but....just the very idea makes me feel upset, at what I know I will see

editorial in WP: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-scariest-lesson-of-the-holocaust/2015/04/16/ffa8e23c-e468-11e4-905f-cc896d379a32_story.html?utm_term=.40104217ea03

"Why I Require New FBI Agents to Visit the Holocaust Museum"

Every day gets worse for the world's view of Americans: 'How could they have voting this monster into power?'

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What an inappropriate thing to say.

You could hardly be less respectful to the gravity and horrible history behind the phrase "never forget" than that message he wrote. I don't think he even knows why those words mean what they do.

It was always interesting the wide variation in quality among Federal LE.

My opinions:

FBI- true professionals
Secret Service- true professionals
US Marshalls- usually straight up but can be a bit reckless
BATFE- total opposite of the FBI. Unprofessional, self serving, little regard for upholding the law and a deeper interest in just furthering careers.
DEA- somewhere between BATFE and US Marshalls

Some of the most interesting and professional folks I ever worked with were from lesser known agencies like the Office of Secure Transport or TVA armed agents.

We want full time govt employees who are loyal to the country.

Replacing them with contractors (who don't get the same orientation and have the same bond to the institution) weakens our nation.

Snowden was a contractor. Whatever you think about him, he now lives in Russia and is a tool of Russian propaganda.