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1in1024th 4 points ago +4 / -0

Agencies are all about optics not results.

Waco was supposed to be a good PR stunt to recover from Ruby Ridge

FBI was started to investigate Charles Lindbergh's baby kidnapping; only because of the hubbub the case was getting in the papers.

It's always been for optics

I wouldn't be surprised if J Edgar Hoover almost immediately started collecting secrets on high level politicians to consolidate power.