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Shrink FBI headquarters and eliminate offices without Congress

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 17, p. 551. Written by Gene Hamilton.

Shrink FBI headquarters and eliminate offices without Congress

The document says “shouldWho acts: Attorney GeneralHow: internal managementp. 551 in the PDF
What the document says

“The next conservative Administration should eliminate any offices within the FBI that it has the power to eliminate without any action from Congress.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 551

The chapter gives the FBI's Office of General Counsel as its example, saying it holds about 300 attorneys, has been involved in what it calls some of the FBI's most damaging recent scandals, and that these attorneys are not necessary in their current capacity because legal advice should come from department attorneys. It separately asks that field offices be emphasized, funded and rewarded while headquarters staff shrinks, saying the department must value badges over bureaucracy.

What the document actually says

“The next conservative Administration should eliminate any offices within the FBI that it has the power to eliminate without any action from Congress.”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 551
That sentence, in plain words

Close any FBI office that can be closed without asking Congress.

What this is about

The FBI has many offices at its headquarters. The book says some can be closed by the department alone. It wants those closed.

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