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Move the FBI out from under the Deputy Attorney General

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 17, p. 549. Written by Gene Hamilton.

Move the FBI out from under the Deputy Attorney General

The document says “shouldWho acts: Attorney GeneralHow: internal managementp. 549 in the PDF
What the document says

“remove the FBI from the Deputy Attorney General’s direct supervision”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 549

The chapter proposes placing the FBI under the general supervision of the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division, says this can be done through a simple internal reorganization without Congress, and that under no circumstances should the FBI be able to go around the Attorney General or the department's leadership on any matter in its area of responsibility.

What the document actually says

“remove the FBI from the Deputy Attorney General’s direct supervision”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 549
That sentence, in plain words

Take the FBI out from under the number two at the department.

What this is about

The FBI answers to the number two at the Justice Department. The book says it should answer to a different official. That would put it under closer watch.

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