Why does Congress even defer to the FBI? They, and their progenitors have always been nothing more than a political goon squad. No God, No Master a film that deals with the topic of the Palmer Raids states of J. Edgar Hoover in closing credits: "J. Edgar Hoover became the Director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924, a position he held for 48 years until his death in 1972. The FBI headquarters in Washington, D.C. are named after him. Prominent government officials have sought the removal of Hoover's name from the building calling it a "stain" on Democracy." This is in keeping with Dick Gregory's statement (paraphrased) that "were you to travel to Germany today you would be shocked to see an "Adolf Hitler" building but no surprise is registered on returning home and seeing the J. Edgar Hoover Building in D.C. which is ironic because, after all, it is the same thing."

From a previous post:

Does anyone remember The F.B.I. the Quinn Martin production starring Ephrem Zimbalist Jr.? It was a propaganda sleaze fest that tried to make the F.B.I. look all shiny and new and scientific. Mark Felt, the ostensible Deep Throat. was a consultant on the show. According to Wikipedia the F.B.I. had "casting approval." I wouldn't be surprised if they stopped there and would surmise they had script approval as well as a whole other level of control as well. I watched a couple of episodes because as I kid I liked 77 Sunset Strip which Zimbalist also starred in but I soon got a really creepy vibe from the show. One of the things that really bothered me was that Ford was the principle sponsor and every car on the show was a Ford. This was the case even on location shots of streets and parking lots with many cars, it just didn't look right and my gut told me it wasn't; it just made the whole mise en scene into a creepy, corporate reality. Anyway, the theme of the show, as I stated, was that the F.B.I. was a scientific and modern crime fighting agency. Emphasis was put on the agents professionalism and the high education standards of the F.B.I. Much was made of their personal fitness as these keen minds must adhere to the principle of mens sana in corpore sano; and why wouldn't they as you need a well turned body to do all the "deep thinking" that these guys get up to. A lot was made of the deadliness and accuracy of the agents shooting as well: "we shoot to kill, don't pull your weapon if you don't intend to use it." Now, I wouldn't be surprised if all the rent a car kick-backs for Ford's product placement didn't go right into the old Ford Foundation for who knows what. (For a veiled look at the Ford Foundation I strongly recommend Missing, starring Sissy Spacek and Jack Lemmon.) But of course the irony is that these agents can't shoot straight at all and if I had to guess they are nothing more than a political goon squad.

By the way, Human Rights Watch states that they take no government money "either directly or indirectly" but they get grants from the Ford Foundation. Part of their approach, their push, with this recent statement about government sponsored stooges is to reinforce the idea that there are still many self radicalized and autochthonous terrorists out there. Human Rights Watch, that way, makes a poison pill of fear with a nice sugar coating of ant-government rhetoric.