on 10/12/2007, -3/+12***** to more *****.
Very good. One more organization on its way to being swept away. Now that the FBI has lost it's credibility with the people, those tenants of democracy and justice can be swept away once and for all. Who needs the FBI when the leaders of this great nation are obviously responsible enough to utilize more direct commando law enforcement. They'll protect us from the bad guys. Pfft to the FBI! We didn't need ye in our fones stealin our versations.
As long as we do nothing wrong, we won't have anything to worry about.
Where do i get in line for my REAL card?
And so fascism slowly creeps. - Ibanez0, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11Lets call Comrade Napoleon!
- Shawnosaurus, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11@BamaStangGuy - ".... Can your government be held accountable for breaking the law."
I'm not sure what the definition of accountable is to you, but saying sorry when you're caught is not accountability. That's much closer to the definition of ***** . Best part is we are powerless to do anything other than accept the apology.
If you secretly live in a police state but no one admits it, clap your hands! - Br0wn, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10OK I guess we now live in a world where Texas doesn't love to fry people and some Middle Eastern countries don't whip, stone and cut off limbs for crimes.
- pikpikcarrotmon, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9The FBI needs to keep its sterling reputation because it's the law enforcement bureau. The CIA, however... imagine what THEIR rap sheet looks like.
- panzergeist, on 10/12/2007, -1/+8You could never trust anyone to begin with. That's why there is supposed to be a system of checks and balances. As soon as trust is placed inherently into any one entity above the others, the system will fall apart.
In our democratic republic, the direction our nation takes is ultimately in the hands of its people. The next time you complain about what is going on in this country, think about the last time you really educated yourself on who you vote for. This statement goes far beyond a simple presidential election. I'm talking about senators, judges, mayors and so on. They are all a part of a complicated tapestry of government that can become seriously broken when people just check a box based on partisan lines and call it a day.
Think. - reiner15, on 10/12/2007, -4/+11Robocop
- NX910a, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9@gungaroo22
You don't appear to be sarcastic - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6as soon as the Patriot Act was announced the FBI knew they were going to exploit the ***** out of it so it's no surprise they acted illegally and it's sure as hell no surprise that they won't be punished
- Aliarse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6One rule for them, another rule for the rest of (the) US.
- ardenr, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7delete button yet?
- jonpotz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5APOLOGIZE and PROMISE NOT TO DO IT AGAIN?
They should be locked up.
So basically, it is legal for citizen to trespass or commit any crime, and then just apologize and not get into trouble. This is what they are telling us. - aukxsona, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4yup...write your senators...direct them here. Complain LOUDLY! The squeaky wheel gets the grease right?
- grater123456, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4You people are suprised by this why ? I bet more of this stuff goes on and were just not told about because well to the government were nothing.
- Spiritcatcher, on 10/12/2007, -4/+8STUNNING! That they admitted it. They're still shredding J. Edgars' papers.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4nixfu, you're a ***** moron.
- kutza, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Hey, we already have all the information that we need illegally. Umm... Sorry... Throw it away? Why ever would we do that?
Well 'um, I guess we'll never do it again... - bloodchains, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Shame on them. We really can't trust anyone anymore.
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