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Originally Posted by grog18b
The agency was created by a politician.
It can be disbanded by a politician.
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Quite so. There are at least a couple good books covering the massive expansion of power that the FBI received from FDR as it got credit for things during WW-II that were actually done by the Brits (who FDR couldn't admit he was letting operate in this country). J. Edgar played hardball as to what he regarded as his turf but, in reality he knew that, once expanded, no one would ever dial him back. Even during that war, no one was questioning why he already had agents operating internationally.
But to return to your comment... Other than perhaps the OSS being disbanded (but,
voila', fast forward to 1947's National Security Act) the list of agencies or programs created by politicians that have been done away with is a pretty short one. Most of the deceased pre-1945 and the bulk of bureaucratic girth
since LBJ.
"It was a bad idea so Congress is defunding it,"
"It's served it's purpose so Congress is defunding it,"
"It was a good idea but was abused so Congress is defunding it,"
said no Congress collectively ever.
