But then who investigates when the crime is across state lines?
And who investigates international Bank crimes, or money laundering?
Or who will investigate/ counter intelligence for the USA?
etc?
I wrote a paper on just this very thing a while back. It's fairly long and detailed. I'll have to dig through my files and find it.
There was a time before the FBI existed. At the end of the day, we have a very good guide. The Constitution describes the role of government very well.
We can't go back to the simpler world of 1783, though, when our government was brand new like a spiffy new notebook on the first day of school.
The other person who had suggested this said the same--that the Constitution as originally written does not give the government authority to have a police agency. Or something like that.
I see the point that the federal government has grown and grown and grown into a gargantuan Jabba that takes more and more authority unto itself.
I am not sure the FBI is the place to start trimming, though.
Maybe, but I'm thinking there are other places that might be less dangerous to our national security.