"The FBI — then merely the Bureau of Investigation, or BOI — was…

"The FBI — then merely the Bureau of Investigation, or BOI — was created during a congressional recess and without congressional approval by the Attorney General in 1908 for purposes of “investigating” (read: Drumming up a scare over) the role of prostitution in “white slavery,” a forerunner of today’s “human trafficking” panic. It’s pretty much gone downhill from there. "

Via @[100001283590525:2048:Norma Jean Almodovar]