re: #495 gregb

Is it just me or was it more than a little odd when he sent FBI mediators halfway around the world to negotiate the release of that ship captain from the pirates?

Shades of things to come?

It’s a ploy to maintain deniability. The FBI answers, ultimately, to Congress. The CIA answers directly to the President. If the CIA does something questionable, 0 gets blamed. If the FBI does something questionable, it’s Congress’ problem, not 0s.

I’d put money on the notion that what each group does will be indistinguishable from what the other does.